Comic Relief...... /Accordion Tuning

[Richard Moody]

If accordian reeds go out like reed organ reeds then before attempting to
tune, the reeds should be thoroughly cleaned.  Dirt on accordian reeds
would surely affect tuning much more that dirt on larger reed organ reeds.



----- Original Message -----
From: John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Comic Relief...... /Accordion Tuning


| 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
| >
| >
| >
|
|