LilacLeaf
Member
Greetings,
I love the sound of the bigger boxes, (I once had a huge Philharmonic, amazing sound!) but I think for my style and needs a musette 48 bass or so will be best in the long run. I know about musette boxes being harder to come by in the US, but overall I am surprised at how few 48 bass, or just smaller (60 bass, 72?) accordions in general there are that aren't 2-3k, except for German made like Hohner and Weltmeister. I tend to prefer the richer tone of Italian reeds, at least so far this is what I have been exposed to, and often find the German reeds to be brighter which I don't like as much. Can anyone offer some insight here please, my main question being why are 48 bass accordions other than German (and now Chinese) so rare?
Thanks,
Peter.
I love the sound of the bigger boxes, (I once had a huge Philharmonic, amazing sound!) but I think for my style and needs a musette 48 bass or so will be best in the long run. I know about musette boxes being harder to come by in the US, but overall I am surprised at how few 48 bass, or just smaller (60 bass, 72?) accordions in general there are that aren't 2-3k, except for German made like Hohner and Weltmeister. I tend to prefer the richer tone of Italian reeds, at least so far this is what I have been exposed to, and often find the German reeds to be brighter which I don't like as much. Can anyone offer some insight here please, my main question being why are 48 bass accordions other than German (and now Chinese) so rare?
Thanks,
Peter.