Meanwhile, with only natural intelligence...

[Siegmund]

...this is what a real instrument and a real camera can still do:





Admittedly, sun shining toward the camera is a lot harder, without a lot of post-processing.

 

[noelekal]

Why that is good enough for a 12 month accordion calendar!

 

[boxplayer4000]

Excellent! Reality can be too much sometimes.

 

[Frank Barocco]

...this is what a real instrument and a real camera can still do:
Admittedly, sun shining toward the camera is a lot harder, without a lot of post-processing.

Gorgeous!
What was it like playing it there?

 

[dak]

Admittedly, sun shining toward the camera is a lot harder, without a lot of post-processing.

Fill-in flashes or reflectors are not unheard of in photography.

 

[Mike t.]

Those red bellows are eye popping! Great pictures!
Having never played an accordion with “mushroom” bass buttons, do they push down just to the bottom of the mushroom, leaving more button sticking up? They don’t push in flush with the panel like the cylindrical type buttons? Do you gain advantage with them? Just wondering.

 

[JerryPH]

Great shots, I am sure those are the kinds of photos that would help convince anyone over the edge and make a purchase!

 

[Siegmund]

Having never played an accordion with “mushroom” bass buttons, do they push down just to the bottom of the mushroom, leaving more button sticking up? They don’t push in flush with the panel like the cylindrical type buttons? Do you gain advantage with them? Just wondering.

Yes; the top of the button is maybe 2mm thick, with a felt pad on the bottom, so there is no sound if it hits the panel. They are a little bit wider than piston shaped buttons, too, but still much smaller than treble buttons.

The biggest single advantage is that it's a physical impossibility to get the bass buttons jammed down inside the instrument when traveling, even if you don't block the bass machine with cardboard padding. That, all by itself, is a reason to standardize on mushroom buttons, in the age where almost every instrument is shipped thousands of miles when bought or sold.

I hardly notice the difference when playing. To the extent there is any difference at all I think the advantage is in favor of the mushrooms: a slightly bigger target to aim for means less chance of missing a button, and pushing a button down as far as it can possibly go is wasted time and effort (just like letting your hand fly up 3 inches into the air after releasing instead of hovering just above the buttons is.)