I upgraded a year ago and never looked back. Agree about the strap length, added some leather myself. Paid for the better bellows and it’s expressiveness is sooo sweet. It’s wonderful that Concertina Connection does trade-ins.
Do indeed like the sound of the troubadour more in the immediate sound comparison. I have played an Elise and have the EXACT same thoughts and feeling with those first couple notes on the left hand - takes a bit to make them fire - and when playing them with other notes on the right hand the C (on the push in particular) is lacking, although it seems to fire better when other notes are played at the same time for some reason. Other than that, the Elise has been great in my limited experience - but i Keep wanting to try a troubadour or peacock!
I have a Stagi Haden duet and the quality is very good. Its a bit big but I am an accordion player so used to bigger instruments. I had an elise and liked it but wanted more notes. Thanks for the video, very informative and enjoyable.
Hi Les, thanks for doing this comparison video. A couple of small points: 2:17 Are you sure the Troubadour is only 5.2" wide? Concertina Connection says it is 6.25". 5:47 I would hesitate to call the air button location silly or crazy without studying the construction in detail to understand why the designer made that decision. I would guess there wasn't enough space for an extra pair of reeds on the left hand so they didn't actually sacrifice a useful note to fit the air button in, and it was too difficult to route the action for a thumb-operated air button on the right hand. I have made very similar compromises in my own duet designs.
Yep - you're correct. I looked at the wrong column in my database! It's actually 5.2 inches wide end to end with the bellows closed. I will place an error message in the description. As for the air button - I bow to your superior knowledge about this. It just seemed a bit strange to me. I would dearly love to own one of your amazing Hayden-layout instruments!! Thanks for coming in with your comments.
