Thanks on behalf of all button accordion players, no one anywhere has done a video like this . I have looked at hundreds of videos and this is the best repair video I have ever seen . Keep up the good work.
I was given an old Italian accordion (Federini, made for Petosa accordions) by an older woman who had had it for nearly six decades and had no more use for it (if I hadn't accepted it, she was going to throw it in the town dump). After watching your video, I was able to clear out the dust and debris (was this kept in the barn for forty years?) from the reed units. Worked like a charm. Now, I have a sweet-sounding instrument to play alongside my husband, who writes songs and plays the piano. If we ever finish the composition, we'll send it your way. Your video was a great help! Thanks!
I bought an accordion at a pawn shop for $50. Thought I made a mistake after bringing it home and finding the keys not operating right, some won't even press down. This video gives me hope though that I can restore it back in playable condition. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
This was very helpful in showing me how to remove the reed blocks. I am trying an experiment with a Hohner GCF accordion; I'm going to try to get a "dry" sound where only one reed is sounding per note. I like this concertina-type sound very much, but this accordion does not have stops. Instead of removing the secondary reeds, I'm simply going to try blocking-off the air holes on them from the inside. Since there are so few videos about diatonic accordion repair, I am going to make a video of my experiment (I will paste a link when I do). Thank you for sharing this! It's great to have information about how to work on these awesome instruments!
Thank you for this video. I have the same problem with an accordion I bought a week ago already as used. I will tell you honestly that I was very scared and now you have calmed me down a bit. This is my first accordion, so even in this frenzy of buying I didn't notice the first time I played the equipment at the seller's :(. He said that if there is a hidden defect, you can take the instrument to him, so I hope it will be fine. Warm greetings from Poland!
Awesome, I had already figured most of it out but was stuck at fixing the inner part reed; this video gave me exactly what I need and now my G work again on my ol' Crucianelli ;) Thanks for the video and for the very usefull splitting of it allowing to easily find the part we need rather than watching it all if not needed. God bless.
@@OleCarstensen Hi dear. Please give me idea. I want bay accordion 48 bass. Somebody told me: hohner somebody told me: startone I have piano (Yamaha psr A3000). But some time no electricity in my house. So I want accordion 48 only for setting the tone. So please give me idea. Thanks....
Çok teşekkürler elinize sağlık gayet faydalı bir video olmuş birde bir sorum olacak birde tuşun biri tam ses çıkmıyor yarıda kalıyor hava ile ilgili bir sorun olduğunu düşünüyorum seste sorun yok ama tam anlamıyla net ses çıkmıyor
Hopefully this is the same step for a full piano accordion. I have a piano key on one of the registers that will play on the push, but not the pull. A second key was like that, but worked itself out. And I have one sticking bass button that needs to be corrected and probably a few bass reeds that will need to be cleaned or "pinged" as you did here.
Great video 🙂 Just wondering if anyone could offer any help here. I am new to accordions and got a second hand one. It is similar to the one in this video, diatonic with 8 buttons on the bass side. The issue is, my two bottom buttons on the inside of the bass side seem to make the same sound on both push and pull 😶 every other button has 2 distinctly different sounds on push and pull except these two buttons. Has anyone else had this issue, and what was the cause? Badly out of tune or something else maybe?
Dear Trần Thái Bảo, I am not sure I understand the question, but the valves are made out of plastic and glued on with contact adhesive. The reeds themselves are waxed with special accordion wax. Cheers, Ole
Hi Niner Gold Rush, yes, that's normal. The high reeds- usually starting from on A5- are not ventilated. Given their small size, this is not necessary.
@@OleCarstensen oh ok awesome i was starting to get worried lol if i buy plastic reeds and they are to big can they be cut down or must the exact size be bought ?
for the string or piano, i understood after a while ( years) the string would go loose and therefore the sound needs retuned. So for accordion, each reed position would be re-adjusted, to retune the sound?
Hi Joseph, this is just a way to free a block reed. The tuning needs to be done in a different way. If we ever find the time, we make a video about that too ;-)
@@OleCarstensen Hi Ole, thanks for the clarification. Or maybe you could also make a video about this. Fewer people are learning&playing accordion and therefore I assume less people would learn how to repair the instrument.
@@josephzhang1797 You are welcome. We have planned a tuning video but are too busy with repairs at the moment. As soon as we find the time, we make one ;-)
Hi Ali, the papers on top of the reeds are called reed valves and are (nowadays) made out of plastic. Such reed valves can be bought from various different sources online. The valves are glued on individually with ordinary contact adhesive available from different brands. Cheers, Ole
I have a Weltmeister Cantu’s 4 cassoto and some keys don’t have immediate response ...if I leave it so...it maters ?i mean some keys (voices )...don’t all keys ...high keys ..
My acordion doesn’t make sound when pushing the bellow out so it’s the inner reed that’s stuck ,how do I access the inner reed to slip a piece of metal to try and fix it?
How can we adjust a reed that is vibrating just like the first 3 notes on this video......they aren't solidly vibrating. They have a sort of emptiness to them. I hope I made sense hehe I need help learning how to adjust reeds that even though the vibrato is perfecto they have that wavy effect...😑😑
Hi Manuel, I think I might have an idea what you mean by wavy sound effect...- it could well be that you need to check the response of the individual reeds and adjust them if needed. It's probably best if you contact me via my websites contact form www.accordion-doctor.com so we can exchange some more information such as pictures of the reeds to see if I can help you fix this...
@@OleCarstensen ok awesome! Will do! I have been tuning for a maybe about 8 years but not professionally only in small emergency situations that I wasnt able to take to a repair shop....I don't tune for a living but I do tune them to my liking it takes alot of patience lol I will definitely contact you thank you!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks on behalf of all button accordion players, no one anywhere has done a video like this . I have looked at hundreds of videos and this is the best repair video I have ever seen . Keep up the good work.
Thanks, William. We got some more coming soon... 😉
This video is so well put together. No filler, just the important things. Thank you :)
Thank you 😊
It worked on a concertina I bought at a consignment shop! Thanks!!!
Great! =)
Awesome Video...
I was given an old Italian accordion (Federini, made for Petosa accordions) by an older woman who had had it for nearly six decades and had no more use for it (if I hadn't accepted it, she was going to throw it in the town dump). After watching your video, I was able to clear out the dust and debris (was this kept in the barn for forty years?) from the reed units. Worked like a charm. Now, I have a sweet-sounding instrument to play alongside my husband, who writes songs and plays the piano. If we ever finish the composition, we'll send it your way. Your video was a great help! Thanks!
How Sweet ! ❤ 😊
I bought an accordion at a pawn shop for $50. Thought I made a mistake after bringing it home and finding the keys not operating right, some won't even press down. This video gives me hope though that I can restore it back in playable condition. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
You're welcome!
How did it go?
Thank You very much. My accordion had same problem. It bothered me more than one year. Now I’m a happy man. 謝謝！
Happy to hear you could fix it ;-)
Thank you sir for the video. My father's accordion keys have been stuck for years and this video fixed it. Thanks a lot sir
Always good to learn more about the mechanical side of the accordion.
Excellent explanation. Thank you so much. I have a happy accordion once more.
Nicely presented and easy to follow.....great video!!
Thank you! We will soon make a new one about how to tune a reed =)
This was very helpful in showing me how to remove the reed blocks. I am trying an experiment with a Hohner GCF accordion; I'm going to try to get a "dry" sound where only one reed is sounding per note. I like this concertina-type sound very much, but this accordion does not have stops. Instead of removing the secondary reeds, I'm simply going to try blocking-off the air holes on them from the inside. Since there are so few videos about diatonic accordion repair, I am going to make a video of my experiment (I will paste a link when I do). Thank you for sharing this! It's great to have information about how to work on these awesome instruments!
This is the first video I found that explains how the bellow is removed (i.e. that those pins are nails, who would have thought)
Thank you for this video. I have the same problem with an accordion I bought a week ago already as used. I will tell you honestly that I was very scared and now you have calmed me down a bit. This is my first accordion, so even in this frenzy of buying I didn't notice the first time I played the equipment at the seller's :(. He said that if there is a hidden defect, you can take the instrument to him, so I hope it will be fine. Warm greetings from Poland!
You're welcome and good luck!
Thank you! This tutorial is really well done.
Thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I did like it very much.
Awesome, I had already figured most of it out but was stuck at fixing the inner part reed; this video gave me exactly what I need and now my G work again on my ol' Crucianelli ;)
Thanks for the video and for the very usefull splitting of it allowing to easily find the part we need rather than watching it all if not needed. God bless.
Thanks so much! This helped me fix my accordion by myself.
Wunderbar....thank you for posting. I hoped for song at the end though.
You're welcome!
Thank you so much dear.
👍✌💞
You are so welcome!
@@OleCarstensen
Hi dear.
Please give me idea.
I want bay accordion 48 bass.
Somebody told me: hohner
somebody told me: startone
I have piano (Yamaha psr A3000).
But some time no electricity in my house.
So I want accordion 48 only for setting the tone.
So please give me idea.
Thanks....
@@markhormusic_ALIEN_GAME_ZONE I can't really advise on that matter. Probably best to go to a music shop and try them out.
Great explainations ! thank you ! :)
Thank you, thank you. I will try !
Thanks a lot!
I have got couple of dirt cheap accordions fom the flea markets and those nice little instruments have that kind of issues.
very helpful !
Very nicely done thanks
Thank you!
Excellent video...you saved me a lot of money sir...thankyou so much!
You welcome =)
Thank you so well easy explained. :)
Fixed my erica, thanx!
Çok teşekkürler elinize sağlık gayet faydalı bir video olmuş birde bir sorum olacak birde tuşun biri tam ses çıkmıyor yarıda kalıyor hava ile ilgili bir sorun olduğunu düşünüyorum seste sorun yok ama tam anlamıyla net ses çıkmıyor
Excellent
Danke, Superb😃
Gern geschehen! Freut mich wenn es dir gefaellt :-) LG, Ole
thank you so much! i have unstuck 3 keys and am so happy!
You're welcome!
It was great, thank you
Ole, A Great Guy, very helpfull.
Got a 20 button concertina with a damaged reed need replacing many thanks
Hi James, unfortunately, we don't work with concertinas at the moment but I wish you good luck finding a repairer that can fix it for you. Cheers, Ole
Hopefully this is the same step for a full piano accordion. I have a piano key on one of the registers that will play on the push, but not the pull. A second key was like that, but worked itself out. And I have one sticking bass button that needs to be corrected and probably a few bass reeds that will need to be cleaned or "pinged" as you did here.
This was a lifesaver! My only complaint was.... The piano music at the assembly! The melody was great but I think a bellows would be more fitting?
Haha, yes that's a fair point. I'll consider your advice in the next repair video ;-)
Great video! Very helpful. I hope this works.
Thank you, my Catagnari has a problem, one note "push" gives no sound, just a bit of air, is that the same problem. Thank you for your advise.
Thank you
The Bass Reeds work the same way. Of course there are Double Keyboard Piano Accordions called Luttbeg Accordions that Pianists will have fun with.
Thx but How can I test the reed before installing it?
Hey what can i do when my reed tuning pitch high when playing quite and pitch low when playing loud ? Thx for help!
Great video 🙂 Just wondering if anyone could offer any help here. I am new to accordions and got a second hand one. It is similar to the one in this video, diatonic with 8 buttons on the bass side. The issue is, my two bottom buttons on the inside of the bass side seem to make the same sound on both push and pull 😶 every other button has 2 distinctly different sounds on push and pull except these two buttons. Has anyone else had this issue, and what was the cause? Badly out of tune or something else maybe?
#StayHealthy.
Can You fix a stuck register button on a piano accordion?
Cheers!
I have a hohner old accordeon something is inside loose and moving its a piano one 1940 s
Excuse me, may I ask the material used to suppress the arcorion's reed?
What kind of glue do you use to glue them together? . Thanks
Dear Trần Thái Bảo, I am not sure I understand the question, but the valves are made out of plastic and glued on with contact adhesive. The reeds themselves are waxed with special accordion wax. Cheers, Ole
@@OleCarstensen Sorry for the language inconvenience because I'm using google translate. Thanks for the answer.
@@tranthaibao7932 No worries 🙂
0:03 That G above Middle C needs fixing.
Exellent, very well done and helpful. Very understandable and eqsy to follow. jskalet
Excellent video !! Is it normal for some reeds not to have the valves on them ?
Hi Niner Gold Rush, yes, that's normal. The high reeds- usually starting from on A5- are not ventilated. Given their small size, this is not necessary.
@@OleCarstensen oh ok awesome i was starting to get worried lol if i buy plastic reeds and they are to big can they be cut down or must the exact size be bought ?
I would try to buy in the correct size but they can also be cut otherwise
Hy did you sale accordion Accessories?Thanks
Hi Ferraz, we mostly sell accordions but some selected accessories too on www.accordion-doctor.com/shop
for the string or piano, i understood after a while ( years) the string would go loose and therefore the sound needs retuned. So for accordion, each reed position would be re-adjusted, to retune the sound?
Hi Joseph, this is just a way to free a block reed. The tuning needs to be done in a different way. If we ever find the time, we make a video about that too ;-)
@@OleCarstensen Hi Ole, thanks for the clarification. Or maybe you could also make a video about this. Fewer people are learning&playing accordion and therefore I assume less people would learn how to repair the instrument.
@@josephzhang1797 You are welcome. We have planned a tuning video but are too busy with repairs at the moment. As soon as we find the time, we make one ;-)
Could you please share " how we can set the papers ?"... Can i iron the papers on the reeds ? or What we are going to use for glue ?
Hi Ali, the papers on top of the reeds are called reed valves and are (nowadays) made out of plastic. Such reed valves can be bought from various different sources online. The valves are glued on individually with ordinary contact adhesive available from different brands. Cheers, Ole
@@OleCarstensen Thank you very much...
I'd be the idiot that counts five reeds from the opposite side once flipped...
Where can I buy the reeds?
We always have reeds in stock so please drop us a message at monika@accordion-doctor.com and let us know what you are searching for. Cheers - Ole
I have a Weltmeister Cantu’s 4 cassoto and some keys don’t have immediate response ...if I leave it so...it maters ?i mean some keys (voices )...don’t all keys ...high keys ..
Hi, the same happens to my accordion. Have you fixed it? How?
My acordion doesn’t make sound when pushing the bellow out so it’s the inner reed that’s stuck ,how do I access the inner reed to slip a piece of metal to try and fix it?
The inner reeds need to be lifted. See: ua-cam.com/video/ZBnatcvGLyI/v-deo.html
@@OleCarstensen thanks man it’s fixed now👍
@@jesusaranda4006 You're welcome!
How can we adjust a reed that is vibrating just like the first 3 notes on this video......they aren't solidly vibrating. They have a sort of emptiness to them. I hope I made sense hehe I need help learning how to adjust reeds that even though the vibrato is perfecto they have that wavy effect...😑😑
Hi Manuel, I think I might have an idea what you mean by wavy sound effect...- it could well be that you need to check the response of the individual reeds and adjust them if needed. It's probably best if you contact me via my websites contact form www.accordion-doctor.com so we can exchange some more information such as pictures of the reeds to see if I can help you fix this...
@@OleCarstensen ok awesome! Will do! I have been tuning for a maybe about 8 years but not professionally only in small emergency situations that I wasnt able to take to a repair shop....I don't tune for a living but I do tune them to my liking it takes alot of patience lol I will definitely contact you thank you!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Bro i did that and i broke it 💀💀
Purchased the tool rather that compromising my box, high quality, reasonable price and in US currency thru Amazon, See Ole's link. jskalet