I came across an excellent demonstration video about the Hurdy Gurdy. It’s quite the complicated Medieval instrument with drones, melody notes and even a rhythm device, but it is beautiful in its own way, with a hypnotic quality.
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Bridge to better sound
Banjos are about the most adjustable musical instruments I’ve ever seen. You can replace the head with a different one, or you can adjust the tension of the head. You can even change pots or change necks. You can try a different style of tailpiece… Read More
Gas Can Banjos?
My brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis, plays clawhammer banjo. That is, he says he plays it. I don’t know if any witnesses have made it out alive. He has been trying to convince me that this clawhammer banjo thing is something I ought to get… Read More
Maker
I found this nice little video about Bob Tedrow the concertina maker.
How to tune an accordion….
It’s easy….just take your accordion down to your local accordion repair guy, give him some money and some time and pick up your box when he’s done.
Let’s visit an accordion factory…
Courtesy of auclan who provided this video to YouTube…
Invention of the Accordion
I just heard on the radio that today marks the anniversary of the invention of the accordion. Let’s celebrate, friends. Of course the guy on the radio had some strange information, that the accordion was invented in Philadelphia in 1854, when any old fool knows… Read More
for those days when the button accordion is just too mainstream…
…there’s the Hurdy Gurdy. When I grow up or win a medium sized lottery, I’d love to get my hands on one of these instruments.
Back from the shop…
Chris at Musical Instruments of Canada did a fantastic job repairing the grill of my Guerrini triple row button accordion. The grill, including both corners, broke last weekend in what I can only describe as a macabre accordion accident. With some super-glue, epoxy and magic,… Read More
The Pattern
Since there was some discussion on my previous post about the chromatic button accordion vs the piano accordion, here is a diagram I grabbed from wikipedia that shows the basic C-system pattern, which repeats up and down the button board. On many chromatics, the buttons… Read More
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