Homemade Accordion Reed Tuning Table (from cardboard and scrap)
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- I'm about to start restoring an accordion. I've never done it before, but I'm looking forward to it. While I'm waiting for some parts to arrive (bellows gasket, wax etc.), I thought I'd have a go at making a tuning table.
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That's amazing! I had never thought of using an inkless pen to score paper like that, but now that you've done it, it seems like a great idea. Maybe some little raised "rails" around the holes could make sliding the reeds over a bit easier and more precise. Perhaps one on either side to touch against one side of each set of reeds?
Again, fantastic video!! Inspiring as always.
Thanks so much! A raised rail is a great idea but I'm not 100% sure that the reed banks are all a standard width, and I'm receiving anothet accordion in the post soon which may need work too! Anyway, thanks for watching.
@@SangerStudios maybe using double sided tape (or the super glue trick with normal tape) to attach temporary rails will be enough.
@@madTroubadour That's given me another idea: I'm going to try Velcro tape! Thank you!
Thank you for posting such amazingly detailed and easy to follow instructions. Thanks to you, I have just made myself a set of cardboard bellows out of no more than a couple of old manilla files and some duct tape. It did take me around three hours, as I did it the old fashioned way with a pencil and ruler and there were a couple of things that I didn't think through, one being that it is about nine inces square, which is bigger than I anticipated, but not a problem. I used an old white handled table knife to "score" the fold, as I didn't want to break the surface, and these are not sharp enough to do that. The other mistake that I made was that despite pre-folding them, and then flattening out again, when taping them together, I didn't mark them clearly enough and managed to get one piece the wrong way up, so that when I came to refold, all the folds had been made the wrong way! Again, not a big problem, and I'm absolutely delighted with how they have turned out. The duct tape seems to work well as it's cloth backed. Thanks again for the info - I had no idea how they were made before today!
Hi there, thanks for your lovely comment! It makes me really happy that the video helped you, it really gives me a lot of motivation to keep doing this sort of thing. Bellows are fun, aren't they! I hope the rest of what you're working on is fruitful and successful.
@@SangerStudios I must admit that your video has sparked a real fascination. I was a bit lost with your .svg file (I had heard the term but that's as far as it went) and so wasted a lot of time hand drawing all four (It took me back to my old Technical Drawing days!), but have now constructed in a matter of minutes, a template in Excel, which is of course fully scaleable and can easily be added to or reduced etc. The only difficult bit was getting the cells exactly square so as to apply the diagonals at 45 degrees, but I don't think that great accuracy is required as the tape covers a multitude of errors. I am now rather intrigued as to how to construct five, six, seven or eight sided versions and what angles to use. If I ever get the time to try, I'll let you know!
i am not sure if it makes a big difference (or even make worse!) but imho one can do with four of the same sheet layouts and than taping it all together with at the corners the pointy ends matching pointy ends, just like a regular accordion bellow.
Really? I'm trying to imagine how that would work. Would you need quite wide tape to fill the gaps?
@@SangerStudios You are probably right. I was just comparing to my own accordion bellow.
It was easier to make folds on the paper before gluing it into a single fur.
I don’t suppose you could post a link to your SVG files so we could use the design? Much appreciated video!
I'll have to check, I think they're still on my computer somewhere...
So much work for absolutely nothing. Professional accordion technicians tune with the blocks mounted inside the instrument.