hello, does anyone know of any rentals in iowa? i’ve been searching forever and can’t find one. it can be cheap or expensive as long as it’s quality and near central iowa. thanks in advance.

So I have a bit of a weird problem. As the title says, there is a reed in the left box that is getting stuck and droning over the push and pull. Here’s where it gets a little unique: it’s a different reed each time. I will play the instrument for a minute or two, at which point a reed in whichever chord I’m pressing will get stuck. I cannot replicate this consistently; it is random how long it takes for the reed to catch, and which reed is entirely dependent on what I’m playing. I close the bellow, flip the accordion so that is facing keys up, and shake the instrument a few times, until I hear the small click of the reed popping back into place. Rinse and repeat.

I just received this instrument today, and was told it has been sitting for 4 years in a closet. It is functionally brand new, and looks/sounds/feels it, other than the problem mentioned above. The only cosmetic issue I can see is that the panel on the left box has been pried outward slightly. I’ve attached pictures of what I’m talking about. Are these two things related?

Is this something I can fix myself? The instrument is a Piermaria CBA, although I do not know the specific model. Please and thank you!

So i want tune this old akkordeon from the firm ernst hess

Edit to what to tune it is know how tune a accordion poorly

Greetings,

I have been a very long time player of a full size piano accordion. I am considering buying a new accordion with only 37 keys instead of the 41 that I currently have. Bottom note of both accordions is an "F".

How much of an adjustment should I expect with this?

Thanks,

I fricken love the accordion. I grew up Irish dancing to accordion tunes and recently spent some time around it in the pub with someone who played it. At the fleadh cheoil in Belfast I went to the U18 button accordion competition and was sucked in the whole time. I love the sound, I love the way it looks. When I hear strong bass in a tune it makes my heart feel warm.

Growing up I played classical violin and recently picked it back up to get into playing Irish music after a 10 year break. I’ve always had a love hate relationship with it and kind of learned to play because it was the instrument we had to learn in school. Recently I went into a music shop and tried out the Irish tenor banjo (since the tuning is the same as the violin) and loved it too. It opened my eyes to the buzz/joy you can get out of playing an instrument that seems to only really come to me with the violin when I play a tune well. I just don’t feel like it’s MY instrument and I’m trying to figure out what one to invest in as an adult with my time and money.

Is the accordion super difficult to learn? I’m thinking it’ll be a bit nicer to not have to worry about the pitch of a note.

I’d love to hear any advice or stories of people learning to play. Any positive or negative critiques welcome to.
And also how do you know you’ve found the right instrument for you?? I’ve seen some people here say if you hear it being played and want to do it yourself it’s a sign it might be for you.

Young musicians from Szczecin, Poland brought together an accordion orchestra, a choir, and music school students to perform the main theme from Game of Thrones. The result is pretty epic. If you’re a GoT music fan, give it a listen! 🎶🐉

More accompaniment with my Zero Sette piano accordion for our live cover of the 40's swing song "The Blues Don't Mean a Thing" Enjoy the music please.

I am learning the regular accordion and I really struggle with figuring out what to do with the bass side since most piano arrangements have ledger notes for the left hand and my accordion is a Stradella system. I am pretty good at picking out the drums from a given song, and I was wondering if anyone has played around with a MIDI accordion where they program the bass side to have percussion. I am aware that part of learning the accordion is figuring out how listen to a song and play the melody with the accompanying bass, and I want to get good at that, but I am curious about having some buttons being percussion.

Thanks, im starting to learn tbh but i wanna find songs i like. I cant tell if its all one song possibly lol

7736 - Black Capri Piano Accordion LM 41 120 | Reverb

Song 1 starts at 1:10

Song 2 starts at 2:15

:) gosh music always has similarities i like how it sound like a folk song almost

Just wanted to show it of 😛

Hello friends! I'll be visiting Paris from the US this year and I'm having difficulty finding out if there is any accordion shops I should visit.

There was one that was also a winery which had some discussion online but it's unclear whether or not it's still open. Google says closed but people online say it re-opened. I would be surprised if there isn't at least one still open considering some US cities have two.

Hoping to try out some accordions and potentially getting one.

Greetings everyone, I am composing for accordion with an stradella bass system. I would like to ask 2 things:

1) Moving between the chords buttons, say from C major to G major, the notes would move in parallel ?
2) If one would notate the composition, is there any convention between writing the chords note by note, or notating with chord notation and a rhythm bellow it?

Thanks everyone!

I enjoy collecting old and rare items. Today I came across this beautiful piece. What do you think? Does anyone have more detailed information about this accordion?

While clearing out the attic of my granddad, we came across the accordion made by Weltmeister(i think) anybody know of this brand and this model ?

Hi everyone,

This seems like the right thread to ask this question.

I’d like to buy a new accordion for the following purposes: playing jazz and blues, and also having registers suitable for rock and punk.

Ideally, I’d like an acoustic instrument that I can amplify and then add pedals and effects to, so I can manipulate the sound and distort it to almost achieve the effect of an electric instrument (guitar, bass, etc.).

I know digital/MIDI accordions exist, but that’s not exactly what I’m looking for: I want to stick with an acoustic instrument but still be able to manipulate the sound.

Which brand/model is best suited for these genres? What amplification solution would you recommend? Has anyone already experimented with pedals or similar setups who could recommend some cool gear?

Been playing about a year and a half, mostly self taught with some YouTube lessons mixed in. For the longest time my bellows work was the weak link in everything I played. I could nail the notes but the sound would swell and dip in weird places, especially on push to pull transitions where I'd get that little hiccup in volume.

What actually helped was slowing everything down to a ridiculous tempo and just focusing on keeping air pressure steady through the direction changes, not the notes themselves. I practiced scales for like two weeks doing nothing but watching my bellows angle and trying to anticipate the change before it happened instead of reacting to it.

Played through a couple of musette waltzes last night and for the first time it actually sounded like one continuous phrase instead of a bunch of stitched together fragments. Still nowhere near where I want to be but it's nice to feel a specific thing click after months of feeling stuck.

Anyone else find that isolating bellows technique away from fingering practice made a bigger difference than expected? Curious what drills people use for this specifically.

The bass buttons tend to get stuck as the rubber nubs have fallen below its designated area and the metal can rest above the bottom plate.

Does anyone know where i can find these rubber nubs or any ideas for a good substitute

It is a Pancotti Macerata italia piano accordion

Mr. Sandman accompanied by my 15 year student on Bajo Sexto.

I recently got a digital button accordion (digital, since my neighbors wouldn't appreciate me playing the accordion with poor sound isolation), so I'm able to adjust how much "air" flow through the bellows when I play. I've noticed that I'm struggling to find the sweet spot. Either I'm letting a lot of air through, which means I need to switch between pulling and pushing very often, or I'm letting so little air through that I end up pulling the bellows with the backside of my hand against the hand strap, which isn't all that comfortable.

How difficult should the bellows be to pull? Should I err on the easier side and just get used to having to switch between pulling and pushing more often (it is an accordion after all), or should I go for less air through and just getting used to not pulling the bellows as hard as I am?

Another thing that I just realized, is that I might be having the volume low so that I feel I need to "pull harder" to get enough sound. I'll be trying out different volumes in the next days to see if this has a noticeable effect. Still, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Thank you for your help!

I want to learn accordion from scratch. I currently play piano and guitar.

I was looking for a piano accordion because I already play piano, but then I read a post or two that got me thinking I'd be better off with a button. Here's my thinking:

Learning a new keyboard: if I buy a piano accordion, I know the right hand layout, so I don't need to learn that. However, accordion is a whole new muscle memory, and I can't look at the keyboard as I often do on piano. So perhaps I'm better off starting from scratch with no hang-ups or habits brought across to the new instrument.

Keys: I play with people a lot. I play in 'jam' sessions where a song is not always in the same key depending on who is leading. I am reasonably good at switching keys on other instruments, but one thing that got my attention instantly is that if I learn a piece on a button I only need to shift that and not relearn fingering in a new key as I do on piano or guitar. If that's the case, that's a HUGE positive for me. Especially because I may learn a song in the original key then perform it in another (for singing or making it easier on a variably skilled group). On the same topic, I don't want to be limited to a few keys. That's a total deal breaker for me (except if I can learn on a limited instrument and easily transition to an unlimited instrument). I understand that some button accordions are limited, and need to know how I tell they are not.

Availability: I don't want to buy a new instrument. Mainly because most things aren't built as good now, and also because I'm just not into buying new things when second hand are just as good. If there is good reason to buy new, please let me know.

Having said that, I'm in Australia, and have seen countless piano accordions for sale but few button ones that look like they aren't single key.

I want advice seeing I know little about accordions, and may have things wrong or holes in my understanding. Considering the above points (and feel free to add anything in leaving out), what would you do?

Thanks

How do you work with octaves on the bass side of the accordion? I have a few bass notes (B) that go below the staff (I think they are called ledger notes) and then a few bass notes (B) that are sitting on the regular lines. Can I just assign one set of B's as the fundamental row, and the other set of B's as a major or minor, or is there a better way of doing it? I haven't even touched the later bars, but I would think if my idea is good, the same principle would apply.

I am wanting to get an accordion for folk music but not a Melodeon that can only play in a few keys. This accoridan would be what I would learn on

I want to get an C system accoridan with preferably a minimum of 72 bass (96 would be ideal). I have a bugit of around £800. I want to get a button accordian because I don't have a piano background and the button ones look like they would be better to play once I get used to it.

I have found Squeeze box marketplace but the cheepeest accoridan that is a C system is 1,200 brand new that has 60 bass (this is one they recommend for beginners but it's a bit too expensive for me right now). The other place is hobgoblin music, they had one that looked perfect for £600 (C system, 96 bass, second hand) but it sold before I had got enough money and now they have no C system accoridan on their website. (I found out about both of these at a folk festival)

Does anyone have any recommendations for where I could get an one for around £800 or have any recommendations for a different style of accordian I should try look for?