| Handmade Cajun Accordion, Pt. 1: Reed-Mounts |
| Deep in the Louisiana prairie, accordion maker Marc Savoy begins the journey in the construction of a Cajun accordion. |
From "Handmade Music"
episode DHMM-308 |
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Cutting Assemblies to Produce MountsSo far Marc Savoy has created assemblies for making the reed mounts, but what he's actually working toward are the mounts themselves. - With dry assemblies ready for cutting, Marc rips 1/4-inch "slices" to produce reed-mounts for his accordion construction (figures N and O).
Using a special jig, Marc tapers the reed-mounts so the largest reeds will be mounted to the thickest part of the mount (figure P) and the small reeds will be mounted to the thinnest part of the mount. This will ultimately limit the amount of air that passes through the smallest mounts. As before with the larger assembly, he refines the actual reed mount using the belt sander (figure Q).
Using this batch-cutting process, Marc ends up with multiple reed mounts. Even though the batch process saves some time, the overall process is fairly involved and must be undertaken with great care. But the effort is well spent since these pieces (figures R and S) form what Marc calls "the beating heart of the accordion."
| RELATED PROJECTS: | | Handmade Gourd-Banjo, Part 1: Preparing the Gourd Body | | Handmade Gourd-Banjo, Part 2: Building the Neck | | Handmade Gourd-Banjo, Part 3: Shaping the Neck and Peg-Head | | Handmade Gourd-Banjo, Part 4: Pegs, Tail-Piece and Strings | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 1: Stock for Neck | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 2: The Neck and Fingerboard | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 3: Shaping the Neck | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 4: Banjo-Rim Basics | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 5: The Tone Ring | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 6: Internal Resonator | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 7: Dowel Stick and Rim Assembly | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 8: Dowel-Stick, Logo and Banjo Technique | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 9: Decorative Inlay and Engraving | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 10: Frets and Rim Completion | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 11: Sanding and Finishing the Neck | | Old-Time Banjo, Part 12: French Polish & Finis |
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| ALSO IN THIS EPISODE: | | Handmade Cajun Accordion, Pt. 1: Reed-Mounts |
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