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Part of the video series: How to Disassemble an Accordion

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Summary: Learn how to repair your accordion and get it back in working order in this free video series that will show you how to safely and easily remove the different parts of your accordion.

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Amanda Claire Amanda Claire is a lifelong artist, currently living in Austin, Texas, who specializes in all realms of unique crafts. read more

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How to Repair Accordions

AMANDA CLAIRE: So, one reason I have this instrument on the table, this little kind of air organ, is that a lot of out elements of this is very similar to how an accordion works inside. This board here is drilled with little holes, and behind those holes are the reeds, probably brass or steel reeds in an instrument like this, that are going to be--air is going to flow over them. And an instrument like this has a fan in it. If it is was pump organ, it would have had bellows in it kinda like an accordion has. But all of this is very similar to what's inside of an accordion. You see when I press a key, here, you have this little valve that pops up, and basically what it does is it opens up that hole and now air can flow through that hole and cause that reed to vibrate. Okay. So, we're going to open up an accordion. Not only did you see how it's put together inside, but for couple other reasons. One is, is that if you get an accordion, or even if you own one, you've gotten one for a few years, sometimes a reed will stop working, and it's not the end of the world. It doesn't mean that you have to send the accordion to the accordion repair shop. You can actually often fix that yourself. So, we're going to learn how to take it apart and just kind of look at what's inside of an accordion, how you can fix a reed or a valve that's not working too well, and all you really need to do that is a set of needle nose pliers.

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