Teardown of a piano accordion. More info: mitxela.com/accordion_repair
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@p07a5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I too have purchased an accordion on impulse.
@Some_Beach4 жыл бұрын
funny seeing you here old friend
@p07a4 жыл бұрын
some beach i think I know who u r, but ok
@Some_Beach4 жыл бұрын
Potasmic are you still on discord?
@p07a4 жыл бұрын
some beach of course. Same old username.
@Avi2Nyan3 жыл бұрын
Same, haha.
@petercdowney3 жыл бұрын
Two things you mustn't do: - Never attempt to expand or compress the bellows of an accordion without a key, button or the valve release button pressed. Doing so can damage the reeds and make it sound out of tune. - Never expose an accordion to extreme heat or cold. The reeds of the accordion contain wax (to hold them in place), which can obviously melt if it gets too hot, but can also crack if it gets too cold. Don't leave it in a car for a prolonged period.
@jamadir Жыл бұрын
1. is simply wrong.
@MichaelTurner85610 ай бұрын
@@jamadirwhich one
@jamadir10 ай бұрын
@@MichaelTurner856 pressing without button
@Luckydeath9735 жыл бұрын
I have no idea why i'm here, but i like it, clear explanation about something i always wondered why it had many buttons.
@17Jody20123 жыл бұрын
I was literally about to write a comment exactly like this..... 😂
@SlowerIsFaster1394 жыл бұрын
this is definitely the most intimidating instrument i have ever seen. all the buttons, the keyboard and the flow of air! its to much at once haha my gears are already grinding!
@jonathanr61214 жыл бұрын
You might take a look at the pipe organ... ;-)
@surialpaca65424 жыл бұрын
Pipe Organ: Hold my be- 18-String Guitar: Step aside, peasants. Bagpipes: [insert looking through the blinds meme here]
@thalesvondasos4 жыл бұрын
@@surialpaca6542 How exactly is a bagpipe more complicated than an organ? It works like an oboe with a reservoir and it plays like a recorder. Also, is 18-string guitar really the most strings you could come up with? You could've said harp for example.
@byeetch4 жыл бұрын
@@thalesvondasos You must be fun at parties
@hollohullu94484 жыл бұрын
@@byeetch he do be right tho
@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.97773 жыл бұрын
"this is not a video about playing the accordion, its about how the mechanism inside of it works" You just said what I didnt like this video to be and what I exactly wanted this video to be. You deserve the top search result spot~
@evilAshTheDog3 жыл бұрын
Yup, accordions are the best. I added some hall effect sensors to the bass section of one of mine, glued some magnets to the ends of the base buttons and programmed them up to an Arduino to create MIDI. I can then connect it to most cheap auto-accompaniment keyboards for hours of fun! I just found your channel and am so impressed!
@isaiahhiggins Жыл бұрын
That's a great idea!
@DillonNichols5 жыл бұрын
The slow motion of the reeds at the end was the most interesting part. I never thought about how they produce sound but of course that movement makes sense. So Cool
@fnersch33679 ай бұрын
Being an organ builder, I recognize the rollerboard/tracker assembly in the chord button section of the accordion. This was invented about 1000 years ago soon after the organ was introduced into Europe by the Moors.
@SantaCoppelia Жыл бұрын
Sir, you have uncovered one of my lifelong mysteries!!! Thanks a lot for this video. I imagined it would be a complex mechanism, but it is also really beautiful and ingenious!
@joachimmacdonald27024 жыл бұрын
This is the weirdest ASMR I’ve ever watched
@thegiq2 жыл бұрын
You've solved a mystery that puzzled me for over 30 years - long enough, that I've forgot about it altogether.
@ptheorist46703 ай бұрын
Damn, I didn't expect a full anatomy of the accordion. Thank you.
@Turtlpwr5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. It’s the exact video that I needed to find. From a lifelong multi-instrumentalist that has played everything except accordion and has an old Italian grandfather that would really enjoy playing his accordion again. Found his recently and now have to repair it without any understanding of the instrument. So, again, thank you. This is beyond helpful. Best to you 😊
@ooooneeee11 ай бұрын
This explains it so much better than the wikipedia text, thank you!
@camicupcake76334 жыл бұрын
This instrument is beautiful.
@desert-rat1457 ай бұрын
Great video. The roller/tracker mechanism in the left hand actually has a name, the "bass machine"!
@shoofle3 жыл бұрын
That's so cool! I love teardowns explaining this kind of mechanical contraption. I like that method of transferring one input into a selection of outputs, with the pin rollers used as an intermediate stage...
@DoctorQ-hk6ex4 жыл бұрын
That slow motion footage of melodica reeds at the end was unnecessarily terrifying.
@17Jody20123 жыл бұрын
I started watching this video with questions I didn't know I had, and now I have the answers to them all haha. Excellent video, every explanation is very detailed and easy to follow.
@franzbauer13674 жыл бұрын
very helpful. helped me repair my stuck buttons. oh also i noticed that you have the same accordion as me only i have it in Black. its a cheap 400€ Accordion from China, wich i whole heartedly reccommend for anyone starting out (or starting again after a 13 year break in my case)
@LapisCyborg4 жыл бұрын
I cannot express how fantastic I find this video
@arko37092 жыл бұрын
How is this guy so knowledgeable about literally everything
@valscripted5 жыл бұрын
You have a clear and pleasant voice. You should consider doing a podcast!
@tracyjamieson3625 жыл бұрын
Very informative video. I had no clue what I was learning to play. Thank you!
@kreuz7sieben3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! What an amazing Instrument. I recently got an Accordeon and I can't stop playing ☺👍
@indra-fu1ew5 жыл бұрын
Didn't expect if accordion has such complicated mechanism. Thanks for sharing.
@funckyjunky5 жыл бұрын
Very well produced video ! Can you make more videos like this on how other instruments work ?
@ice1pants1695 жыл бұрын
120 BUTTONS! I wouldn't even be able the play the piano side, let alone the other.
@cassyhernandez67005 жыл бұрын
It's easy if you already know what buttons they are and memorize and if you memorize them buttons you can play the piano and pay more attention to it... It's easy if you keep practicing the buttons
@yeezet45924 жыл бұрын
Look at a bayan accordion
@Avi2Nyan3 жыл бұрын
Super interesting! Thanks for taking yours apart so we can see! Well done on explaining
@RockStarOscarStern6344 жыл бұрын
mitxela The 2 rows of bass buttons allow you to play Bass scales, & 120 bass button accordions can play a total of 12 notes & 48 different chords.
@RetroPlus5 жыл бұрын
I was recently thinking about learning how to play the accordion, the sound is awesome and I've been fascinated by reeds ever since I tried making my own accordion out of a melodica and a foot pump. Very good video and perfect timing too!
@Izakokomarixyz4 жыл бұрын
Retro Plus - sounds like you almost made some sort of harmonium
@bengoodwin21414 жыл бұрын
TIL an accordion is 2 giant harmonicas
@lolrekt62693 жыл бұрын
So is a melodica
@MichaelSmith-on1ig5 жыл бұрын
That's the video I was looking for - thank you!
@panconhuevo43774 жыл бұрын
I just have learned how to play a accordion. And I’m onto a song. This makes the instrument even more interesting 👍🏼👍🏼
@trippprofant87473 жыл бұрын
He looks like a fun person to talk to very intellectual but still fun enough to have a beer with or something
@MarsLos105 жыл бұрын
WOW Thank you for letting us know!
@anneann30732 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your info. accordion is playing on earth now. 🙏
@megware2175 жыл бұрын
This was exactly what I was looking for
@pjwilson832 жыл бұрын
I don't play the accordian, I probably won't ever play the accordian and yet here I am. Great video!
@urkwez36874 жыл бұрын
The ending was really cool!
@MuradBeybalaev4 жыл бұрын
The over-engineered machine of subtlety slaying +1.
@archangel43185 жыл бұрын
Great explanation very clear
@PharaoTeti4 жыл бұрын
Just awesome content!
@hewadlaraway21033 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this great video!!
@kirbystar3654 жыл бұрын
Me just sitting here wishing he would play Kass's theme... Why am I here?
@PxlDev4 жыл бұрын
I can, its not hard, you can play it on piano too.
@magistercat41264 жыл бұрын
@@PxlDev "its not that hard" Besides the fact that it is like 3/8 and 243 bpm and crap.
@KomkaArion3 жыл бұрын
@@magistercat4126 Its literally the easyest song I have ever played on the accordion. Its very easy....
@SmugHomura3 жыл бұрын
It's just amazing to see what humans can engineer. It must've been a colossal effort for instrument makers back in the day. Thank you for this breakdown!
@Itzrival31504 жыл бұрын
That was good man I always wondered how an accordion works.
@RenaldoRamai4 жыл бұрын
thanks for opening up the accordion
@JerryNicolato5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!!
@khievritthypoung3734 жыл бұрын
Wow ! This instrument is very interesting.
@iremiabliss3 жыл бұрын
Whoever invented this is genius
@yatharthagarwal20415 жыл бұрын
Amazing video!! U should upload more often!!
@Scrogan3 жыл бұрын
A combinatorial logic array, made mechanically! Very elegant. I imagine it was based off the theory of George Boole.
@d3vitron7792 жыл бұрын
A mechanical encoder. Nice
@josephsofere3 жыл бұрын
Nice accordion. I own an accordion as well.
@aly275 жыл бұрын
Awesome and informative video!! Also, your voice is wonderful and should be recording audiobooks!
@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy2 жыл бұрын
My accordion tutor book said that beginners think the bellows is the easy part and the left hand buttons are the hard part, but you'll know you are an accordionist when you understand that the left hand buttons are the easy part and the bellows are the hard part.
@colourconscious2 ай бұрын
excellento. good job!
@hernancoronel3 жыл бұрын
Hey you should check out the bandoneon, the soul of the tango and a very interesting instrument. Love your videos, thank you for your amazing content!
@RockStarOscarStern6342 жыл бұрын
So that's a pretty simple Piano Accordion, of course there are other types like Button Accordions, Luttbeg Double Keyboard Piano Accordions, Free Bass Accordions, Concertinas, you name it.
@DrN0072 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Tnx mate.
@polorgodthegod2 жыл бұрын
I play the accordion for three years
@Adrian-ub7im5 жыл бұрын
👍 Good Video
@mal2ksc2 жыл бұрын
If you do want to take on the daunting task of tuning free reeds, I suggest practicing on a basic harmonica. You won't break the bank or cry when it inevitably becomes unplayable, and you have 20 reeds to screw up before you have to get another to experiment with. Hopefully by then you'll know what to do and what not to do on larger and more valuable instruments. Combine this with draw bends (as a means of throwing reeds out of tune maybe) for maximal annoyment of the neighbors.
@RyanRickyW4 жыл бұрын
how to not miss on left hand its looks difficult
@DFX2KX3 жыл бұрын
and here I thought the hurdy gurdy was intimidating to look at
@GumriRN3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Exactly what I was hoping to see & understand. What I don’t understand Is, what Genius mind could’ve imagined this insanely complex instrument! I mean who really invented the accordions 🪗? To my mind this is the most complex instrument invented with the exception if perhaps 🤔 the pipe organ. Must be very expensive to tune an accordion. Far more expensive than tuning my piano. And it shouldn’t need tuning often...I don’t imagine, unless it’s played in a driving rain 🌧 where the reeds could get wet. That’s unlike woodwind instruments played with the very wet mouth. One won’t really worry about changing the reeds too often. Seems, wear & tear are the accordion’s major enemy. Incredible video. Blows my mind🤯.
@lucien79045 жыл бұрын
That is interesting!
@lol7856123493 жыл бұрын
thank you for satisfying my need for curiosity
@diegotorresgiovanettoni90154 жыл бұрын
I have the exact same accordion as you
@ChrisLeeW005 жыл бұрын
Are we thinking about making a midi controlled instrument that uses reeds for sound production?
@edgeeffect2 жыл бұрын
Synths are cool an' everything.... but organs are a mechanical marvel. ...... I wanted a sailor's hornpipe! ;)
@lewiswilliams64945 жыл бұрын
Oh wow!
@korean_lee3 жыл бұрын
There is a defect in the Korean translation, but it is a very useful video. Thank you.
@filiplaskovski99938 ай бұрын
Ahh the balkans love this instrument !! Sounds amazing
@videonkatsoja41813 жыл бұрын
I'm here from "cow in love with accordion".
@sapphirepilot2 жыл бұрын
Great. Now I won't have to take my 48 bass Scandalli apart. I know it all.
@borednow4 жыл бұрын
very interesting :)
@otherwords13754 жыл бұрын
Looks like some of the buttons correspond to -- i.e., push down first, before triggering the rotation of the cylinders -- vertical bars that themselves open valves. With these buttons, it seems there should be an ever-so-slight delay between the sounding of the "directly linked" note and the notes that follow indirectly from the twofold action of the cylinder spikes and gold bars. (Assuming you start pumping air through the valves immediately as or just before hitting the buttons.) Have you tried playing back music from the chord buttons in slow-mo to see if the lag becomes perceptible?
@brynkasson81004 жыл бұрын
1:00 Super Mario Sunshine
@GumriRN3 жыл бұрын
I wish my keyboards could change the Circle of Fifths with a button here or there.
@matthewerickson84584 жыл бұрын
So how does the reverb work?
@jordanlackey3728 Жыл бұрын
Actually works like a miniature church organ, same principles. That mechanical action is the same for mechanical style organs.
@qinsan12823 жыл бұрын
Question to anyone willing to respond Can I ask where air comes in and out? I was wondering how the exhaust button to the accordions side, exhausts air when I don’t feel anything or see any vents. Thank you
@laureven3 жыл бұрын
I play accordion for many years, and I never have done this :) (13:48)
@thetheatreorgan1683 жыл бұрын
If i were to make a midi self playing accordion, i could just attach solenoids directly to the bass reed valves?
@gaveintothedarkness2 жыл бұрын
Here after the business insider video and curious how these things actually work.
@yeezet45925 жыл бұрын
Trying to refurb a 100+ year old accordion. Found it in my great grandpas basement after he passed.
@adrianpolley94195 жыл бұрын
I just had a go at replacing felts and leathers on an 80 year old accordion. The design was not as simple as this, had to dismantle all the bass side, quite a nightmare. Took me 3 weeks to replace it all ! Now it's all out of tune and I have had to make a tuner using and old bellows. Still have to do this, no idea if I'll ever get it sorted, lol. Lot's of fun trying though. Good luck with your project.
@gamingaccordionist30485 жыл бұрын
Is that a Hohner 1305-red
@khaoz22225 жыл бұрын
Is it the same for someone who plays a accordion that has buttons and not a piano
@howardbent54373 жыл бұрын
Did you add that glockenspiel sound to the slowed down melodica at the end?
@michaelmodernsonicfan53413 жыл бұрын
I like stretching it
@simonsweeting2 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!
@peterbhatia33753 жыл бұрын
Do we have to keep pressed one register while playing the Accordion?? Please advise. Thanks. Pedro Sydney
@nicalister5 жыл бұрын
What accordion do you have?
@hamonilla79844 жыл бұрын
i have the same accordion
@samuelpeterrocks4 жыл бұрын
Hello, the company name is not written on it.. what's it name????
@rcpolygons Жыл бұрын
Is it heavy to move it back and forth? To make the sounds.
@twiniki51864 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@damienmontanadias2 жыл бұрын
The balls on this guy. I'd be a nervous fucking wreck trying to take this apart and pit it back together.
@drdca82632 жыл бұрын
Well, he did say it was relatively on the cheaper end as far as accordions go, so... not as much of a risk as it could have been? Still though, being able to do it with such confidence and skill is impressive
@kingspoodler61444 жыл бұрын
So, just big piano harmonica? Fuck yeah
@circomnia99843 жыл бұрын
....Oh I see, sooo.... Nope, I've got nothing. Still sounds like magic to me.