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John J. Kimmel

The man, hands down. I bet the accordions handled horribly (even though they sounded nice) back in the early turn of the century. Did people have different fingers back then, or what?

Re: John J. Kimmel

I'm with you on the Kimmel.
The recordings might be _slightly_ speeded up. I once related to a friend who plays Dixieland jazz that the Kimmel recordings were too sharp to play along with, and that I was using pitch shifting software to slightly lower the pitch.
He said that on some old Dixieland recordings, speed was increased (and thus, pitch) as part of the hype around certain players, groups, etc.

I wonder if that is going on with Kimmel. It would fit the whole vaudeville thing.

However, it could just be that the instruments were tuned sharper than our standard today. (sharper tunings used to be more common).

Regardless, I love listening to Kimmel. And to Montmarquette.
-Andy

La Talle D'Eronces

La Talle D'Eronces

that;s it!

wle.

Re: La Talle D'Eronces - a.k.a.

a.k.a. "the sticker bush" in english..

wle.

Re: Name that tune, love them Savoy accordions

Hey Jim,

You might want to check the number 3 or 5 on the push; it sounds to me like the reed "bottoms out" when you really push the bellows hard at the ends of some of the phrases and the pitch goes way off tune. I don't know if it will damage the reed or not but it sounds a bit forced at times. Or maybe it's just the little speakers in this laptop! Otherwise I enjoyed the playing and the tone of the accordion.

Re: Name that tune, love them Savoy accordions

****, sounds nice. How many years have you been playing?

Hal

Re: Name that tune, love them Savoy accordions

Jim,

Who won the $20 on the name the brand? You never did post the winner.

bottoms out

I do that on purpose for an effect. I'm pushing the reed beyond it's pitch. You can do that with most accordions if you really want to.

Jim



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