Tulskaya Garmon Tula Bayan quality

[siiva108]

Im in the market for a light weight Chromatic B system free bass accordion. I stumbled upon this one, which is a bit heavier then I was hoping for:
http://www.amazon.ca/Stradella-Chro...d=1456930731&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=tula+bayna

Im wondering if anyone here has experience with this brand? Im hoping its a step up from the Chinese brands, so Im looking for feedback from any community members about this, or the Music Harmony dealer who carries these.

Also, if you have any suggestions on other brands that might suit my needs, Im open to that. Im an intermediate PA player looking to switch to chromatic. I like to stand and move around when I play, so something under 8kg would be ideal.

 

[Nuuksu]

Tula was well respected brand in former ussr, estonian bayan players liked it very much. I had very old Tula I got it quite cheaply. Some years ago I bought also Tula 302 or 307 I dont remember anymore it I sold it because it didnt have such deep bass what my old model had. My vintage one was something similar http://212.47.219.162/dynamic/timg/1/9/1924ab21c7407995f62bf2b3394eb720.jpg

You can look here - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=тула+баян

Some new ones have now nice deep bayan bass.

If you are interested in older models, there are quite many on ebay.

 

[Deleted member 48]

Tula 3-row B-system bayans were mass produced. One of the most common are the 100 bass bayans (20x5).

Second hand, 3-row B-system Russian accordions/bayans are easy to find online, and you can find them easily for price ranges 50 - 250 USD or Euro.
If you can find one in your neigbourhoud, go play and test it. Because some need retuning or repair, and you have to take in account some repair cost, depending on the state of the instrument.

The action can be slower and stiffer than an Italian quality button accordion. Sometimes they are a bit harder to play than a quality accordion.
But they can be a good option for a starter B-system CBA.