Comic Relief...... /Accordion Tuning

[John Ross]

Hi Sid,
I tried it a few years ago. I just did the minor repairs. i.e. replacing
loose reeds with a soldering iron and bees wax.
Initially I had sent the blocks off to have them tuned at the Hohner
distributor. They came back and the customer wasn't satisfied with a few
notes. I evaluated them with my SOT (it was a few years ago) I determined
that the offset from the main was uneven in them, so I balanced them out.
I used a dremel tool taking some off the tip to raise the pitch and from the
riveted end to lower the pitch. I have heard of dabs of shellac
accomplishing the same.
The biggest problem is in having a vacuum source and a pressure source, to a
jig that takes the blocks and allows you to do one reed at a time.
I never had any instruction, it was all trial and error. So I may have been
doing things wrong.
Main thing is I corrected the fault from the 'professional's accordion
tuner, making my customer satisfied.
It takes too much time unless you have a proper jig set up.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "sid blum" <sid@sover.net>
To: "AAAAA" <sid@sover.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: Comic Relief...... /Accordion Tuning


> Pianotech Listers,
>
> I'm thinking this question was best addressed off-list, but this group is
> such an amazing resource, I couldn't resist asking for your help.
>
> I am about to make my first attempt at accordion tuning.  If anyone has
any
> wisdom they are interested in sharing, or sources for information, I would
> be most grateful.
>
> thanks,
>
> sid blum
> sid@sover.net
>
>
>