@tuftyindigo @keys
Can you play it enough to tell if the bass is right side up though? 🌏

One palm shifter I recall maybe had a mechanism you accessed by taking off a plate on the back of the keyboard? 🤔 🪗

There was a lever that cocked back and forth that was pretty easy to unstick or at least see what was wrong

I have a pile of broken antique accordions, none of which I have fixed or know how to play

Researching for #AccordionRevolution 📚 was enough and @accordionnoir had a schedule

@AccordionBruce @keys ah yes, I've removed the reed block that the linkage goes into, and there's a kind of shutter thing that shuts off all of the 16' reeds while the bar is pressed. Still no sign of any kind of ratchet or anything to hold it in that position.

The springs on the bass valves don't have enough spring to close them again when you release the button. Possibly a bit of lube would be enough to fix it, but since I'll have to dismantle the whole machine to do it, and I still won't be able to play the instrument even when it's working, it's going to the back of the queue. 

@keys @tuftyindigo
[edited that post to show a vid with one of his (older?) Giuliettis that’s more similar to the layout of yours

He left a ton of videos on that channel. Quite a legacy

I remember downloading a bunch of online posts and things from him and trying to figure out how to cite him in my book after he died

Wish I could have interviewed him or given him a copy

Each #accordion company pushed their own free bass style and none caught on

Debate continues:
https://www.accordionists.info/threads/which-freebass-layout.7751/