John Cumiskey
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How do you tell the difference between hand made, and factory Reeds.
Thanks for any information. John.
Thanks for any information. John.
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Accordion Reeds
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The brief summary (does not apply to all cases, especially not to some older cases):
1) Look at the square part of the reed, where the rivet goes through. If the sides are blue then the reed is made out of a narrow ribbon steel and is hand made (a mano).
2) If not 1) then if the rivet has marks of being tightened by hammering (with a hammer) around it (so it may show 6 or more marks) then it is a hand-finished (tipo a mano) reed.
3) If not 2) then the rivet is just round and has received blows straight down by a "machine gun" and the reed is a machine-reed (which you call "factory reed", but all reeds come out of a factory nowadays, also the hand made ones).
1) Look at the square part of the reed, where the rivet goes through. If the sides are blue then the reed is made out of a narrow ribbon steel and is hand made (a mano).
2) If not 1) then if the rivet has marks of being tightened by hammering (with a hammer) around it (so it may show 6 or more marks) then it is a hand-finished (tipo a mano) reed.
3) If not 2) then the rivet is just round and has received blows straight down by a "machine gun" and the reed is a machine-reed (which you call "factory reed", but all reeds come out of a factory nowadays, also the hand made ones).
John Cumiskey
Newbie
Thanks for your explanation, its really nice to hear what to look for. Kind regards..
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