PA with strings...

[Dingo40]

...Two Guitars!
(Reeds & rosin)

More reeds (CBA) & rosin:

 

[Ffingers]

Great find, wilddog, thanks for posting it.

I loved the delicacy with which the accordionist 'tickled the ivories'

 

[tcabot]

Reading the thread headline, I actually though some nutjob has added strings to an accordion box.
And, perhaps, threw in a soundpost somewhere into the box.

 

[Squeezebox Of Delights]

Reading the thread headline, I actually though some nutjob has added strings to an accordion box.
And, perhaps, threw in a soundpost somewhere into the box.

I've always wondered about adding sympathetic strings to an accordion as an experiment. I don't think it would be that hard and I reckon the effects would be quite interesting, but you'd have to be prepared to drill holes into it!

 

[tcabot]

To be fair, I've got a "Bowed double bass" orchestral sound on my Roland and it works OK.
The only downside is that left keyboard gets very sticky with rosin.

 

[Dingo40]

I've always wondered about adding sympathetic strings to an accordion as an experiment. I

Our piano resonates/hums in sympathy whenever I play the accordion nearby .

 

[Siegmund]

Our piano resonates/hums in sympathy whenever I play the accordion nearby .

One day perhaps it will resonate in encouragement or even celebration!

 

[petch]

Not quite a PA but I enjoyed this