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I don't agree that you can't play Cajun music on a triple-row. Of course you can. Having said that I will agree that the classic Cajun sound must be played on a Cajun accordion, however if all you have is a triple row you can certainly make it work,...and work pretty well. I am the accordionist in the North Louisiana band The Red River Playboys. I have 5 accordions on stage with me (Two Cajun, Two Triple-Row Diatonics, and one five Row Chromatic). The five row is a Morelli. I bought it because I had never played a chromatic but needed to learn to get certain notes and chords that a diatonic could not reach. Generally, the reeds aren't as good as the Italian reeds, but they're not beyond hope. I had to take the Morelli down and have it wet tuned to the max in order to get close to the sound a Gabbanelli has. But, it works for me and I'm starting to get much better on the chromatic. So, for under $600.00 I did pretty good. The Morelli isn't that bad for the money. They don't have all the rinestone glitz others have and I suspect this helps keep the price down.



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