Frank Fusari
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Hey Jerry, wow what a machine! Can't wait to hear it!
Not featherweights but not the very heaviest either. My Hohner Artiste XS comes in at 39,5 pounds (18kg). What's important is that your upper legs are horizontal so the accordion can sit flat on it (not with a corner biting into your leg) and then the weight is not a problem.Glenn,
Both my 5/5 accordions have a forward bias, that's because they 29 and 34 pounds... lol
Kidding aside, I don't find this accordion (the Imperator) with an obvious forward weight bias any more than my Elka or Iorio. This may be due to the slight weight savings caused by the metal case design.. My Hohner Morino VI N... yes a massive difference forward bias feel in comparison. It's just made to be used sitting down, but that's the nature of this kind of beast. Take a bow with that thing, and you are going to topple forward. .
Tease.... ?A video of me testing out the accordion coming probably this weekend!
That is quite common in 5 voice instruments. Not including a mute there are 31 possible registers, so to end up with a manageable number every register with tremolo includes the M+ and a register with M- without M+ then does not exist. Even then you still have many registers.Lovely.
What is the tuning on the 3 ‘M’ reedsets?
flat, concert, sharp?
Just noticing that there are no combinations for anything with just the left of the 3 in the middle.
Well I am no expert in tunings, but I will say that its not "scottish" tuning sharp. When I had the Morino tuned, I asked for a tremelo change between German (very little, around +,- 10 cents) and Italian (more than German at around +,- 18 cents, but a lot less than scottish which is 25+ cents), so IMHO, it has a little more tremelo than my Morino, so the Imperator is sharper without being disconcerting, and by coincidence is one of my favorites, a nice smooth musette sound, with more tremelo than my Morino.Lovely.
What is the tuning on the 3 ‘M’ reedsets?
flat, concert, sharp?
Just noticing that there are no combinations for anything with just the left of the 3 in the middle.