I wish I could tell you! Everybody learns at different speeds and different instruments suit different people but if it's something you want to try you should deffo do it! ;-)

Only because there wasn't one on the shelf at the time 😉

Very rarely do we stock B system chromatics, not that popular generally in the UK

I think it's 3 Middle reeds (aka Clarinet reeds) which are off-tuned from each other. This gives a vibrato sound, like French, Italian and German music. The three Middle reed sets are tuned with one at concert pitch (A=440 Hz), one slightly lower and one slightly higher. So this one has LMMM reeds: one is an octave Lower, or "Bassoon", and the three Middle reeds. What some other accordions have is a High octave, called Piccolo reeds and just 2 reeds for Musette sound (which is plenty for that Old-world sound), so the reed set would be abbreviated LMMH. That probably gives you the most versatility. Be aware many accordions don't have the Musette (MM or MMM) reeds, even though one of their piano switches ('shifts') may say "Musette". Be aware that different accordions have a different degree of "wetness" (vibrato) in their Musette sound. A "dry" reed has no vibrato. A Musette (set of reeds) can go from very little,vibrato, to almost painful to hear (IMO). It depends on how much off-tuned the reeds are, for Musette. So you'll want to test-play any accordion with a Musette, in addition to checking for leaks, wheezy or sour notes etc.

Are you ESL?

Birmingham UK

Robby Robinson we keep various brands from various countries, take a look at our website for more information, hobgoblin music

hohner, frontalini, weltmeister

Bugari is good and Scandalli

Thanks for your comment but unfortunately you're incorrect about size. It does depend on what genre of music you're playing as most folk players these days are playing 72 bass boxes professionally, 120 is NOT needed (although some musical genres DO require the full size 120 bass). The handmade Italian Accordions are generally the best and you can get the power and quality from a 72 bass. Accordions are all about what you can afford, ideally everybody will start on a £2000+ Accordion....but then back in the real world.........

What a degenerate comment. There are grown men with smaller hands that benefit from smaller, lighter keys. Compared to standard bass buttons they're still large.

F0nkyNinja very true (and compact boxes are a big thing for male and female these days, size of the player or size of hands irrelevant) but historically the smaller/thinner treble keyed accordions were commonly known as a ladies model!!