Well after putting down the accordion for more than three years for personal reasons I took it up again. I also have some truly great and $$$ fiddles come my way that I use to scare the cats. Are you on Facebook?

Dwight, I find the tuning has more to do with the sound than anything else.
How "wet" you make the MM reeds makes a world of different.

With the right tuning you can make a very cheap accordion sound good,
but it will still be a hard to play POS...

I have an excelsior 3 row 9 swith 4 reed that was just serviced and sounds and plays better than new (and it is a better box than the gabbs and pebly the baff as well) for sale on e bay starting bod $2,100 with mic installed...perfect for zydeco! Rico e mail me at rockinrukes1@yahoo.com