Neil Thornock Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Which types of reeds keep in tune longer: concertina or accordion? Or is it a wash? I've read through a few threads on accordion vs. concertina reeds but it's information overload for such a specific question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex West Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 I could be mean and say that accordions are out of tune by design so no-one notices when they're out. I speak from experience having played in many sessions in Aberdeen with 1 or 2 fiddlers and umpteen accordion players. See the thread on reed tuning to see Dave Elliot's thoughts on the perceptions of concertina in-tune-ness. Again from experience, concertinas can be way out and still playable in sessions. As an aside, I've a concertina here at the moment which is over 100 years old, hasn't been tuned since the day it was born, spent a long time in America and still plays acceptably in-tune (albeit in old pitch) Alex West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Thornock Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Thanks Alex. I'm referring to hybrid concertinas that use accordion reeds, vs those with concertina reeds, rather than accordions vs concertinas in general. 100 years is a pretty long haul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 There is no reason I can think of why either reed type should go out of tune more quickly than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Thornock Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 Thanks Chris, sounds reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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