"Fluffy" bass sound

[Karl StetS]

Hi all.
Im currently playing 2 diferent accordions. And im cought by the fact that the low bass notes on my Brandoni has a much clearer and defined sound, than my Hohner Concierto, that is the same low, but a kind of fluffy. (Do i explain myself?)

What makes the diference? The size or the qualety of the reeds?

Thsnx in advance.
Karl.

 

[debra]

Sorry but you did not make yourself very clear. (Sound samples may help?)
One possibility I can think of is that the Brandoni may have a 5 voice bass, thus adding a bit of "high" to the bass sound, whereas the Hohner likely has just a 4 voice bass. Also, The Brandoni likely has the octave jump at a different note in the middle/high reed banks than in the low octaves, thereby doing a better job at hiding the octave jump than the Hohner which likely has the octave jump at the same note in all banks.
Reed quality makes a difference but we don't know what reeds either of these accordions has.

 

[Sebastian Bravo]

Hohner Concerto has low quality reeds. That's why I upgraded them with italian reeds (But I had to modify the reedblock for the low end reeds) and now the response is great!