Hi all,
can anyone tell me if this is a B or C griff keyboard please.
thanks in advance
can anyone tell me if this is a B or C griff keyboard please.
thanks in advance
B griff or C griff?
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This is very likely a Flat C-griff Hohner keyboard, which has A, C# and G# marked. (Flat C-griff used to be popular in Switzerland.) A flat B-griff keyboard is popular in Balkan countries but then it is always a 6 row keyboard, not 5 row. Almost all accordion makers mark C and F but Hohner tended to mark A, C# and G#. (There are always a few accordions with still different markings, but these I have seen the most. I have a Hohner with flat C-griff keyboard (and several other brand accordions with stepped C-griff and these others all have C and F marked).
Thank you Mr. De Bra,
I was sure you would know the answer.
It is an early Hohner Morino Artiste 1V.
When you say "Flat C griff", does that refer to the flat keyboard on a flat tuned C griff?
I was sure you would know the answer.
It is an early Hohner Morino Artiste 1V.
When you say "Flat C griff", does that refer to the flat keyboard on a flat tuned C griff?
Locate the "C" notes: On the B griff they are in the middle row, on the C griff on the outer row.
Like this:
Like this:
Flat means that all the button tops are in one plane. This is as opposed to the stepped keyboard where each row of buttons is a "step" up from the previous row.
Could be tricky. The question was about the gender of the "keyboard" and I don't see reed blocks. May be the perspective, though.
The Hohner typically has A, C# and G# marked, and it just so happens that if you start with A on the first row to find where C# and G# are, on a C-griff, or you start with A on the third row to find C# and G#, on a C-griff, you end up on exactly the same buttons, as long as you only look at the first three rows.
I was wrong with my C-griff guess. I ignored the fourth and fifth row... The progression from 3rd to 4rd row (or vice versa) on this accordion, so the G# to A progression shows the direction of the diagonals going up. That progression shows that G# or the 4rd row goes to A on the 3rd row in the diagonal direction of B-griff.
Without sounding a note?
Without reed blocks, having the instrument at hand will not help you make any sound.
Sorry for the late reply.
No I don't have the accordion. I saw it on German Ebay, but have no intention of buying it, especially now that I know it is a B griff. Thanks for all your replies.
No I don't have the accordion. I saw it on German Ebay, but have no intention of buying it, especially now that I know it is a B griff. Thanks for all your replies.
