Accordion video 1.
My accordion project. I will be posting more videos of this project soon. At the moment it is only playing 26 notes (no bass notes.) It’s running on a noisy blower so sorry for that but this accordion is part of a larger organ build and will not be running on this blower. If you a wondering what my next project may be, well I fancy a go at mechanical guitar or banjo.
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This is wonderful!! …
This is wonderful!!! Beats animusic any time of the day.
should makes a …
should makes a composition wurlitzer any instrument u can interface into it, jus out of curiousity when connecting the bass have you connected to the bass buttons in the stradelli system of the reed valves because if you go for the valves you can easily do a 120 bass because theres onyl 24 of them.
This must be so …
This must be so rewarding. What a great and odd hobby =)
All the problems …
All the problems you kindly pointed out have been addressed.
I like to do things my own way, then look how the rest of the world does theirs.
That way I find it more of a challenge has it is very easy just to imitate someone else’s work I like the challenge in starting from scratch when modifying or building musical items. After all it’s my hobby.
Please reply to the rest of the Accordion video has your opinions are welcome.
Hi thanks for your …
Hi thanks for your comments please see the rest of the accordion videos on youtube.
Accordion video 2. Added on July 08, 2007
Accordion video 3. Added on July 07, 2007
Accordion video 4. Added on July 07, 2007
As to the …
As to the mechanical guitar and banjo, you might want to check out the Encore banjo and the modern D.C. Ramey versions (single banjo, and banjo-orchestra), as well as the Ragtime Automated Music products for some ideas. The Encore patents are in the public domain (in fact, RAM uses their fretter ideas!), but Ragtime’s picker wheels are a newer design, patented, and I don’t think the patent has run out yet.
Neat so far… a …
Neat so far… a short trip to a local accordion shop should get the one or two buzzing reeds sounding nice in no time. Now, with free-bass accordions (all the buttons make individual notes), you can usually automate that half as well to play bass, countermelody, etc. but with a Stradella bass (some buttons are notes, some are chords), it’s not so easy. Still, a great start so far!