Is this gap too big?

[Sailaway61]

Is this gap too big? I’m not sure I’ve got this bending thing under my belt yet!

 

[Sailaway61]

A speculative buy (aka dirt cheap!) arrived with two bass reed blocks rattling about loose, presumably liberated in transit.
Remedial tweaking got me to this, just needs a tiny bit more finessing although it does actually play fine.

 

[Tom]

Congrats!

 

[Ffingers]

I have heard that it is possible to 'bend' notes on an accordion...

 

[Rosie C]

Not that I've any plans to tune my own accordion, but those reeds look like they had lead/zinc weights. How would you tune it? By removing/adding material from the weight?

 

[debra]

A speculative buy (aka dirt cheap!) arrived with two bass reed blocks rattling about loose, presumably liberated in transit.
Remedial tweaking got me to this, just needs a tiny bit more finessing although it does actually play fine.

Good job. I hope you do realize that where the reed was bent is now a weak spot.
So don't be surprised if this reed breaks, maybe a year from now, maybe five years... but before any of the other reeds break.