Franz Lubas Slovenian Austrian 3 row Diatonic Button Box Accordion Bb,Eb,Ab For Sale


Franz Lubas Slovenian Austrian 3 row Diatonic Button Box Accordion Bb,Eb,Ab
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Franz Lubas Slovenian Austrian 3 row Diatonic Button Box Accordion Bb,Eb,Ab:
$1100.00

Here is a rare, collectible, and historic button box accordion (Steirische harmonika) made in Windischgraz , Austria by Franz Lubas. It is in very good cosmetic and playing condition and has been very well-maintained and restored. It has a great authentic sound and nice tuning, 3 rows of treble keys tuned Bb-Eb-Ab (all flats), 2 sets of treble reeds (MM), deep helikon basses, palm air button, padded leather bass strap, nice adjustable leather shoulder straps, sweet classic tone, and smooth key action. Has 30 treble buttons, 11 bass buttons, 5 helikon basses, good bellows and compression, and beautiful wood grain and dark wood veneer. This instrument has been maintained and shows very minimal signs of wear, Plays great! Shipping costs will be around $50. It is in the condition as described, so feel free to ask any further questions prior to offerding/buying as sale is final.
This instrument also has historical value and appeal: It was made in Windischgraz, which was the name of a town in the former Austrian Empire. Today, the town is in Slovenia and known as Slovenj Gradec. I am estimating that this instrument could be around 100 years old, based on the information below:
Slovenj Gradec - (German: Windischgrätz, after about 1900Windischgraz)is a town in northern Slovenia- part of the historic Lower Styria (Steirmark)regionlocated in the MislinjaValley within the Karavankamountain range. The town-name origin comes fromGradec, Slovenefor \'little castle\' and the prefix Windisch (the traditional German name for Slavsin general and Slovenesin particular) was added to distinguish it from the city Graz(whose name has the same etymology). The modern Slovene name, Slovenj Gradec (literally: the Slovene Graz), derives from this German denomination. From 1180 until 1918, Slovenj Gradec belonged to the Duchy of Styria- a crown land of the Austrian Empire. Upon the dissolution of Austria-Hungaryin 1918, with the rest of Lower Styria, it was included in the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croat, an Slovenes. Between the mid-19th century and 1918, the town was a German-speaking island in a Slovene-speaking area. In an 1880 census, the town of Slovenj Gradec was 75 percent German-speaking and 25 percent Slovene-speaking,but among the German-speaking population there were also thoseof mixed ethnic origin. After the end ofWWI, many of the local German-speaking inhabitants emigrated toAustria.Those who remained were gradually assimilated to or re-integrated into the Slovene-speaking majority. After WWIIthe remainingethnic Germanswere expelled fromYugoslavia, and Slovenj Gradec lost its traditional presence of German speakers.
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