don;t get "brass reeds"

they add a lot of weight

if you don;t specify them, you don;t get them

it;s just the reed plates, not the actual reeds
that are brass [aluminum is normal'

wle.

Well, hello, Mr. Mayor, what a pleasure to see you here!

You've played the old German boxes, right? They were very light, n'est-ce pas?

sure the german boxes were light, smaller
bellows, less wood in the frames,
mystery wood, lighter reed plates..

wle.

The wood was very light, but I'm not so certain about the reedplates on the old boxes -- I think they tend to be heavy, however, not heavy enough to offset the lightness of the wood.

Also, I've played a few of the classic old Hebert black boxes, the funky ones with Hohner hardware, and they were very very light.

I have a couple of those old German boxes as mantle pieces. I think they were actually made of pine!

Light weight, but the wood is subject to warping :(

DP

I've heard from many people that the wood the accordion's made of makes no difference in the sound of the accordion, it's all in how the reeds are tuned and possibly the wood block that the reed plates sit in.

I'd say be careful of what wood you choose, idealy it should be sturdy wood, whatever you decide.

Good luck!

Jim

Thanks Jim.
Savoy's web site say just that.
I haven't decided yet between Koa or Cypress.

Mon Cher Mayor...

I don't understand why you would prefer a heavy instrument.

Weight is the one of the main factors contributing to the
playablity of the instrument. Next would be keyboard action
and then bellows construction.

Marc Savoy claims the exterior wood has no effect on tone quality.

My Gabenelli is a tank. It is far too heavy. It hurts my back.
I just want a lighter box.

There are sturdy light woods out there, I just don't know of any. I'm not very familiar with alot of wood. It seems alot of the lightest popular woods are about 7 or 8 pounds (I forget which) per accordion.

I was gonna prank call a builder and say that I want one made of "Charles wood." However, I don't think they'd find any humor in it though!

Jim

Italian makers will beg to differ and claim wood quality does influence tone quality. They are convinced Olive is the loudest wood and I tend to agree after trying one.

G.