Just got my hands on one being curious .... it's a well made Midi controller typically Roland style with a hard to understand terminology as they use standard music related terms for something totally different. Why do they call a Keyboard -setup or -configuration a "tablature"; beats me. It's sound-wise nothing near an LMMH cajun handmade one row. It emulates a general type Tex-Mex Hohner, and does that reasonably well, but a real Hohner or Balfetti is what it is: a real live beast to beat around the bush, the FR18 to me is a quite useful general band thing, but a luxury class A kid's tool still.

Darryl: I found some Bon Cajuns (Red Pine), maple Martins and ditto Tim Reed accordions to be the lightest players as for weight and responsiveness. Maybe Bryan's Balsa Built Special is better at that.

But if you have a left arm problem all diatonics will disappoint you; to obtain a proper & fast bellows technique you must be able to lift he bass side of the accordion up at all times, some 3Lbs (H114) and up to 6 or more (Roland FR18). Maybe a light piano accordion as a Hohner 48 bass Student or diatonic Erica is a good one for a starter? A H114 is pretty light too, but might need some more power on your left arm to obtain more air pressure going as with those Binci reeds. Ask Peer, he owns all acoustic types and plays 'em too. - Nout