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What brands... and why?

I know of a couple brands that have tiny nails that can be bent for action.

The tiny springs also have to be seriously altered to make for good action....

What's the point of this?

The Gab...

It may have a completely different spring set up.

I am curious as to what kind of springs are on these boxes. I've never played one, I probably never will

Re: The Gab...

Spring set up looks to be the the same as a La. handmade. Fingerboard comes off the same way from the inside reed side. I'm going to give Mike Gabbanelli a call in Houston and see if he can send me a set with lighter tension. Since he offers custom tuning I'm sure this will be an easy fix by just replacing the springs with a different set. Thanks for the input everyone.

Re: Re: Nail Bending

On custom built boxes the ounces of pressure necessary to open the valves the buyer requires should be set when he picks up the accordion and subsequent adjustment should be made by the builder with either longer or shorter springs. Nail bending should not be done on quality accordions. It's too inaccurate.



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