ACCORDION WORKSHOP - some insights into accordion tuning, repair and restoration

Accordion workshop: Some impressions from my accordion workshop for anyone interested in seeing the inside of an accordion.
Content: Looking under the grille and at the accordion blocks. Cleaning reed blocks and reeds, waxing on reeds, tuning, repairing the accordion gasket etc.
Enjoy!
If you’re interested in listening to Irish button accordion music, there are videos and playlists in my channel, click:
/ @patbartonaccordion
For a list of Irish traditional tunes on button accordion in order of alphabet, click
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[@tandemwings4733]

Great stuff there. Great stuff..!!!

[@kevinhorsfield7048]

Ah, more genius from Pat! Or is it the young lady doing the repairs!
My piano accordion has a broken reed on the treble. It is a Scandalli and over 60 years old, I have had it since I was16 yrs and I am now 76 yrs! I always take good care of it, but it has always done this.
When I lived in Australia I used to remove which ever reed block had a broken reed and post it off to an old Italian gentleman in the city. He would repair it and post it back to me and I would pay him with a postal order! No electronic tuners in those days, but he always got it right! Good to see that somebody still has the skill to use their hands to repair something. Cheers, keep up the good work!

[@PatBartonAccordion]

Thanks for sharing your memories Kevin, that accordion could tell a few stories I bet. Regarding your question: the two of us work as a team on the accordions. 🪗 🎵

[@paddymccune8512]

#2 . The old grey goose. great playing, Pat.

[@PatBartonAccordion]

Thank you Paddy. 😃👍

[@pollymorganmusic]

Great video! Very interesting. Also loved “The Drunken Sailor”- great tune.

[@PatBartonAccordion]

Thanks Polly, yes, I like the Drunken Sailor. We’ll have to give it an airing at our next session. 😃