Hi Braves,

I frequently receive emails as a result of my
WEB page, asking me about accordion "hardware".

Pete recently wrote asking me:

"It seems to me that the bellows on my (cheap)
instrument are really stiff. It is really hard to
play the pull notes compared to the push notes which
almost play themselves as the bellows contract on
their own.

I assume this is because the leather is stiff.

Is there a safe way to break-them-in so that the
instrument plays more easily in both directions?"

Does anyone have an answer for Pete? (And, for that
matter, me too!)

I believe that Mark Savoy had once stated that once
the bellows stop auto-closing that it's time to
replace them!

But, I've owned instruments that I cannot play
because the dang bellows are so springy!

Merci!

--Big

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