Have you seen my Borsini?
It's a black piano accordion, built for the Gaviani studios, in New England. It has a seventeen-inch keyboard and three treble reed sets, low, middle and high.
I haven't seen it since April, 2006.
Since 1978, I've taken lessons with Gordon Kohl, Charles Bertolino, and Donald Balestrieri. That ended during the mid-80s, when I was working three jobs to help send children through college. I studied, briefly, with Louis Fanucchi and Gloria Ensign after I retired from one job, but both periods were short-lived.
When I won the Borsini at auction, on ebay, it was my first accordion in more than a decade. I took it to Eidelweiss Restaurant for repairs, and have never again laid eyes on it.
Since then, I've acquired an older La Sonora that needed more work than I could give it. I found a new home for it and borrowed a Petosa student accordion. I'm practicing, when I can, from Palmer-Hughes books two through four. I have a Charles Magnante arrangement of Malaguena, but it's a hard piece. My youngest, who is studying piano and organ, had a tough time sight-reading it.
I've scrapped my repertoire and I am rebuilding from the bottom up. I've lost a lot of time, because I didn't have an instrument to play.
Borsini USA says that accordions like mine are fairly uncommon in this country, and I believe that someone knows where my Borsini is.
Borsini USA says that accordions like mine are fairly uncommon in this country, and I believe that someone knows where my Borsini is.
I have implored the intercession of Saint Anthony of Padua, the patron of lost items. Now, I'm asking for your help. If you have seen my Borsini, I would like to hear from you. I am offering a cash reward for its return.
I would also like to hear from Borsini players, or from accordionists, past or present, of any persuasion.
