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accordion makeover

Did some work on the Elton Doucet accordion with Hohner reeds (and Salpa #1 bass side, I added)

Added black buttons, black bellows clasps and black base hand strap. Painted the flapper rods gold, and the pivots flapper tips black...

I wish I had put on black bellows, but those gold ones were collecting dust. Kinda wish the color of red was a little darker too, but it looks pretty decent with this set up.

Those black buttons are the nicest feeling buttons I've ever played. I kinda made the button holes a little large, but this was my first time switching buttons.

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Re: accordion makeover

Jim, that's really nice.

I guess the black buttons don't stain from the cigarette ashes falling on them. :)

The Marlboro Red matches the background carton, too.

Re: accordion makeover

Job well done ... looks swell to me. Recorded something yet?



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