Can't wait till ya start getting your hands deep in building, Bryan! Love what you did to your HA114! You think you'd keep the "Couillon" brand?! You should post of pic of that. Total greatness...
I've thought about that. I like the name. It would probably get giggles in Louisiana. Hard to take an accordion called Couillon seriously, but then even if I ever get building them, I doubt if I would try to become a busy builder.
That Couillon sure was shy in the company of such stars.
I don't know. My ear isn't trained to hear the very fine differences, but those who have played it say it sounds better than any he's ever made. I don't know about all that. I know that one guy from Philadelphia ordered one exactly like mine and said it never sounded the same. Dad doesn't understand why that should be. He put the same reeds in as in all the others. But it's very loud and very rich, the action is smooth and easy, and the bellows are very sensitive.
why is there a color difference in the 2 pieces of wood covering the "head" end of the keyboard? I ask you because mine has the same and was puzzled by that; and on the opposite end the same, as if the builder kinda mirrored the keyboard piece (where the buttons are in ).
About sound differences, Binci reeds ( like yours I guess) changed from tone last ten years. In Europe they became less popular after the old man retired/died. Some years after his son has taken over it seems to become better again. A Norwegian builder always goes to collect/ select the reeds himself at Binci now, he told. So there must have been a period in which reeds were 'different'.
I don't know about on yours, but that's the padouk on mine. The body is purple heart, with padouk accents in the places you're talking about. I love the contrast of the orange and...what color is that, anyway?...burgundy?
Interesting about the reeds, but there's really no explanation, considering that he used the same in mine that he was using in all the others at the time. Hmm...I don't know. But thanks for that information. I didn't know about that.