On this page you'll find a number of instruments that I have for sale. Many of them are restoration projects.

All bandoneons will be delivered fully restored and tuned,

with a brush up tuning and childrens's disease warrantee included.

Unless otherwise indicated, these bandonens have the rheinische ('argentinian') keyboard layout and are tuned in octaves.

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Very beautiful Alfred Arnold bandoneon.                                                

142 tone, zinc reedplates, 442 Hz, octave tuning. Bellows, mechanics, keyboard all original Alfred Arnold, in near perfect condition.

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Beautiful Alfred Arnold bandoneon, 'medio nacar'. Zinc reedplates, octave tuning, modern leather valves. 442 Hz Bellows, mechanics, keyboard, all original Alfred Arnold, in very good condition.

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Alfred Arnold Premier, 142 tone bandoneon. Zinc reed plates, octave tuning.

High end professional instrument. Powerful, warm, singing.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons.

Will be fully cleaned and restored. The (non original) bellows will be replaced. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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A very special bandoneon by Ernst Louis Arnold (ELA). A very early specimen of this model with  two digit production number.  In excellent condition. Rosewood veneer, original bellows.

Aluminum reed plates, octave tuning. It has a very rich, powerful, warm but clear sound, in no way less than zinc reed plates. 

Body, bellows, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Amazing and rare bandoneon by Gebrüder Meinel. 142 tone, but both sides three voices.   Can effortlessly be turned in to two voiced (II-II) setting.

Abundant mother of pearl inlay, beautifully preserved.

Aluminum plates. Is still in the factory tuning of a=435 Hz, can be delivered in any pitch.

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Kahnt & Uhlmann 130 tone bandoneon,                                                                

extended to 142 tone, in Alfred Arnold body.

Zinc reed plates, octave tuning. 

Sold on clients' request.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons

have been fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Alfred Arnold AA 142 tone bandoneon dated 1935. Zinc reed plates, hand made reeds, octave tuning. Full mother of pearl inlay, original bellows.

My favorite wreck. The instrument has had a turbulent past, sadly ending in a very damp and warm attic in Spain where it was stored for decades. Due to this, most of the glued connections in the inside of the instrument have come loose. All original parts are still there and will be restored.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Alfred Arnold   so called bourdon-bandoneon. In the right hand an extra lower octave is added to the existing normal octave, thus enabeling it to play the role of violoncello in a bandoneon orchestra. The lower octave is now muted, but can effortlessly be added again. The instrument now sounds like a 'normal' AA bandoneon.

Originally 128 tone, now extended to 142 tone, octave tuning, aluminum reed plates.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons have been fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

Sold on clients' request

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Two bandoneons by Louis Arnold (ELA), pre 1900. They will be merged into one 142 tone instrument, with original zinc 142 tone reed plates with hand made reeds. Full mother of pearl inlay with new black french polish.  

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Arno Arnold, in a Campo or Très B  body. Zinc reed plates with tapered reeds, 142 tone, octave tuning. Very sweet, -though not soft-  sound.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons have been fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

Sold on clients' request

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Arno Arnold, post war 142 tone bandoneon. Zinc reed plates with tapered reeds. Can be provided with a 'real' rosewood veneer body, see the instrumen above for an impression.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Very old bandoneon by ernst Bässler dated 1898. From Saxonia it has traveled to Milwaukee, then 'back' to Holland where it barely escaped a big flood in 1953 - and now sitting in my workshop.

Rosewood veneer body, full mother of pearl inlay. Now 130 tone, will be extended to 142. The non original bellows will be replaced by a new one, and the keyboard will be turned in to a standard tango 142 tone  configuration with white buttons with mother of pearl inlay.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Edmund Rachner 140 tone bandoneon. Rheinische layout, but slightly different from standard  'argentinian'. Will be modified to standard 142 tone argentinian layout. Zinc reed plates, octave tuning. Extra long bellows (3x6) folds, fully mounted with german silver linings.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Very pretty bandoneon by unknown master ('R') . Early instrument, according to DRGM number made around 1905. Rosewood veneer body with full mother of pearl inlay.

Now 130 tone, will be extended to 142, with zinc reed plates and octave tuning. the keyboard will be provided with white buttons with mother of pearl inlay. 

It has unusual lever mechanics that make for a reliable and smooth action, and has a rich and powerful sound. The bellows will be replaced by a 3x5 fold bellows.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Beautiful slightly smaller bandoneon, possibly by Meinel. Louis XV model, original bellows, 116 tone. Aluminum reed plates, in tremolo tuning. Can be converted in to rheinisch 138 or 142 tone, octave tuning. 

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Beautiful small bandoneon, little sister of the instrument above it. The keyboard is the same, but the body slightly smaller. Now 116 tone , tremolo tuning, it can be converrted into 138 tone octave tuning, rheinische layout.

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Bandoneon by  Meinel & Herold, 106 tone. Zinc reed plates, octave tuning. Looks almost unused. Has a very (very!) powerful sound. Original bellows with remarkable blue-white design. Can be extended, possibly even to 142 tone. 

Body, mechanics, reed plates, valves and buttons will be fully cleaned and restored. 

Will be delivered with new tuning, at 442 Hz.

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Bandoneon, possibly Alfred Arnold; 104 tone instrument. Zinc reed plates, octave tuning. Original bellows with full german silver linings. It has an Alfred Arnold mark on the inside, but the sawing pattern in the body suggests otherwise. The sound is as to be expected from Alfred Arnold though..

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