Many thanks to all the musicians who helped me learn about this button accordion...as promised, I'm posting on The Session to let everyone know that I now have it listed on Ebay.
Hope I did a half decent job of describing it. Here's the link that should take you to my Ebay store, if you want to take a look:
I haven't been able to add the promised video of it to the auction listing yet due to technical problems, but am still trying. If you email me a question from the Ebay listing, I'll happily send the video clip to you. If you're not in the US, email me and I can quote shipping to your location.
Again, many thanks for all the help given to a non-musician.
Several people who wrote and asked for the video clip wrote back to say it was tuned in D/C#. One person even sent step by step instructions for playing a scale and confirming the tuning. I took the accordeon to a music store today and with a bit of assistance and a fine quality in tune piano, confirmed that the note played by the third button down on the outside row, on the "push" of the bellows, is a "D". Playing down the scale (3rd button push/pull; 4th button push/pull; 5th button push pull; 6th button pull push) has the 6th button playing a C# on the "pull" of the bellows. One of the keys on the inside row also plays the same C# on the "push" of the bellows. According to the person who kindly sent me the basic tutorial, this would indicate a D/C# tuning.
Baldoni Bartoli For Sale on Ebay
Baldoni Bartoli For Sale on Ebay
Many thanks to all the musicians who helped me learn about this button accordion...as promised, I'm posting on The Session to let everyone know that I now have it listed on Ebay.
Hope I did a half decent job of describing it. Here's the link that should take you to my Ebay store, if you want to take a look:
http://stores.ebay.com/PRAIRIE-WIND-ANTIQUES
I haven't been able to add the promised video of it to the auction listing yet due to technical problems, but am still trying. If you email me a question from the Ebay listing, I'll happily send the video clip to you. If you're not in the US, email me and I can quote shipping to your location.
Again, many thanks for all the help given to a non-musician.
# Posted on September 11th 2007 by The Badger
Re: Baldoni Bartoli For Sale on Ebay
Several people who wrote and asked for the video clip wrote back to say it was tuned in D/C#. One person even sent step by step instructions for playing a scale and confirming the tuning. I took the accordeon to a music store today and with a bit of assistance and a fine quality in tune piano, confirmed that the note played by the third button down on the outside row, on the "push" of the bellows, is a "D". Playing down the scale (3rd button push/pull; 4th button push/pull; 5th button push pull; 6th button pull push) has the 6th button playing a C# on the "pull" of the bellows. One of the keys on the inside row also plays the same C# on the "push" of the bellows. According to the person who kindly sent me the basic tutorial, this would indicate a D/C# tuning.
Many thanks to everyone!
# Posted on September 13th 2007 by The Badger