Wood Look Piatanesi with New York Hat….
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Walker
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Thanks Tom, I really enjoyed listening to this lovely Brazilian forró by Bruna Scopel. The Piatanesi is so good for this style, I love the nice dry tuning. I also remember an old thread where you mentioned another accordionist Bia Socek who also plays a Piatanesi IV S but with celluloid finish. Really nice accordions. Seems to be popular in South America, along with Scandalli.
I rather like the Piatanesi wet-musette on this French tune too. It's a bit of a contrast to the recording above.
I rather like the Piatanesi wet-musette on this French tune too. It's a bit of a contrast to the recording above.
… maybe 14 accordions could make room for one more? No… no, no. No… stay strong Jerry, no matter how pretty the all wood ones are… lol
Nice musette! Yeah, I love the Brazilian tradition. These young players really have it going on, must be a cultural thing to start playing young and work hard. There are a ton. I’m not sure what the specs are on the IV S, probably a step up from mine.
……and just look at the income report on some of these young Brazilians and it’s clear why they have gone to the IV. 
. No reason to worry about the “death of the accordion” here. The model is clear - work hard, get really good on the accordion, make lots of videos consistently over time, watch the money roll in, buy a IV. So cool. Glad to see this opportunity open to accordionists, ah to be young again!
. No reason to worry about the “death of the accordion” here. The model is clear - work hard, get really good on the accordion, make lots of videos consistently over time, watch the money roll in, buy a IV. So cool. Glad to see this opportunity open to accordionists, ah to be young again!Walker
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Its good to hear that the accordion is thriving in South America despite the high cost of good quality Italian instruments. The style of music is really nice too - no wonder it's popular.
@Tom Your blue Piatanesis are super cool, and if you wanted, you could round out the collection with a wooden IV. Not sure what type of wood it is, looks like cherry.
@Tom Your blue Piatanesis are super cool, and if you wanted, you could round out the collection with a wooden IV. Not sure what type of wood it is, looks like cherry.
96Bass
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I have limited knowledge, but from what I've seen, piano accordion is popular in Brazil and Argentina and the smaller button accordions are more popular in the rest of Central and South America.
Walker
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Beautiful!!!! Hope it sounds and plays as good as it looks!I like your choices Tom!
I've been thinking too about "if I HAD to buy a new accordion, I would go here"...
I might just have found the exact instrument for my traditional music, a classic "tortoiseshell" celluloid finish, double cassotto, from a musette specialist - Cooperfisa.
Walker
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When it looks like that, I don't care how it sounds or plays... I don't think I could ever get round to actually picking it up 
Walker
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The natural colours are great. I especially like the muted autumn colours.
As you mention this old tartan, Glen Affric is close by too :
As you mention this old tartan, Glen Affric is close by too :
Wow, so beautiful, said my lovely wife, I would love to go there. Would take a lot to get me on another plane to Europe, but this might do it! As I get it, a “glen” is a valley, this one named for the Affric River that flows through.
And I see people there have a penchant for stacking stones. Btw, here’s the patchy snow here today:
And I see people there have a penchant for stacking stones. Btw, here’s the patchy snow here today:
Walker
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Well I can see winter still has a tight grip on Wisconsin. I don't think the Highlands is too dissimilar, but it looks like Wisconsin really holds onto the cold. Where I live I still haven't seen any snowdrops yet, but I did see them recently down by the Nairn coast where it is much milder than Strathnairn that is in amongst the hills.
Hey I didn't actually know the Glen Affric tartan was so old. I was just reading that it dates somewhere between the 1500s to 1600s. I would say that's pretty old considering the written records in these wild place wouldn't be as comprehensive as they might have been elsewhere in the country. There are perhaps all sorts of little historic gems that have been lost in the mists of time, but even this shred of cloth gives some indication of the weaving (and waulking) crafts of the late medieval Highlands... it's a hardy people that lived in these glens back centuries ago, no central heating or instant hot water...
Hey I didn't actually know the Glen Affric tartan was so old. I was just reading that it dates somewhere between the 1500s to 1600s. I would say that's pretty old considering the written records in these wild place wouldn't be as comprehensive as they might have been elsewhere in the country. There are perhaps all sorts of little historic gems that have been lost in the mists of time, but even this shred of cloth gives some indication of the weaving (and waulking) crafts of the late medieval Highlands... it's a hardy people that lived in these glens back centuries ago, no central heating or instant hot water...
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