Soo.. many... buttons...
Good grief. He's probably got more buttons on the left side than do all cajun accordions in existance.

What a great tune though.

And yeah... Réjean Simard.. He is just amazing. I never get tired of listening to him. So fast!!

John in Oregon

I too always wonder how they manage not to catch their fingers in that forest of small buttons.
Some accordionists can even play a second theme on that left side, while playing the main melody on the right side.

And now bouree on a diatonic accordeon and vielle (a roux) my favourite combination.

The accordeon in the OP's link was a CBA... with a modified stradella bass system. The first and fifth rows on the treble side are duplicates.
4 patterns gives you all 12 keys.

Well... Just... wow... there is just so much to the accordion.

Thanks for sharing that.

John in Oregon.

Thanks for the links, Bohemian. (I had not seen them yet).

My favorite combination for this music is accordion + "cabrette" (aka "musette").

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vri2A-rfCAo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf2RJukEIGs

I am a fan of French accordeon music of all types,

Central Massif, Breton, Musette... all kinds.

Accordeon is hypnotic.

My favorite French player is Marc Perrone.
I'll post a video..

But I have others favorites as well.

Vive l'accordeon ! ! !

Here is Marc Perrone a few years back...note the small accordeon hanging from the mic boom. It is a Castagnari.. I believe the model is MIGNON.

He is now wheel chair bound, I believe MS... but continues to play.


In this second link Marc plays his compostion "La Valse a Joseph". Though there is no video, there is an excellent montage of photographs well worth viewing. One of thje photos is of Marc playing his custom 4 row Castagnari. This is a four row diatonic, not a continental chromatic. Note the bass buttons. The piece of music and his playing are extraordinaire !