Refurbishing a Castagnari Sander. Ep. 1 - Reed Cleaning/Waxing 

Ooh - I like the way you wax in the reeds, which wouldn't work for me due to condo (a tech I consulted showed me this technique and in fact called it the Lester Bailey method so you're a celebrity among accordion techs) and it was a bit too aromatic to do in my condo kitchen :-) But it's ingenious and answers the question about how to do the sides between reed blocks very effectively.

Muy bueno!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires!

Thanks for the benefit of so many years experience

Great to see more fettling knowledge being documented.

Realmente estoy aprendiendo del mejor. Gracias y un saludo.

Great film Lester, ultrasonic is interesting, they look mega clean, but I suppose you need to be certain that they are really, really dry. Thank you.

Thanks very much for doing this video

Very interesting Lester.Daz😎

Thanks for your Video! Do you think it's possible to change the tuning of the reeds +3 halfnotes up, by sanding the tip? I want to change the tuning of my diatonic accordion. Greetings from Bavaria!

Hi Lester, thank you for posting your work, that's very inspiring. I wanted to ask a bit more about the use of the ultrasonic cleaner (I'm tempted to have a go on an accordeon I'm about to take to pieces) - do you rinse the reed blocks after cleaning them in the machine with the chosen cleaning solution, to get it off? Or does it help to prevent rusting? And then, do you put anything on the reeds when they're dry to prevent rusting in the future? Any wiping with thin oil of any sort? If you were to wipe them with oil, what sort would you use and why that choice? I'm guessing if it was too viscous it might not dry properly and woudl attract dust to stick to the reeds and you'd be back at square one with dirty flat-toned reeds? But, in general, what can be done to try and prevent future rusting, especially when the ultrasonic cleaning solution perhaps does a very good job of removing any rust protection their might still have been on the reeds? It woudl be great to hear your thoughts, thank you in advance. Matthew, France.

Muito bom 👏👏👏

Hello, can you be so nice and write me a model of the equipment you use to bathe voices and what exactly are the lotions you use? Yours sincerely Krzysztof.