Tuesday, October 15, 2013

How to Repair Your Diatonic Accordion or Concertina DVD



I dont know what to say
am I am the only DIY'er in the US with a few old single row non valuable but neat-o button boxes I want to work on ? This might explain the lack of reviews of this DVD, the only one I have seen on the subject. I think this is a VHS tape from the 70's put to disc, but no matter, really, this kind of effort is timeless :-))

If you plan to follow along with the guys you'll need a soldering iron, some accordion wax, small lead solder, a nice palette knife, some leather conditioner w/o silicone, a file for the solder, maybe a stone, and..... a bottle of tequila. Sounds crazy, but it works for them and it really is a very entertaining disc.

I may call in an adventurous friend to do shots along with me and maybe we'll record our efforts and add them to the review. Seriously, if you are not afraid to carefully tackle a simple old box..with a "what have I got to lose" type spirit, there is plenty explained here to get you going in the right direction. If there was a...

Not much here
If you're just looking to get your hand held a bit and maybe look into the world of melodeons and concertinas a little, this is a swell video. If you have to actually replace or repair anything -- like, say, a reed valve or two, the most common repair on a melodeon -- forget it. This is not even an overview of the subject. There's some slightly useful information on concertinas in general, some slightly more useful information on the mechanics of altering a reed in order to affect the tuning (nothing at all on the actual tuning, of course), but that's it. Two stars is extremely generous here, I think.



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