Bruce,

If I may say so, congratulations on your new purchase!

I'm certain that you'll never regret making the
investment.

Could you please share with us, why the other
accordion was difficult to play?

It is such a common question; "Can I learn on a low-
cost non-Louisiana made accordion?"

And your experience/comments could be valuable to
others who are considering an accordion purchase

Merci!

--Big Nick

Well I never got to play a good one till a few weeks ago at the Savoy Music Center Jam when a fellow there let me play his. The Morelli I have plays better than the Hohner I have. But both of these accordions have stiff buttons on the treble side. The bass on the Morelli just doesn't cut it and can't hardly be heard over the treble side. Both boxes have stiff bellows compared to the one I played in Louisiana. That one almost played itself, after I been pumping on my two. So I decided to buy a good box and the Martin was my choice for a D. I 've got a couple of links here of me jamming with the Morelli in D. My cousin who never played a tri-angle is there too. This was funny because we were one of the booked bands at a bluegrass festival and here we were in the woods playing cajun style ( I think ) I told that bunch the only diffence between the music was two instruments. Put down the banjo and mandolin and pick up the accordion and tri-angle and you have just converted bluegrass to cajun. But yes I think anyone can learn on a cheap box, but it takes effort to plow through the less than standard mechanical efforts to play it. Bruce

When I was down in Lafayette a month ago and visited Jr. Martins shop, I met his grandson, who is working with him, (he plays a mean accordion),and I was talking to him about the differances between the cheaper accordions (I have a Hohner 114) and the handmade accordions and his comment was that if you can learn to play on the Hohner, then it will be easy when you make the switch to a handmade LA accordion. The comment about everything being easier is very true. A friend lent me his BonCajun and it is so nice, that you don't have to fight the tight bellows and stiff keys. Now, I just have to practice enough to warrant a handmade LA accordion.