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Re: Meinel & Herold Button Accordion

accordion...@mindspring.com (Ike Milligan) — Mon, 08 mrt 2010 03:39:36 UT

Oh yeah. Email a picture, and maybe I can guess how to take the front cover
off the valves.
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Re: Meinel & Herold Button Accordion

accordion...@mindspring.com (Ike Milligan) — Mon, 08 mrt 2010 03:37:25 UT

Most likely this will be caused by the button hitting the edge of the hole
in the grid. Then if you take off the grid it will not stick. If it still
does, then look for friction on the sides of the key or the valve pads
rubbing together. BTW never use powdered graphite on an accordion. IF you
need to lubricate wood parts, rub with a pencil or sometimes on metal,

Limex MIDI with two sound boards installed inside of the accordion

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Meinel & Herold Button Accordion

dre...@gmail.com (derek thorpe) — Thu, 04 mrt 2010 20:11:17 UT

I recently acquired a Meinel & Herold Button Accordion (3 Row Treble)
and it plays and sounds ok but 2 of the buttons are 'sticking' and
leaving the note open. The button lever moves ok but does not return
(could it be a spring problem?). I thought that I would have a closer
look at the the button lever mechanisms to try to find the cause of

Re: Accordion MIDI Controller Talk Time!

d...@gnu.org (David Kastrup) — Mon, 08 feb 2010 14:24:08 UT

Thanks for the pictures you sent. Some of the ideas for the bass look
quite solidly, but require more modifications than I would like.
Putting magnets or contacts on the pallets themselves right in the
airpath is not something I would want to do: I actually just returned a
historic instrument that had, possibly after being modified, too narrow

FS: 1980 Hohner Co. Diatonic 10-Button Melodian Accordian

jrs...@mnsi.net (j. r. sinclair) — Mon, 08 feb 2010 12:49:07 UT

1980 Hohner Co. Diatonic 10-Button Melodian Accordian
I have for sale a 1980 Hohner Co. Melodian 10-Button (Key of G) German
Style Diatonic Accordian in MINT condition with Original Box. The Accordian
is black with Goldbrand finish, made in Germany, and features: 10 melody
buttons, 2 pull stops, 2 base keys, air release button, wrist strap and

Re: Accordion MIDI Controller Talk Time!

d...@gnu.org (David Kastrup) — Sun, 07 feb 2010 10:08:18 UT

Huh? I am posting with my full and valid address. Maybe you should use
"View Article as original" or whatever else your seemingly crippled Web
interface to Usenet offers.
I'll copy this answer by mail.
Hopefully mostly on the products they sell. If the manufacturer of a
device does not know what his product specs mean, that's, uhm, not good.

Re: Accordion MIDI Controller Talk Time!

wj...@comcast.net (Kalop) — Sun, 07 feb 2010 08:51:57 UT

I tried to send to you a few pictures of my work but was unable to
the fact that my ISP do not recognize the partial address that is
available here.
David, I know what I know in practical terms. You know those things
from theoretical point of view.
Making circuit for a small gadgets is not an exact science. All

Re: Accordion MIDI Controller Talk Time!

d...@gnu.org (David Kastrup) — Sat, 06 feb 2010 15:49:28 UT

Consider myself just asking. Mail address used here works.
I think you are misreading the specs. The switches are not supposed to
dissipate 20 Watts themselves, but rather are suspected to sustain 20W
loads, with peak current of 1/2 A when closed, and a peak open voltage
of 175VDC when open. 20W light bulbs are more or less spec.

Re: Accordion MIDI Controller Talk Time!

wj...@comcast.net (Kalop) — Sat, 06 feb 2010 13:56:19 UT

Hi David and all who have interest in self MIDI projects.
Since you have no idea about the circuitry on the bass side, I will
help you to understand it, if this will be possible, if you wish.
I can send to you a few pictures to show you how that circuitry
look in practical terms. Just ask for it. I made also the drawing

Re: Accordion MIDI Controller Talk Time!

d...@gnu.org (David Kastrup) — Sat, 06 feb 2010 08:11:55 UT

Hm? There are no moving parts in them. And they certainly have a life
time larger than 3 years. It is more likely that you blew them with bad
supply voltage or bad load. Or that the magnets got weaker.
The main disadvantage I see with them is that they are comparatively
expensive.
Personally, I've been idly wracking my brain over schemes that don't

Accordion MIDI Controller Talk Time!

wj...@comcast.net (Kalop) — Sat, 06 feb 2010 01:40:27 UT

Accordion MIDI Controller Talk Time!
David and Alan were the only one that took participation in discussing
installation of Simple Accordion MIDI Controller. There are some
experience people in this group who are savvy in doing that kind of
projects in the past. Yet, they choose to be quiet at that time. I

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Re: Play again

bjmille...@gmail.com (Brian Miller) — Wed, 27 jan 2010 01:27:27 UT

On Jan 26, 6:37 pm, "Ike Milligan" <accordion...@mindspring.com>
wrote:
Thanks for the input. The lesser quality I was speaking of is still a
Titano about 10 years old that is electric. I agree with you about
the Horner. I will continue to look at Craigslist. Thanks again

Re: Play again

accordion...@mindspring.com (Ike Milligan) — Tue, 26 jan 2010 23:37:30 UT

In your price range, the only new accordion would be the Hohnica, and
various Chinese brands. Please stay away from Hohnica and other Chinese
brands. New out of the box they have problems.
Finding a good used accordion gets more difficult as years go by, as most
have never been properly serviced. If you do exactly as I suggest and don't