Hi Judy,

Most of the USB reading fails on the Digital accordion is the female plug itself that has become loose over time and also by manipulating it too often.

Some people will fix a USB extension directly on the accordion so that it is only that part that is manipulated.

The USB connection of digital accordions are very fragile.

Also you often touch them when the USB drive is too long and it protrude outside the USB connection enclosure.

My advice is to use the smallest USB drive possible so that you don’t inadvertently touch the USB drive when manipulating your accordion.

They are all OK, not one company is better than another.

But to be safe try to get a USB 2.0 compatible because our Roland Digital accordions date back to 2013.

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If your problem persist, you will have to have your accordion serviced by a technician.

Good Luck

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and being so kind and responsive!

Hi Dan,

About Richard Galliano’s video you refer to. On his accordion, there is no “detuned” musette sounds. He wanted no vibrations on his accordion. When you hear a beating on the sound, Richard Galliano produce it “artificially” by very little press on the register so that the valve hole is just partially open.

1. Yes, whenever you partially open any register, there will be an out of tune situation. This is why we often observe accordionists that really press hard and fast on the registers so that it is completely open.

2. You are right on this. If you partially open a register of an already detuned register, it will become even more detuned so faster beating rate. I doubt it would get drier.

Your questions says a lot about your degree of dedication in tuning accordions.

A question on the “artificial” detuning taking place when partially engaging register switches. More specifically, what Richard Galliano is talking about here at 1:08:

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2 questions, please:

1. Does this phenomenon occur only between reeds of the same type i.e. two clarinets (MM), for instance? Would the same happen if half switched between bassoon (L) and clarinet (M)?

2. Does this phenomenon occur only between unison reeds (0Hz detuning)? If for instance his accordion actually had two detuned middle reeds (at 4Hz, the standard), when half switching would the detuning get wetter (more than 4Hz) or drier (less than 4Hz)?

Hopefully my questions make sense 😊

Many thanks,
Dan

Hi Giannis,

Here is the Google translation of your comment:

Hi Mario
what is the acceptable price for A4 in CLARINET and what for BASSOON
The accordion is victoria 120b. 5 register
Thank you for your patience
regards
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Yiannis

So I presume you want to know the cents deviation to tune your Victoria musette MM

If you want a modern low beating musette you will put +7 cents.

For an old musette sound with a fast beating rate, you can put up to +20 cents.

Γεια σου Μάριο
ποια είναι η αποδεκτή τιμή για Α4 στο CLARINET και ποια για το BASSOON
Το ακορντεόν είναι victoria 120b. 5 register
Ευχαριστώ για την υπομονή σου

με εκτίμηση
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Γιάννης

Hi Mario

Thanks for the reply. I will try to follow the instructions

Regards
Yiannis

Hello Giannis,

Thanks for your payment.

There is NOT a fixed value for this. You need to adjust the beating rates to achieve a balance of perceived sound intensity over the entire range of the accordion. This is why you need to follow a special “curve” of tuning.

On this next slide, you can observe that the beat rates versus the cents deviation are two different things and they behave differently according to the octave.

To achieve the upper value “beats/sec”, you need to tune by ear and listen to the beats/sec rates or speed by ear. You can observe on the preceding chart that the speed IS NOT EQUAL throughout all the keyboard range. It is much faster on the upper range.

For the “cents”, it is a complete opposite situation as you can observe on the preceding image. The cents deviation is bigger in the low notes than the high notes to achieve the beating rates curve of the upper row.

This slide is for a a 2beats/sec for the A440Hz note. If you want a 1beat/sec, you have to deduct the values from that slide since you just purchased the eBook. You don’t have the Excel formula that make it easier to calculate the beats/sec and cents values to achieve this special tuning curve for a better sound intensity balance.

Thank you
Regards
Yiannis