The Scandalli Accordion

Scandalli is one of the most renowned Italian brands of genuine accordions. The company is specifically well-known for its piano and button accordions that feature amazing designs, with a great quality sound.

As its story suggest, the Scandalli company saw its light when Silvio Scandalli started to produce accordions in 1900 with the help of his family. The small company was created in a few years between 1915 and 1921, out of a small workshop, and it was in 1941 that the company employed more than 700 workers of genuine accordions. The Scandalli accordions became popular in the United States after the end of the Second World War and since then, their factory was among the most famous and prestigious accordion factories in the world. Starting from here, the Scandalli accordion brand then became synonymous with quality as well as a bench mark for other musical instruments.

The first widely acclaimed Scandalli accordion model is the Scandalli Super VI. According to certain resources, this accordion model was created in the early 1950’s. That time, Silvio Scandalli commences an ambitious project by using the company’s finest technicians, and that the Super VI was produced. This model has long been considered as the instrument with unparalleled quality which in a short space of time becomes the dream of all great accordion players. The Scandalli Super VI remained unsurpassed even up to these days, and many accordionists considered it as an instrument born from the passion of an innovative artisan.

The Scandalli Accordions is now a company well-known for its great piano and button accordions. It has merged with Paolo Soprani, the oldest factory accordion in the world, in 1984 under the new ownership. Then, as you may know, another name is added by the merger of SEM in 2003. The Scandalli Accordions now, with the forces of Paolo Soprani and SEM, produces and covers the wide range of accordion family. Their collection ranges from the smallest diatonic to the free bass instruments of today.

The Scandalli accordions brand, due to its enduring popularity, is now an icon for many. Its great reputation was even intensified with the distinguished history of innovation, prestige, and quality that Scandalli has long been maintaining. Just like the other accordion manufacturers, Scandalli firmly holds its own goal, which remains the same as it always was, that is, to provide accordions and other musical instruments of the highest standard and uncompromising quality.