Well guys, my personal record of five years of not catching COVID-19 has been broken. Went to a family do on Sunday, was told a family member, who had previously tested negative, retested positive for COVID-19, on retesting on Monday, and I myself tested negative on Wednesday morning. ( I was booked for a second cataract operation that very afternoon. Luckily the surgical team opted to postpone the operation because, on the evening of the day following the proposed day of the procedure... Read more ..read more

Hi there, I 'm wondering if anyone has an accordian other than a Roland and uses the BK7m Midi. I'm interested to know if there is somewhere in the settings to make the bellow actions more sensitive CHeers Chris ..read more

Before making a recording I think of the following: 1- I like the song 2- I don't like the song, but others will enjoy it 3 - I like the song and think others will enjoy it So this song gets a 3. I did the Accordion and Solovox (Casio M10) parts like the original recording by Yankovic in 1947 ..read more

I replaced one cap but it took too much effort. I really had to struggle getting the original cap off and putting the new on required a lot of pressure. This tells me I'm missing something. It should be easy. I could use some help with this, this being changing bass button caps on Roland FR accordions ..read more

I'm posting this also as a new post so I hope no one misses it. Everyone is welcome to the zoom! Come on in and meet some of the other accordionists here. No questions too dumb, no playing too weak. It's all for fun and you don't have to play, just hang out and have fun! This is the final zoom that I am hosting this season, hopefully Jerry or one of our other forum members will contiinue to host through the summer. Here is the link for tomorrow's zoom #10, Friday, May 3, 2024, 1:00 pm... Read more ..read more

Hi everyone, I was hoping to get to Castelfidardo to pick up my new accordion from Victoria. They were delayed (no, really...) so I don't have a window to make the trip. Elke is now talking about sending via UPS. I am concerned that the package will be opened and then badly repacked at UK customs - does anyone have any recent (post-Brexit) experience of receiving accordions in the UK from Italy ..read more

From the Accordion Society of Australia (Victoria branch): Join us in celebrating the 195th official birthday of the accordion at Open Studio Northcote, with performances by Dave Evans, ASAVO (ASA Victoria Orchestra), Prahran Accordion Band and chalkboard session, from 12pm till 3pm on Saturday the 4th of May 2024. Free entry! FB event: https://fb.me/e/6Od1QJzNs More details: https://www.accordionsaustralia.com/events/world-accordion-day-2024 Click to expand ..read more

This is my 2 row Hohner "Accordeon" that was given to me a few years ago, my first/only accordion and my favorite to play. I tuned all the reeds and replaced all the old leather with nice new leather parts. I love it because of how simple it is to play. All the B's are on push and all the C's and A's are on pull while all the other notes have push or pull on two different buttons. The 11 button row is tuned to play in the key of Bmajor while the 10 button row is... Read more ..read more

Whilst beginning to clean my reeds today, my cheap brass brushes seem to wear down quite quickly and have trouble getting into the finer reed slots. I dont have steel wool on hand, but thought back to scrubbing a barbeque with aluminum foil in place of a grill brush. Lo and behold after trying it out, the aluminum foil is perfectly moldable, incredibly cheap, removes rust and grime much better than brass wire brushes, and can fit into all of the reed slots and doesn't scratch the reed block... Read more ..read more

I am new here and just wanted to introduce myself. I am 26 and live in the US. I was given an old 2 row Diatonic Hohner "Accordeon" a few years ago and have taught myself to play and recently restored it tuning all the reeds and replacing the leather parts with new leather etc., I have grown to love the old fashioned wood keys with buttons with the 10 button row being elevated from the 11 button row. I love how the whole accordion is made of wood, metal, leather, and glue. Glad to be here... Read more ..read more