Right now I am fixing up a Hohner Musette IV, which is about the newest thing I want to work on. That's an Atlantic IV with LMMM instead of
LMMH. The rubber grommets that lift 20 of the 41 keys were worn out, but fortunately I had replacements Len Killick sent me from Germany a few
years ago.
The keyboards on these Atlantic accordions work great, and are fun to
play, except on most of them the rubber parts wear out, and the rubber grommets are hard to come by.
The other thing that wears out is the so-called "steering box" which is
the bubble with rotating arms that transmits the motion from the treble switches to the slide inside the accordion. This part seems impossible
to get from Germany and the corresponding part on Italian accordions
does not wear out, since the German version has a plastic body, and the Italian has a metal body. Once the box wears out, the tone switches are useless, and the accordion is useless.
Once a retired machinist offered to make them for me free, but I have
lost his phone number.
Am Montag, 5. Februar 2018 16:43:29 UTC+1 schrieb Ike:
Right now I am fixing up a Hohner Musette IV, which is about the newest
thing I want to work on. That's an Atlantic IV with LMMM instead of
LMMH. The rubber grommets that lift 20 of the 41 keys were worn out, but
fortunately I had replacements Len Killick sent me from Germany a few
years ago.
The keyboards on these Atlantic accordions work great, and are fun to
play, except on most of them the rubber parts wear out, and the rubber
grommets are hard to come by.
I think Hohner have now realised how vital the rubber parts are for the thousands of Atlantics and Lucias that are still out there: they put the price up a lot! Same for a lot of the spares.
get plastic parts maybe worth investigating...The other thing that wears out is the so-called "steering box" which isI have recently been wondering if these vital and unobtainable plastic parts might be a project for the new 3D-Printer technology. Don't know enough about it yet, but if it could produce the steering box plastic part and a number of other difficult to
the bubble with rotating arms that transmits the motion from the treble
switches to the slide inside the accordion. This part seems impossible
to get from Germany and the corresponding part on Italian accordions
does not wear out, since the German version has a plastic body, and the
Italian has a metal body. Once the box wears out, the tone switches are
useless, and the accordion is useless.
Once a retired machinist offered to make them for me free, but I have
lost his phone number.
Am Montag, 5. Februar 2018 16:43:29 UTC+1 schrieb Ike:
Right now I am fixing up a Hohner Musette IV, which is about the newest
thing I want to work on. That's an Atlantic IV with LMMM instead of
LMMH. The rubber grommets that lift 20 of the 41 keys were worn out, but
fortunately I had replacements Len Killick sent me from Germany a few
years ago.
The keyboards on these Atlantic accordions work great, and are fun to
play, except on most of them the rubber parts wear out, and the rubber
grommets are hard to come by.
I think Hohner have now realised how vital the rubber parts are for the thousands of Atlantics and Lucias that are still out there: they put the price up a lot! Same for a lot of the spares.
get plastic parts maybe worth investigating...The other thing that wears out is the so-called "steering box" which isI have recently been wondering if these vital and unobtainable plastic parts might be a project for the new 3D-Printer technology. Don't know enough about it yet, but if it could produce the steering box plastic part and a number of other difficult to
the bubble with rotating arms that transmits the motion from the treble
switches to the slide inside the accordion. This part seems impossible
to get from Germany and the corresponding part on Italian accordions
does not wear out, since the German version has a plastic body, and the
Italian has a metal body. Once the box wears out, the tone switches are
useless, and the accordion is useless.
Once a retired machinist offered to make them for me free, but I have
lost his phone number.
or Canada any more, as they have closed the U.S. branch and gottenan exclusive contract with an outfit in Nashville which only sells parts
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