Accordion Repair Archives - George Whitfield

Three Hohner Accordions

Posted on April 25, 2020September 21, 2020 by George Whitfield

The last 3 accordions I’ve been repairing for The Accordion Shop have been Hohner 120 Bass piano boxes – all from a similar era but rather different inside. I thought I would do a quick blog with some pictures and a video to compare them. They are a Hohner Atlantic IV De Luxe with a […]

Inside an Accordion Bass Mechanism

Posted on June 20, 2019September 21, 2020 by George Whitfield

Inside an Accordion Bass Mechanism. I needed a part so I started to dismantle an accordion bass mechanism that I had in my accordion graveyard.

Visiting Accordion Factories in Castelfidardo

Posted on May 29, 2019September 21, 2020 by George Whitfield

I was super excited to be invited to visit accordion factories in Castelfidardo with Chris Lovell who runs The Accordion Shop. I do a lot of tuning, repairs and renovations for Chris and the trip would mean we could buy a stock of spare parts and see some of the working methods in Castelfidardo’s factories. […]

Accordion Microphone System

Posted on January 17, 2019April 26, 2019 by George Whitfield

I’ve been using MusicTech accordion microphone systems since 1999 when my first Beltrami was built – both my Beltrami accordions have them and I think they are great, so I was happy to be asked to install the same system for a customer. Once fitted, the MusicTech accordion microphone system is easy to plug in […]