Dingo40
Been here for ages!
If you're 70+, you have nothing to be nervous about as you'll likely outlive any potential problems no matter how you store it!I've looked online (even in posts in this forum), so I've been nervous about it.

If you're 70+, you have nothing to be nervous about as you'll likely outlive any potential problems no matter how you store it!I've looked online (even in posts in this forum), so I've been nervous about it.
hay look. i'll be 80 this month and i'm hoping to play incredible stuff flawlessly which i could hardly do with bad valves. i'll thank u young whippersnappers to show a modicum of respect and get back to practicing.If you're 70+, you have nothing to be nervous about as you'll likely outlive any potential problems no matter how you store it!![]()
hay look. i'll be 80 this month and i'm hoping to play incredible stuff flawlessly which i could hardly do with bad valves. i'll thank u young whippersnappers to show a modicum of respect and get back to practicing.
Same here!Shaddap, junior
You're too "optimistic" about how long it will take for the problem to occur.If you're 70+, you have nothing to be nervous about as you'll likely outlive any potential problems no matter how you store it!![]()
Good advice! I traveled a little way down this road, enough to make most accordions I encounter playable. As Ike says, it's good to have the basic knowledge. I'm not smart (motivated?) enough to get into full tuning or intense fr4x programming because it takes all my available time (motivation) to play the songs I want to play. Who's going to cut the trees down and make the firewood? I do listen to accordion music/podcasts while I work.Learn the right way to pour wax and how to straighten bent leathers. There are many other things to learn. Ars lunga vita brevis.
No tuning necessary.. . . full tuning or intense fr4x programming . . .
Very good advice. Every accordion player should also learn how to free up a stuck reed that's blocked by a hair or other small particle of debris. I still find it unbelievable that (here at least) in the conservatory they do not teach accordion students to do any kind of minor repair, like fixing a stuck reed. This results in accordion teachers who cannot help their own pupils with any small issue they may encounter. They are all completely helpless and at the mercy of accordion repairers...Learn the right way to pour wax and how to straighten bent leathers. There are many other things to learn. Ars lunga vita brevis.
In my case it's far more likely to make me "infamouser..."Less storage and more playing will make you famouser.