Scandalli is one of the founding houses of the Castelfidardo accordion industry. Like almost every Italian maker, its factory records do not survive, and the numbers stamped on instruments are internal assembly marks, not datable serials. Dating works the other way round: shapes of the register switches, grille design and the “Made in Italy/USA” markings place an instrument within a decade.
The record makes room for uncertainty when a precise year is unavailable.
Factory and production era appear alongside the date when supported by a source.
See the source behind a match and what still needs to be confirmed.
No public records — dated by features.
Open the serial lookup →No serial records survive for Scandalli — these observations place an instrument by what is on it. Each is sourced.
Scandalli factory records do not exist; numbers on the instruments are internal assembly codes. This archive dates Scandalli instruments by features (register-switch shapes, grille, markings) — no invented serial tables.
The exact spot varies by era and instrument type — the serial number guide walks through the common locations.
Recheck the characters exactly as marked, including any letters and leading zeros. Letter-prefixed numbers often belong to student or non-domestic lines that cannot be dated from the number. Some production periods may simply not be covered yet.