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A woman's accordion is smaller in size than a full size one. I am wondering if the reeds (plus the plates) in a smaller accordion are proportionally smaller than those in a full size box. Thanks for any ideas.
Reeds in a "woman's" accordion
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Sound or depth of sound is not proportional to accordion size. The deepest bass notes I have ever heard were on a Helicon (Heligonka) a small accordion. They might be smaller but they might be bigger. There is no fixed rule setting things one way or another.
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Reeds in a common PA (for example) with 120 basses and with smaller keyboards will have reeds that that have smaller reed plates and smaller reed tongues. Although the same note can be played on a smaller box, the volume of sound is diminished.
I must say that in my more that over half of a century of my use, performance, and experience with the instrument we know as the accordion - this is the first time Ive seen it called womans in print in any venue. For the last century in the US accordions with keyboards of 15 to 17 half been called student size, keyboards 18 Ladies size, and keyboards 19and over Man size, and only named because of a human beings size and stature. The accordion in all forms as we know it today has no sexual use for a man or woman and is used for entertainment by both sexes.
Im posting this not to demean anyone posting in our Forum, but to make just a point, that the instruments we play are performed equally by a Lady or a Man. :tup:
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I must say that in my more that over half of a century of my use, performance, and experience with the instrument we know as the accordion - this is the first time Ive seen it called womans in print in any venue. For the last century in the US accordions with keyboards of 15 to 17 half been called student size, keyboards 18 Ladies size, and keyboards 19and over Man size, and only named because of a human beings size and stature. The accordion in all forms as we know it today has no sexual use for a man or woman and is used for entertainment by both sexes.
Im posting this not to demean anyone posting in our Forum, but to make just a point, that the instruments we play are performed equally by a Lady or a Man. :tup:
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Thank you friends, for your inputs.
Hi, Jim, did I use a wrong term? I feel sorry I used a term that is not a proper to use. Yes, I did mean sizes smaller than the full size.
Hi, Jim, did I use a wrong term? I feel sorry I used a term that is not a proper to use. Yes, I did mean sizes smaller than the full size.
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Not trying to demean or to correct anyone personally. Sorry if I offended. Just trying to be politically correct. You see a musical instrument has no sexual preference but they are made in different sizes. In a dive joint the restroom's might be labeled as Woman's and Man's but in a high class joint the restroom's will be labeled as Ladies and Men"s.
In today's politically correct society we find (most times without meaning) we find ourselves offending some with the now acceptable nomenclature. In the old days we called a spade a spade and no one was offended -- Oh where has the time gone. :roll:
In today's politically correct society we find (most times without meaning) we find ourselves offending some with the now acceptable nomenclature. In the old days we called a spade a spade and no one was offended -- Oh where has the time gone. :roll:
Jim, that was back from the days that when if you were gay, you were in a good mood... lol
I can see sometimes that certain words can offend, but honestly, what I see sometimes is people being over sensitive because of nothing. The nice thing here is that we are a very diverse audience and I see that there is a higher than normal level of tolerance, and a matching level of sense of humor.
Squeeze on!
I can see sometimes that certain words can offend, but honestly, what I see sometimes is people being over sensitive because of nothing. The nice thing here is that we are a very diverse audience and I see that there is a higher than normal level of tolerance, and a matching level of sense of humor.
Squeeze on!
Very interesting. I never heard about the use of smaller reed plates and tongues in ladies-size PAs. Of course you are the expert and have seen it all...JIM D. said:
These instruments do have narrower keys, and the box may be a bit smaller, but a regular PA has so much spare room inside that it could be built with the same reeds and reed plates than a larger one. Most PAs have about 4 unused slots on one of the reed blocks (used mostly for the black keys). So a more compact instrument could have the same size reed plates by moving the reed plates for 2 more white keys to the other reed block.
My Hohner Artiste XS (by no means ladies size) has a box of identical size to a Morino VI but the Artiste has 56 notes (5 reeds) and the Morino only 45 notes (5 reeds). How did they do that? The reed plates were made narrower but the same length and the reeds are thus also the same and overall the sound is the same. Shorter reeds are not needed in a smaller box, only narrower reed plates.
We see the same in Russian bayans: by having many reeds on a single plate the separation between the notes can be smaller so they can fit 64 notes in a bit less space than with separate reed plates, and in the process even use larger (wider and longer) reeds too. But it is an extremely tight fit.
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Hi Jim and Jerry, alas, we seniors (not "old people" :? ) do often wonder at the bygone days. Thank you! {}
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Hi Paul, very informative. Thank you!
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