Accordion Tuning | How to tune an accordion | DIY accordion repair | Accordion Doctor

In this DIIY video we explain how you can use the accordion doctor reed tuning tools to tune your accordion. The reed tuning tools used in this video are available from here:
accordion-doctor.com/product/...
and a transcript of the video is found here:
accordion-doctor.com/blog/how...
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 DIY Accordion Repair: Accordion Tuning | How to tune an Accordion Intro
00:24 Basics of reed tuning
00:33 Raising the pitch of the reed
00:44 Lowering the pitch of the reed
00:54 Filing the reed
01:26 Tuning reeds inside the accordion
01:57 Using a reed hook to access the inner lying reed
02:31 Using the accordions own bellows to sound the reeds
02:47 What tuner to use
03:08 Tuning demonstration

[@KleisSorgdragerprive]

Thnx for the interesting lecture, but i rather hand over my accordeon to you.

[@OleCarstensen]

Haha and I am happy to tune it for you, Kleis ;-)

[@AngelBorsini]

Gracias. Muy buen video

[@mirariarruti]

Really nice!

[@hohnerclub]

very interesting, thankyou, Ole

[@OleCarstensen]

you are welcome ;-)

[@mccypr]

Thanks!🙂😎

[@fabiocardoso7178]

Hi friend. Excellent vídeo. How do I know the notes that every reed should be tuned on? Thanks!

[@keithelgrande]

Could you do a video on Octave tunings?

[@OleCarstensen]

I'll put it on the list :-)

[@keithelgrande]

@@OleCarstensen Sounds good Thanks

[@94ferraz]

Nice video.this video is for diatonic accordion.? Or for Evey accrodion

[@OleCarstensen]

Thank you :-) It will work for any type of accordion.

[@themuffinman18]

Question for you, hoping you can answer. I am left handed but don't want to pay extra for left handed accordion. If i just flip reed boxes upside down, would that give me same result as a left handed accordion? (3 row button accordion)

[@OleCarstensen]

Hello Omar, we have written a blog post about this. You can read about it here: accordion-doctor.com/repairs/custom-made-left-handed-melodeon/ Cheers!

[@themuffinman18]

@@OleCarstensen thanks for your quick response! Does your blog have a resource for “rebuilding reed box”, or know of any, since it appears i cant just flip?

[@OleCarstensen]

@@themuffinman18 Unfortunately I haven't written a blog post about that yet, sorry.

[@diatonix2]

You'd save a lot of time by putting the masking tape under the reed block.

[@OleCarstensen]

Yes, thats a good point! I do tape the whole row when I know that I have to tune the whole row, e.g. when I put new reeds. For spot tuning (like in this, incomplete, example), I need to find which reed of the two (or more) voices is out tune. I think muting single reeds to find the one out of tune works quite well and saves time. The less reeds you need to tune, the more effective it is of course. Once you hit a certain threshold, it makes more sense to just tape of the whole row from start and tune all of them, row-by-row. That assessment I make by ear before I start tuning. Cheers, Ole

[@wesley3684]

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