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Re: I just bought an old accordion form ebay... advice please

I disagree. A Hohner 114 is a real cajun accordion and was quite popular. Any single row diatonic in C should be able to play cajun music.

Re: I just bought an old accordion form ebay... advice please

Exactly, if you have 10 buttons in the diatonic scale and the instrument is playable then you can start having a go.
These days you can even play diatonic 1 row tunes on an i pad or phone- not my cup of tea, but at least it'll get the fingers going.

Re: I just bought an old accordion form ebay... advice please

HI Guys, Its pretty old, late 1800s, has two stops (which arent attached to anything - just for show i guess) and as far as i can tell its in E! I cant even play my banjo along with it! oh well it sounds ok and is fun to learn. Ive not attempted any cajun yet - im learning The Irish Rover - but once i get the whole coordination thing sorted i'll be back here murdering your favourite tunes ... in E!

And hey AJ, what do you mean by a four voice box? just interested in case i take this up seriously. all the best, john

Re: I just bought an old accordion form ebay... advice please

I think that AJ is writing about a Cajun Accordion.
A normal one row Cajun accordion has four reeds for each tone/note you can play for the pull and the push , so there are 80 reeds in a Cajun Accordion in 40 plates. ( I hope these are the right words for it )
Your beautiful oldie have two reeds for every note.( I suppose)

Re: I just bought an old accordion form ebay... advice please

Flat johnny,
Welcome here!
Cool old box. It has pearl-oid buttons like the old Hohners. I have several old boxes like this. The reason it only has one "bar" in the bellows is because it has so few reeds to feed. These old boxes went from 1 stop and evolved into 4 stops in the newer CAJUN built ones, with bigger and longer bellows to feed the additional reed banks.



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