I'd think the white "Falcon" box for sale on ebay right now was the one Geno Delafosse plays if it was a "Martin" instead. Geno's is an A-flat box with the same kind of gold hardware etc.
The "buy it now" price is a deal! I'd buy it if my wife wouldn't hit the ceiling over it.
that seems like an odd key....pretty low...did he do any recording with it and what tunes? I did learn a tune he does in Ab which is nice to sing in that he does on a FBbEb on the inside rows.
It must have been 6 years ago, and Geno was in town. I had helped him get a well paying gig at a huge conference in San Diego (10,000+ people), and the next day he played the local dance in LA. He saw me in the crowd and invited me to sit in and that Ab box was the one he handed me to use. It was very wet tuned. And either Geno has huge thumbs or he likes the thumb strap very loose, because my thumb (which is far from small) was flopping around so much it was a little hard to play. It was fun though!
Talking about the key of Ab I had the pleasure of picking up Corey Ledet and Gerard Delafose (his drummer for the gig)at the airport last week for a gig here in NJ and had some time to speak with him. That cool yellow single row he plays is in Ab. He invited Michelle Kaminski of Magnolia up to do some tunes and I asked her how it was to play in such a key with her tuned down fiddle. She said it was interesting. It sure sounded great. And speaking of cool accordions, how about his pink 9 button! Now that is one neat box.