Long-term piano accordionist newly learning CBA - experiences?

[dak]

bought a brand new Roland FR-8x which I absolutely love. However, now 78 with the appropriate ailments I discovered that the 19kg is a bit too much for me to handle

12.1 kg or 26lbs 11oz according to Roland's web page. Accordions are generally in the ugly range of weight (and the digital complements tend not to make all that much of the theoretical weight saving opportunities from going reedless), but let's not make them worse than they are.