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Don E. Noble

by Jack Marchal

Don E. Noble was a known accordionist in pre-war Chicago. As such he was acquainted with the Italian families (mostly immigrated from the Castelfidardo area) that dominated the accordion industry in the Middle-West — importers, distributors, retailers, repairers and even manufacturers. Don E. Noble himself entered the distribution business in the late 30’s. His Don Noble & Company Inc. was very successful in the post-WW-II years, flooding America with excellent instruments from Italy. Who made those Noble-branded accordions is not known, some of them remind Dallapé designs but many others look strangely like Excelsior or Crucianelli models.

At any rate, when time came to switch to electric guitars, Don E. Noble was among the very first ones to import Italian solid bodies in USA. He sold Crucianellis for about one year, then he signed an agreement with Wandré for which he is mainly remembered.

Noble distributed under his own brand accordion amplifiers that also could fit for guitars and basses. Unsurprisingly, they look closely like other amps made by Estey for Magnatone and especially for Imperial Tonemaster, PANcordion/PANaramic and a large part of the Italian-American accordion connection generally speaking.

Crucianelli
Wandré

Don E. Noble era nella Chicago dell’anteguerra un noto fisarmonicista. Quindi era naturalmente in rapporti con le famiglie italiane (in maggioranza emigrate da Castelfidardo o dai dintorni) che dominavano tutto il settore della fisarmonica nel Middle-West — importatori, distributori, rivenditori, riparatori e pure costruttori locali. Lo stesso Don E. Noble si lanciò nella distribuzione alla fine degli anni 30. Dopo la guerra la sua Don Noble & Co. ebbe molto successo, inondando l’America con eccellente fisarmoniche italiane marchiate Noble. Si ignora chi le facesse, ce n’erano costruite al modo di Dallapé ma molte altre sono stranamente simili a modelli di Excelsior o Crucianelli.

Comunque, quando arrivò l’ora di passare alle chitarre elettriche, Don E. Noble fu fra i primissimi importatori in USA di modelli italiani. Ha venduto chitarre Crucianelli per circa un anno, poi firmò con Wandré un accordo che ha lasciato più ricordi.

Noble distribuiva anche sotto il proprio marchio amplificatori per fisarmoniche, adattabili pure per chitarre e bassi. Rievocano senza sorpresa altri ampli fatti dalla Estey per Magatone e particolarmente per Imperial Tonemaster, PANcordion/PANaramic e più generalmente una ampia parte del mondo italo-americano della fisarmonica.

Il modello S. A. Noble è una Soloist dell’ultimo periodo. La genesi del nome è oscura ma visti i rapporti abbastanza tesi con l’importatore statunitense, Ballestri suggerisce un sarcastico Sua Altezza Noble.

Appunti autografi di Noble in risposta a una campionatura di Wandré in cui si richiedeva maggiore cura nella posizionatura dei tasti. Noble rifiutò la paletta sei-in-linea di Wandré ritenendola probabile oggetto di cause legali da parte di Fender. (Archivio Ballestri).

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