Hi all. I'm very new to buying my own accordion, and (perhaps very foolishly) went for one from Facebook Marketplace - a Parrot 96-bass keyboard accordion which apparently had a couple sticking buttons. I assumed (again foolishly) that all it would take was a little oiling, but doing a double check online saw that oiling can be very bad for an accordion in the long run. Sure enough when I played it, a note would ring out from the bass side every time I moved the bellows regardless of whether I was pressing anything down or not. The buttons themselves didn't seem properly stuck down, but a couple were a bit slow to raise up again after being depressed.
A Google search told me at first that sometimes a phantom noise can be explained by there being a leakage of air, but I couldn't identify any source, so I took it to a local music shop. The man there, who had some experience with quick fixes on accordions but was not a repairman, told me that there was no air leak, the bellows were all fine, and that it was likely either a misalignment in the 'pins' below the bass buttons, or a spring beneath that would either need to be realigned or replaced.
I don't have the money to send to a proper repair person, and have seen a lot of people recommend the Accordion Revival site as good for DIY repairs. I'd just like to check with the people of this forum what problem exactly I'm looking at here, so I don't end up doing any unnecessary fiddling.
If it helps matters at all, the note that rings out the clearest is an A-flat/G-sharp in at least two octaves, and sometimes accompanied by a G-flat/F-sharp in at least two octaves. Sure enough, the Ab7 button feels noticeably 'stickier' than the other buttons. I am hoping in vain that the fact that the A-flat and its chords are at the very end of the rows of bass buttons will make this easier.
A Google search told me at first that sometimes a phantom noise can be explained by there being a leakage of air, but I couldn't identify any source, so I took it to a local music shop. The man there, who had some experience with quick fixes on accordions but was not a repairman, told me that there was no air leak, the bellows were all fine, and that it was likely either a misalignment in the 'pins' below the bass buttons, or a spring beneath that would either need to be realigned or replaced.
I don't have the money to send to a proper repair person, and have seen a lot of people recommend the Accordion Revival site as good for DIY repairs. I'd just like to check with the people of this forum what problem exactly I'm looking at here, so I don't end up doing any unnecessary fiddling.
If it helps matters at all, the note that rings out the clearest is an A-flat/G-sharp in at least two octaves, and sometimes accompanied by a G-flat/F-sharp in at least two octaves. Sure enough, the Ab7 button feels noticeably 'stickier' than the other buttons. I am hoping in vain that the fact that the A-flat and its chords are at the very end of the rows of bass buttons will make this easier.
