Last year I purchased an intriguing accordion from willhaben.at, a second hand Alpin IIIC by O.R.A Castelfidardo, whose only label on the instruments reads “Harmonikafabrik O.R.A”. (Shoutout to the seller Roman, who was very transparent and helpful during the sale, and my friend Klemens who visited Roman and provided videos for me 🙋‍♂️👋.) Several things appealed to me: – its light weight for a 120 bass accordion with cassotto,– its age (estimated around 1980s or early 1990s), – unusually traditional design that resembles more of a Steirische harmonika (curved ends of the keyboard),– unusually lighter colour of an alpine piano accordion, – slightly wet musette and a loud Oberkrainer sound, […]