Great playing - of what used to be my MELODEON (!) - you seem to be getting a lot more out of it than my clumsy fingers managed. It was very nicely tuned and set up by Mike R in Cornwall.
Different countries refer to different things as a melodeon, in England most diatonic button accordions are referred to as melodeons, regardless of how many rows they have.
@@andymelodeon And few know the difference between a diatonic button accordion and a melodeon. Regardless of country, there is still right and the wrong. Calling it an accordion is correct as it's the same family, but the differentiation's vital as all of the types are so very different, and simply being a melodeon but with more than one row, it's obvious as to why it would commonly be referred to as such. Irish diatonic button accordions, for example, are chromatic for all tense and purposes making them closer to button accordions than their diatonic counterparts, despite themselves being mechanically diatonic. _There's a reason I don't refer to it by its technical title_
@@paulcaswell2813 Cutting? Not true. but, he cared to correct it for awhile. These days he doesn't care because it isn't important, he said so himself. But it's best to ask him, of course. I too make the distinction, and I've met others who also do. And I don't find it important either. :)
Great playing - of what used to be my MELODEON (!) - you seem to be getting a lot more out of it than my clumsy fingers managed. It was very nicely tuned and set up by Mike R in Cornwall.
It's a lovely instrument!
a melodeon is a single row instrument
Different countries refer to different things as a melodeon, in England most diatonic button accordions are referred to as melodeons, regardless of how many rows they have.
AFAIK, only Andy C and the Castagnari company make the distinction...
@@andymelodeon And few know the difference between a diatonic button accordion and a melodeon. Regardless of country, there is still right and the wrong. Calling it an accordion is correct as it's the same family, but the differentiation's vital as all of the types are so very different, and simply being a melodeon but with more than one row, it's obvious as to why it would commonly be referred to as such. Irish diatonic button accordions, for example, are chromatic for all tense and purposes making them closer to button accordions than their diatonic counterparts, despite themselves being mechanically diatonic. _There's a reason I don't refer to it by its technical title_
@@paulcaswell2813 Cutting? Not true. but, he cared to correct it for awhile. These days he doesn't care because it isn't important, he said so himself. But it's best to ask him, of course. I too make the distinction, and I've met others who also do. And I don't find it important either. :)
"Melodeon is the British term for a diatonic button accordion."(Ed Rennie) That's good enough for me and everyone I know.