Harmonik 501 plus and Titano Combo ‘cordion

[Quint-essence]

Hi all
First post, please forgive me if I’m in the wrong thread…
I am in Calgary Alberta Canada and have a venerable Titano combo cordion - the brightly coloured ones with the quint stop- and recently, likely an exchange rate thing, picked up this mic from Brazil for a decent price.
How we can’t find anyone to install it, they’re nervous about the space required for the mic given that the Titano is not full sized.
I also have little, if any skills.

Want to put the current mic to rest after its long career - also want to explore using pedals - Leslie like pedals- to transform this Titano into a Hammond b3 -like sound so I need to have a clean signal.
The quint is a 5 1/3 drawbar equiv in the Hammond (second from left between the 16’ and the 8’ ) so I can mate it with an 16’
or 8’ equivalent in the Titano’s switches.

The 16’ has those rich overtones, the 8’ switch when combined with the 51/3 equiv sounds like a synth or Zurna and cuts through the musical clutter. So fun to play.

Ideas, anyone? If I go very slowly could I do this myself, perhaps with a musical electronics tech? Clearly don’t want to jeapordize that fun instrument. Probably outlived most vox continentals…
Many thanks
Keith

 

[Ventura]

"also want to explore using pedals - Leslie like pedals- to transform this Titano into a Hammond b3"

if that is gfoing to be your PRIMARY and overwhelming use for the beastie,
them i would say build/craft a new cowel with no holes or slots in it to
mount the mic system in and seal it over the front of the tiger so very little
sound escapes past the Mic's

the biggest problem with trying to use pedals with accordion reeds
is that the reed sound everywhere waters down the processed sound
coming from the speaker..

like what affect would a Distortion box have on an acoustic guitar ?
even an Ovation ? but it could be done

other than that, you may be able to craft a rizer to mount the grill
on that raises it enough for those mics

or use them on something else and get a install a sennheiser/clone
mic kit (much smaller)

 

[Quint-essence]

"also want to explore using pedals - Leslie like pedals- to transform this Titano into a Hammond b3"

if that is gfoing to be your PRIMARY and overwhelming use for the beastie,
them i would say build/craft a new cowel with no holes or slots in it to
mount the mic system in and seal it over the front of the tiger so very little
sound escapes past the Mic's

the biggest problem with trying to use pedals with accordion reeds
is that the reed sound everywhere waters down the processed sound
coming from the speaker..

like what affect would a Distortion box have on an acoustic guitar ?
even an Ovation ? but it could be done

other than that, you may be able to craft a rizer to mount the grill
on that raises it enough for those mics

or use them on something else and get a install a sennheiser/clone
mic kit (much smaller)

Great thinking I’ll dive into that. I also have a Meyer’s accordion mix I have never seriously played with, would that be a better choice for the enclosure setup?
Many thanks
Keith

 

[Quint-essence]

For me thinking about materials and attached methods for the cowl hmmmm….

 

[JerryPH]

Hmmm... you appear to be nervous about installing this mic on to your accordion. If you are not comfortable doing it, please please please take it to someone that can do it for you.

Start with a google search in your area for accordion repair people. If that doesn't work, search for accordion clubs.

A 15 second google search found this for me:

Accordion Repair

Start here by calling them up and asking what it would cost to install. Harmonik mics are very thin and small, made to be installed in most accprdions, so I would be surprised if it was not possible. If you really have that one in a thousand accordion that is super tiny, you either bought the wrong mics for it or may need to start looking at doing what Ventura suggested.

 

[Ventura]

yeah Jerry, i think those Tigers are pretty tight..

function took a back seat to Rock n Roll form in her design,
so not much room under the hood

havn't held a set of Harmonic in my hands, but from the pics
people have posted, it does look kinda thick..

and Quint, that Harmonic mic kit is what people are talking about..
probably way better than a Meyer

hey who was that kid who made his own accordion case ?
i bet he could make a cowl/replacement grill with enough room

 

[JerryPH]

yeah Jerry, i think those Tigers are pretty tight..

They darn well could be but I've seen some with volume knobs on them, so it is possible with the right kit.
The AC-501's are not horribly thick, but in this case, you may be right... still, if this was me, I would at least try.

hey who was that kid who made his own accordion case ?
i bet he could make a cowl/replacement grill with enough room

... or a thin custom case on the outside held in place by industrial velcro and painted to match?