Here's my kind of sound

[Ffingers]

No ambition to achieve this level of vituosity, but the sounds produced by him on this instrument are very much my 'cup of tea'.
Does anyone know the maker etc. of this incredible accordion?

 

[Siegmund]

One of my favorite videos too.

I'm under the impression it's a Jupiter converter bayan, like the 2nd of the 4 instruments shown in the comparison clip () that Paul has posted a couple times before. I do not know by sight if is a modern Russian-made one, or an older one from before there were 'two Jupiters,' nor exactly which model.

They are so far out of my price range it's not funny.. but if I find oil in my backyard tomorrow morning I might order one tomorrow afternoon.

A news article about a much older Hrustevich video (https://www.mentalfloss.com/article...formance-vivaldis-four-seasons-performed-solo) calls the instrument he was playing in 2009 a "Jupiter-Lux" and links to http://www.bayanjupiter.com/models/jupiterlux.html for specs - but that feels like it might be a link to the "wrong" Jupiter company.

 

[Ffingers]

Thank you, Siegmund.
That demo does not really get to the sound which Hrustevich squeezes out of the bass notes in the Bach piece, though.
It is a sound much like the 'flute' stop on a Grand organ like the one behind him in the church.
I haven't heard that produced anywhere else across the amount of classical accordion music which I have been listening to recently.
Maybe Alexander had it created especially for himself.

 

[debra]

He does play an older Jupiter, and these often come without any logo. The bass sound from their typical setup: the large reed block for the lowest note not only has the large L and M reeds but also adds two higher reeds, making for a 4-voice bass. On these older bayans there are no registers so you always get the deep LM sound plus the higher reeds for a very "full" sound. Then you have 2 or 3 notes that are just LM without extra reeds, and all the higher notes are LL (giving you that "flute" sound). Newer Russian bayans have a register switch to disable the extra reeds in the lowest octave, for a deep bass without the fullness (sharpness) of the higher reeds added. There are no other options. You always have LM for the lowest 15 notes and LL for all higher notes. On the one hand that may appear to be a limitation, but on the other hand it lets you play low and high, where low has a full sound and high has a "flute" sound, without the need for changing registers. Italian accordion makers have copied this in what they call "bayan" accordions, like the old Pigini Sirius, and added register switches later to allow for a single L reed for instance (because the bayans were a hard sell without registers). But they have always struggled in making the transition from the lowest bass notes to the higher notes sound natural and smooth.

 

[Ffingers]

He does play an older Jupiter, and these often come without any logo. The bass sound from their typical setup: the large reed block for the lowest note not only has the large L and M reeds but also adds two higher reeds, making for a 4-voice bass. On these older bayans there are no registers so you always get the deep LM sound plus the higher reeds for a very "full" sound. Then you have 2 or 3 notes that are just LM without extra reeds, and all the higher notes are LL (giving you that "flute" sound). Newer Russian bayans have a register switch to disable the extra reeds in the lowest octave, for a deep bass without the fullness (sharpness) of the higher reeds added. There are no other options. You always have LM for the lowest 15 notes and LL for all higher notes. On the one hand that may appear to be a limitation, but on the other hand it lets you play low and high, where low has a full sound and high has a "flute" sound, without the need for changing registers. Italian accordion makers have copied this in what they call "bayan" accordions, like the old Pigini Sirius, and added register switches later to allow for a single L reed for instance (because the bayans were a hard sell without registers). But they have always struggled in making the transition from the lowest bass notes to the higher notes sound natural and smooth.

Thank you, Paul