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Accordion Yellow Pages. If not, hopefully the crash course below is enough to get you started. EyQYY/TUnzcgDph0I/AAAAAAAABlc/fpQx4cO0yYc/s1600/keltieb.jpg' alt='Matt Nathanson Some Mad Hope Zip Code' title='Matt Nathanson Some Mad Hope Zip Code' />It is meant for the piano accordion that is the instrument I play. The basses. Layout. The accordion has an awful lot of bass buttons, but dont worry. A normal accordion can have up to 1. Left_And_Right__EP_.jpg' alt='Matt Nathanson Some Mad Hope Zip Code' title='Matt Nathanson Some Mad Hope Zip Code' />Above you can see the layout for a 7. Stradella thats what its called layout. There are two bass rows and four chord rows. The first row closest to the bellows is the counterbass row, denoted. In each column, the counter bass is a third higher than the fundamental. C in the. counter bass row will sound exactly the same as the C in the fundamental. The chord rows are all denoted by a lower case letter plus a suffix. M. e. g. c, or c. M, or cmaj. the minor chords, with a suffix m or min. German. and Dutch vermindertd or a degrees sign. The columns are arranged along the circle of fifths. That is a very clever arrangement, because this way the basses. For instance, for a tune in the key of C major, you often need. C major, G major, and F major chords, and they are next to. If your accordion has more bass buttons, 8. Stradella basses layout. C sharp column. But that is simply D flat under a different name. If your accordion has less buttons, 3. As for the rows, first the diminished bass row disappears. C column will almost always be just below the middle. As you will find out soon enough, you cant see what you are doing For that reason, some buttons are marked. The C fundamental bass is always marked, usually indented. If there are more than 8 columns, then usually the E fundamental. A flat fundamental bass are marked as well. But Your Mileage May Vary Ive got one accordion where the. E flat bass is marked instead of the A flat bass. When in doubt. start from the C fundamental bass and count from there. Now, how do you use these basses Play the fundamental basses with. Some older American courses that you might encounter say to use the. The basic way of playing is in a hoom pa pa fashion. For 44 time, that is. For 68 time, the pattern is fundamental bass on the first beat. C. c C. c C. C. c. Play the basses staccato press them and release them. If you dont play them like that, you will probably find. If the basses are written out, like Ive done below, they have. On the other hand, if a bass note takes up more than a beat. I have recently come into posession of inherited found. XXX. Can you tell me what its worth And do you know where I could. The short answer is not really. I can make a wild guess. The value of an accordion depends on a number of things. Once you know those, you can estimate some. Then youve got two options, of course. Hopefully you decide for the second option The condition of the accordion. For second hand accordions, playability is valued higher than antiquity. Antiquity value would only start to kick in if it is very old. Cyrill Demian thats the year it was invented, or patented. If the accordion is not in a good condition, one should probably. If the bellows seem to be mouldy, that might be costly. In that case the reeds might be rusty and need replacement To estimate how bad or how good it still is, have a look at. How to check out the condition of an accordion. Advice on Buying Used Squeezeboxes. By itself the age doesnt matter, but for one thing accordions have become. But apart from maintenance and retuning. Of course, apart from the condition, the value also depends on the. There must be hundreds. Roughly speaking. Chinese and East European accordions Hero, Parrot, Delicia. WeltmeisterBandmaster are of lower quality and cheaper than German. Austrian or Italian instruments Hohner, Zupan, Scandalli, Paolo Soprani. Fratelli Crosio, Pigini, Victoria. Zupan is Slovenian, though and Weltmeister is West European now. For some brands, the year in which the accordion was made is very important. Then again, for others brands the quality. Hohner is huge, and spans the whole price range. Its top instrument is. Hohner Gola. After that comes the Morino. At the other end of. Hohner has imported cheap Chinese instruments, and relabeled. B brand name for that. Hohner, though. US American accordions usually are Italian accordions, either imported. US. An example is Titano Titano is a good brand by the way. Pancordion. And Italian accordions are were almost without exception made in the. Castelfidardo. For diatonic accordions with usually two rows of buttons both left. Castagnari and Saltarelle. For concertinas, Wheatstone and Lachenal are good brands. BastariStagiHohnerGremlinTitano etc. Italian. concertinas closer in internal construction to accordions than real. English manufacture. Collin Dippers instruments are quite. As for bandoneons, I am not really familar with those the brand. Alfredo Arnold, and then specifically the ones that. The first name is important his sonsnephewsetc. Oh, and it should be a full size instruments. Size and possibilities. Finally, the value depends on the size and the possibilities. A diatonic accordion is usually worth less than. That does not seem to be true for diatonic. Also, concertinas might be small, but that doesnt mean they are cheap. Don Nichols once said that his Wheatstone concertina was more expensive. For piano accordions, the thing you need to know is the number of bass. A full size accordion has 1. If it has. more buttons, it is probably a free bass instrument a. Tex Avery S on this page. Manual III. a. k. But usually owners of free bass instruments know what they. Stradella basses and free basses that saves on buttons and weight. If it has less than 3. Professional models start at 6. Apart from the number of basses, what is the number of registers Often switches are duplicated for easier access, so look for the. Some cheaper instruments have two voices two reeds per key and no. That switch is the master switch. Does the instruments have chin registers buttons on the top of the keyboard. In that case, the instrument will be nearer to the top of the range. On the bass side, the number of voices is harder to guess. If the right hand side has to or three voices, the bass side will. So now some figures, please. USD 3. 00. but you might find old, 2 voice instruments for about USD 1. Also, refurbished, guaranteed instruments will be more expensive. I paid about USD 1. Hohner Student. and USD 4. Parrot. That is in the Netherlands, though. The high end of the range is pretty high. Ive seen second hand Hohner Gola 4. DEM 2. 0 0. 00 ca. USD 1. 0 0. 00. And the top of the line instrument is the PiginiYupiter Super Bayan. Friedrich Lips plays one of those. I believe that new that one retails for around USD 5. Unfortunately, these are never the ones you find in the attic. To get a better idea, have a look at my list of. In particular. The House of Musical Traditions. The Button Box. Ernest Deffner, Inc. All pages but the last list prices. Of course, you could try to find a local shop. The Accordion Yellow Pages. If that fails, you could ask your question on the newsgroup. It is easier to make an. It doesnt always, though some brands are so obscure that. If you need an exact answer, some companies will do an official appraisal. Ernest Deffner, Inc. USD 3. 0. or thereabout. Id like to take the money and run.