Short answer with one reed maybe
shorter answer no

Thanks, you saved me a lot of trouble. Now to repair uncle's weatherbeaten 114C, a free-bee, (at least it was made in Germany c.197?) but am afraid what it might cost to restore to playability. Has moisture/mildew and bad smell. Bass reed (D push?) rasps when played. Ain't too many accordion repairers around my parts!

Maybe swap some parts if possible? Better to have one duck flying high, than two drowned in the pond ...

- As for Cajun tuning; i don't mind playing Quebecois and Celtic stuff on a Cajun tuned melodeon, but i know for sure that most purists prefer an equal tuned instrument for that.

- Your bass/chord reed on push is normally a C-major chord, on pull a G-Major. PS i always wonder if the thirds in those chords should be Cajun tuned as well; as i found that sometimes a new Cajun accordion has the bass chords tuned normally.

- Nout

It is not so much being a "purist" but preferring
to not stick out like a sore thumb when playing with other instruments.

12TET and close to dry works with nearly everything

If I had one box for everything including Cajun and Irish and English and French and Quebec.. it would be tempered tuning and close to if not dead dry.

Hi Everyone,

Thanks again for your great comments. Just an update, I bought the 112, a very sweet instrument and cleaned out the bellows of the 114, which has improved its playability greatly, plus largely removed that nasty smell! I also got a quote to replace the damaged bass reed on the 114 for $130 (parts and labour), which sounds reasonable. That means that for less than $400 I'll end up with two fine sounding Hohner one-rows. Now that's what I'm talkin' about...


Regards,

Tony