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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You can't play Irish music on a Cajun box, can you? Why not?

Every species has a critic.

Re: Re: Re: You can't play Irish music on a Cajun box, can you? Why not?

The toy accordions you get at flea markets and such are usually the Hero brand, or some other crap.

DON'T get one of those. The scales are wrong, sometimes approaching incomprehensible, and are poorly made. Get the First Act accordion. $20.

Re: Re: Re: Re: You can't play Irish music on a Cajun box, can you? Why not?

I have about 6 of these.. in differing brands.. none of them "first act",, but all look like the first act
so I will deduce they are all made in the same place..

I have dissected them all and swapped parts and padded them and retuned them replaced the thumb and bass straps and so on..

Usually end up with two real good ones..

Perhaps the makers/importers will read this and make a 9 or 10 button for $35 .. now that would be great.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You can't play Irish music on a Cajun box, can you? Why not?

May be made in the same place, but not to the same specifications or standards.

I suspect they are getting their feet held to the fire a bit more with this brand.



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