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Rich Edwards
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 10 มี.ค. 2013
I have a passion for restoring and generally working on accordions and melodeons- I also enjoy fixing guitars and will soon start making Appalachian dulcimers
If you want to contact me about accordion or melodeon repairs or anything else you can email me at:
richiemcrich@hotmail.co.uk
If you want to contact me about accordion or melodeon repairs or anything else you can email me at:
richiemcrich@hotmail.co.uk
Accordion repair and refurbishment-Royal Standard 32 bass-final episode- tuning bass side and play
In this video i tune up the bass side and give this accordion a little play
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Accordion repair and refurbishment-Royal Standard 32 bass-tuning treble side reeds
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In this video I show how i go about tuning the treble side reeds
Accordion repair and refurbishment-Royal Standard 32 bass-lets do a road test- where have we got to?
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In this video, having rewaxed in all of the reeds, repaired the bellows and renewed the bellows gasket, I put it all back together for a first road test, before carrying on with the project.....
Accordion repair and refurbishment-Royal Standard 32 bass-Sorting out some bellows issues....
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In this video, I fix some new bellows corners on and make some bellows tape repairs.
Accordion repair and refurbishment-Royal Standard 32 bass- dealing with a tricky glued in reedblock!
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In this video, I show how I remove , and rewax in bass side reeds that sit in a glued in reedblock.
Accordion repair and refurbishment- Royal Standard 32 bass-making reed wax and waxing in reeds
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In this video I show how I make reed wax, and also how I wax in reeds
Accordion repair and refurbishment- Royal Standard 32 bass-lets get stuck into the reeds!!
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In this video , I remove reeds from the reedblock, clean up the reedblock, clean the reeds, check the reeds and revalve them,
Accordion repair and refurbishment- Royal Standard 32 bass- what do we have here!!!
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In this video, I take a closer look at this Royal Standard 32 bass accordion. I tackle two major issues,
Accordion repair and restoration- pallets, pallets, pallets! ( plus other related stuff)
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In this video, i reface the pallets on an Italian accordion. I also add some dampening to the key travel.
Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration - final part- how does it sound?
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I tune up and then play it to see how it sounds.
Frontalini accordion repair-part 2- fitting bellows straps
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In this video I fit bellows straps to a Frontalini accordion.
Finishing Frontalini accordion repairs -part 1- bellows taping
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In this video I replace some bellows tape on a Frontalini accordion
Accordion repair-fixing a serious crack on treble keyboard section of a Frontalini 120 bass
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In this video I show how I went about fixing a serious crack in the keyboard part of the accordion.
Frontalini bass side register mechanism repair.
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In this video , I try to sort out a non working bass register selector mechanism
Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration part 6- bellows gasket compression test first play
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I fit bellows gasket, check compression and give the reedsa test play
Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration part 5-pallets!!
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Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration part 5-pallets!!
Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration-part 4- treble and bass register mechanisms
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Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration-part 4- treble and bass register mechanisms
Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration-part 3. Valving and waxing in reeds.
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Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration-part 3. Valving and waxing in reeds.
Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration-part 2. Removing reeds, preparing reeds and reeblock
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Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration-part 2. Removing reeds, preparing reeds and reeblock
Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration - part 1. What do we have here !!
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Fabulous 1930's Pancotti accordion restoration - part 1. What do we have here !!
Accordion repair- sorting out stiff treble side register switches on Hohner Concerto 3.
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Accordion repair- sorting out stiff treble side register switches on Hohner Concerto 3.
Hohner Carmen 2 accordion for sale-24 bass fully refurbished
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Hohner Carmen 2 accordion for sale-24 bass fully refurbished
Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 12-finishing touches final video !
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Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 12-finishing touches final video !
Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 11- bellows straps, make new shoulder straps
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Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 11- bellows straps, make new shoulder straps
Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 10-, celluloid repair and new grille cloth ,
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Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 10-, celluloid repair and new grille cloth ,
Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 9-Tuning bass side reeds- first play of it all
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Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 9-Tuning bass side reeds- first play of it all
Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 8-Tuning tremolo reeds
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Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 8-Tuning tremolo reeds
Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 7- Levelling keys and tuning treble side reeds
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Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 7- Levelling keys and tuning treble side reeds
Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 6 air button, bellows gasket, first test run
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Accordion full restoration-Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 6 air button, bellows gasket, first test run
Accordion full restoration- Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 5-refacing treble side pallets
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Accordion full restoration- Hohner Carmen 24 bass-Part 5-refacing treble side pallets
Big job. I first put all the reeds in their seats and then carefully run a soldering iron with a looped tip along small strips of hardened wax in between and around the reeds. (I have a little ``cake`` of hardened wax and cut small lengths off.) It is quicker than your way .
Sounds good! 👍
Hi Rich! Enjoy your videos, always. Still playing my accordion you helped me refurbish, but now I'm practing twice a day to increase my endurance. Thanks for sharing your precious knwoledge and experience with all of us. Cheers, mate!
Hey Mark Good to hear from you Thank you for your kind words and happy accordion playing ! 🪗
Hello Rich. What is the app for tuning you use?
Hello Oscar I use Dirks instrument tuner - you can download it from his website 😁
Hello. For the voices with pins, What do you put first? The wax or the pin? (I'll do service to my WM Stella) Thank you.
Hello I don't put the pins in You often find them fitted in the factory for extra security but if you wax the reeds in properly then you don't need pins ☺️
Do you have any experience with heligonka repairs?
I'm sorry I don't .best wishes Rich
sounding good Rich - very useful you explaining and showing your process for the bass side tuning
Thankyou ! I'm glad my little videos are useful ! Sometime I wonder if it all makes sense !! 🤔
Thanks Rich much appreciated - I am nearly there with my main accordion honer regina iv 1941 - just a couple of dodgy notes to sort - revising how you do it is most helpful - I definitely need that long thin tool for poking through to tune the underside reed. The Royal Standard is sounding good!
Hey thanks ! Good luck with your tuning !
Sounding good - looking forward to seeing you do some more tuning - I am still finding that tricky
Sounds great!!
Thankyou !
Great job on this. Beautiful little accordion. Looking forward to seeing how you tune it. Thanks.
Thank you kindly!
Looking good. Looking forward to the Bellows re-work.
Hi Rich. I know this video is 5 years old but do you remember is the bass reed block on this accordion was glued in or waxed in. I have just bought one and am about to re-do the valves as someone has stored this the wrong way up and some of the old leather valves look like pig-tails :(
Hello Alan I can't remember, sorry ! But once you have taken the pins out and can look inside you could take a photo of the reedblocks and send it to me and I will be able to tell you Cheers Rich
@@richedwards9646 Hi Rich. I've sent some photos on your e-mail address
Coming along nicely.
Thankyou 😊
Thanks for the new demo of this I definitely need to get better at doing this!
Beautiful job!
Great video. I like the detail you include of the process.
Thank you!
Is there any alternative to hot beeswax?
No I think you have to use a mix of beeswax and rosin
@@richedwards9646 Thanks
Focus on near objects needs improving.
would be great to have more close-ups when you are doing detail work like waxing. Thanks.
Thank's Rich, I find your videos inspirational. I am now doing my own basic accordion repairs.
Hey Shayne That's great news Good luck 👍
I've got this to do on a cheap east german anglo concertina next! Nice to see you do it again
Good luck !
Hi Rich, your videos are so helpful - thank you! Quick question...if I am removing and replacing one reed from a fairly new accordion, do you think I would need to re-wax, or would I possibly get away with just loosening the wax with a soldering iron, getting the old reed out, and then securing the new one with the soldering iron and perhaps a bit of paintbrush work? Many thanks once again and good luck with all current and future restorations.
Hello Phil I would probably carefully remove the reed - then very carefully cutting away any wax on the reed chamber and then rewax the reed in .
@@richedwards9646 Ok, thanks Rich! Will dive in with this in a few weeks time...
they reinstalled the reeds into the wrong slots lol *edit* OR DID THEY?? mysterious
Yep that was weird I thought that maybe the previous owner had had a little go at things and put some of the reeds in the wrong place but that wasn't the case - the notes were definitely playing in the wrong order though !!
That was interesting thanks for sharing!
Always interesting thanks for sharing !
Why dont you put new bellows on it?
So with the paintbrush, you don't need to have/use an expensive reed wax spoon ?
7:19, oops, you'll need that one at 10:49.
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Wonderful video! Can't wait to see more repair projects like this.
Thanks rich have seen all so now I’m set to tackle my own two voice thanks again 👍
Thankyou ! Good luck - feel free to ask any questions 😊
What is the best temperature for melting wax?
Hello I use a wax heater - used for heating leg wax The wax needs to be pretty hot - I normally have my heater nearly on max If the wax starts to smoke you are in trouble - it can easily catch fire 🔥 Also if it starts to smoke the wax will be ruined BE VERY CAREFUL!!!!!!🙏
Amazing!
i love this accordion
Hi rich , I prefer it when you do commentary, I can see what you’re doing but don’t know how or why you’re doing it, it’s your channel and it’s great 👍
Здравствуйте.скажите кисть из какого волоса сделана натуральная или искусственная?
Hello I use a good quality artist brush - made of natural fibres - cheap brushes just don't work 👍
Hi, how are you? I have exactly the same Carmen ll accordion and I am an apprentice. I feel like it's out of tune but I don't know what order the bass goes in. If you could inform me. Thank you so much
Rich, love the video. I have two old Italian accordions to repair and you have taken the mystery out of it. May I ask what brand glue you were using and the thickness of the leather. Sorry I missed it if you mentioned it. Tx
It looks like you are going to let the complainers have their way on your channel.I personally have never minded your chit chat during a video and never even thought about it. It's your channel, don't let people tell you how to run it.
Hello! I think I will just do what I do ! If people don't like it then they can stop watching - thankyou for your kind comments Rich
Thankyou for showing the gluing back on - my first attempt at this was not so great - tried positioning the pallet then adding glue - had some failures - will try this way next
Hi Rich - you only refaced with leather this time - can you please explain your thinking? Other times you have made your own felted leather for this
Hello It depends on the accordion This older accordion only ever had a thin leather facing on the pallets If I had put a layer of felt and leather it would caused the keys to drop too far - and so I would have had to bend all the key arms quite considerably. More modern accordions are designed to have felt and leather on the pallets and the arms are shaped accordingly .
Hey Rich! You talk too little! 🤭
Hello !! Thankyou for your support - I hope you like the videos !!😊
You do you Rich, if you want to talk in your videos go ahead, that's what I say. As a blind user, I get a lot out of the talkie ones, I am only at the beginning of watching this as I write this comment, so no judgment here.
Thanks Jeremy You are always so kind! I will do what I think works and not listen to criticism too much !!
I agree with that, I like the talking too, it's obviously only up to you to decide Rich but it only seems fair that you talk if you want to!
Hey Rich, please comment. what you are doing. This silent video is crap. By watching your videos, I kill two birds with one stone. I enhance my skills in accordion restoration and in English language. Greeting from Slovakia.
Thankyou! Greetings from Bristol ! Thankyou for your kindness
That was so useful... thank you. ❤
Whoever told you that you speak too much was wrong. The video was great apart from the beginning when I had to guess what you were doing.😂😂 I thought the marerial was felt until you said. I found the video very useful and I'm looking forward to seeing more. Thank you.
❤ thankyou Stefan You are very kind Thanks for watching !
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Hello, were are you located?
Hello I am in Bristol UK.
You talk too much ! Why do You not show what You are doing instead ? Bad show !!!
Thanks for your comment I have put up a lot of videos showing how to do a lot of things I was a bit short of time on this one so didn't really go into a lot of detail. 🙂
Hi Rich, can you please share the name of the song you played at the beginning of the video on the 100 years old melodion? Thank you for the videos, they are very helpful !