afuller5
Newbie
Hi all,
I'm new here. Thank you for allowing me to join the Forum. I thought I would introduce myself. (I tend to be wordy
, sorry.)
I play piano and organ at my church and have been doing so for about 40 years. About 30 years ago, I bought a used piano accordion--a Castiglione 41/120, 2/4, LM, 15-inch keyboard red student model. I taught myself the basics from Palmer-Hughes. Since I play piano/organ, I found the small keyboard a little hard to play. So after about a year, I ordered a Castiglione 703A 41/120, LMH, 3/5, with mute and mics, 19-inch in black. It was demo and like new. Back then I was a member of Squeezebox Newsgroup and e-mail distribution list. After about 2 or 3 years, life happened, and I set the accordions aside only playing them occasionally. Fast forwarding to this autumn, I fell and an broke my left foot which has stopped by organ playing briefly. Thankfully, I did not need surgery. Since the accordion is somewhat similar to organ, I started playing them again (mostly the 19-inch one). I love the larger accordion for variety in registers and the larger keyboard. However, the compactness of the buttons on the student model makes it a little easier for me to play the left hand. Since I want to get more proficient with the left hand, this is why I'm mostly playing the larger accordion. I can't get used to it and improve if I don't play it!
I know that I will never be a great accordionist but enjoy playing just about any instrument. I also play kalimba and a little tongue/tank drum. I may never play accordion in public although I did some 30 years ago in nursing homes.
I probably won't post much. I'm more of a lurker/reader than a poster. However, I look forward to reading others' posts and learning from everyone.
Allen
I'm new here. Thank you for allowing me to join the Forum. I thought I would introduce myself. (I tend to be wordy

I play piano and organ at my church and have been doing so for about 40 years. About 30 years ago, I bought a used piano accordion--a Castiglione 41/120, 2/4, LM, 15-inch keyboard red student model. I taught myself the basics from Palmer-Hughes. Since I play piano/organ, I found the small keyboard a little hard to play. So after about a year, I ordered a Castiglione 703A 41/120, LMH, 3/5, with mute and mics, 19-inch in black. It was demo and like new. Back then I was a member of Squeezebox Newsgroup and e-mail distribution list. After about 2 or 3 years, life happened, and I set the accordions aside only playing them occasionally. Fast forwarding to this autumn, I fell and an broke my left foot which has stopped by organ playing briefly. Thankfully, I did not need surgery. Since the accordion is somewhat similar to organ, I started playing them again (mostly the 19-inch one). I love the larger accordion for variety in registers and the larger keyboard. However, the compactness of the buttons on the student model makes it a little easier for me to play the left hand. Since I want to get more proficient with the left hand, this is why I'm mostly playing the larger accordion. I can't get used to it and improve if I don't play it!
I know that I will never be a great accordionist but enjoy playing just about any instrument. I also play kalimba and a little tongue/tank drum. I may never play accordion in public although I did some 30 years ago in nursing homes.
I probably won't post much. I'm more of a lurker/reader than a poster. However, I look forward to reading others' posts and learning from everyone.
Allen