Talk:Accordion

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Free-reed duplication

Much of the beginning of this artcle duplicates the Free reed aerophone article. If there are no objections, I'll remove it. There's already a link.--Theodore Kloba 14:31, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

Numbers of parts?

A friend asked how many parts there were in my standard four-reed, 120-bass accordion. I told him there must be thousands, but that was the best I could guess. The numbers must vary widely between the many different acc. styles and sizes. However, I was genuinely (as opposed to facetiously) surprised this article's Construction section didn't have any details about it, considering that the parts in even a good-sized concertina must considerably outnumber those in any other handheld instrument not designed by Dr. Seuss—a distinction that would probably interest casual readers who, for one careless reason or another, happened to end up here. Anyone know more about this? (And how about that fourth sentence—epic, eh?) – AndyFielding (talk) 08:50, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This question is impossible to answer, it depends too much on definitions. How to define "one part"? Consider the wooden block to which the individual voices are glued (with a mixture of wax and olive oil, I was told): is it one part, or is it a block of wood plus twice 37 voices, for a total of 75 parts? Frankly, I cannot see the relevance, either. Who cares about the number of pieces in a car engine, or in a household soup mixer? The bloody things must run, and run reliably; and that's the only thing that counts. Jan olieslagers (talk) 18:14, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No sound from video

The accordion music video (spirk.org) works visually but there is no sound. Robert Neustadter (talk) 19:42, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It works for me, with sound – may be a system-related issue at your end. Dave.Dunford (talk) 22:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All okay for me, too. The issue must indeed be on the receiving side. Jan olieslagers (talk) 01:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accordion invention

Cyril Demian of Vienna, who patented his Accordion in 1829, thus coining the name. 98.114.227.16 (talk) 19:26, 4 March 2025 (UTC) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyrill-Demian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.114.227.16 (talk) 19:27, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]