Am I smart and careful enough to take detailed notes about the ordering of the bass-side reeds so I don't mount them with the circle-of-fourths going in the wrong direction? Of course I am, and I'm insulted you asked.

Am I smart enough to look at those notes before I wax in those bass reeds? I am not.

#accordion

@aaron

please stop. i have so far avoiding getting sucked into squeeze/reed instruments to add to the list of too many instruments i already have, but this is sounding way too intriguing. :D

@paul_ipv6 @aaron @AccordionBruce it’s no accordion, but harmonicas are surprisingly accessible ;)

@ajn142 @aaron @AccordionBruce

get thee behind me, satan. ;)

"first reed instrument is free..."

@paul_ipv6 @aaron
I have long imagined that the differences between button patterns across borders in Europe might be explained by someone dropping an early #accordion on a mountain pass and simply putting it back together differently on the other side

So they play the bass side upside down in Russia? ✅

The Belgian bass is upside down and backwards? ✅✅

The Finns have the treble notes one row different from everyone else? ✅

Shake the reeds up and it explains all the little button boxes 📦 🪗

@AccordionBruce @aaron

from the network protocol standard side:

"the nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from"