In this article, we will look at how to make and install an accordion door with your own hands. The accordion door is an interior sliding folding door (or a book door if it has two slats). Here you will see step by step instructions with detailed master classes, as well as clear drawings and layouts. We will pay special attention to the installation of a folding door in order to disassemble how to properly place all the elements in order to carry out installation.

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So, in this same publication, I will tell you about one specific view a wooden interior door, namely about a folding accordion door.

I will say right away - this version of the door, as they say, is not for everyone, and is not suitable for everyone and not in any room, it's all about the complexity of installation and poor insulation. But, of course, the folding accordion door also has positive sides for example, it saves enough space and is easy to open. Many people believe that, in order to save money, it is better to buy such a door in a disassembled state and install it yourself, they say “it’s cheaper this way” since you don’t have to pay for installation ... such an opinion is WRONG. I’ll explain why: the thing is that by refusing to install a door, you really save, but not much, since you still have to overpay for a ready-made door, the design of which, by the way, is very simple and easy to do with your own hands! So you will not only save money, but also enjoy the creation process! “But how to make a folding accordion door, or as it is also called a “door-book,” with your own hands,” you ask. Very simple! So that you can easily and quickly create your own folding door, I am writing this article now!

Accordion door and book door.
What is the difference???

Door-book mechanism

The diagram below shows the mechanism of an interior folding door with two slats. Also on this drawing you can see the required hardware and its location when creating a door.

Photo source: www.ekb.rusdver.net/findings/00000426-mehanizm_dver-knizhka.html

Folding door installation diagram

The drawing below shows schematically the installation principle of a folding booklet door and its parts. So to say "what-where" !!!

Photo source: atlant66.ru/produkciya/dveri-spec/mehanizm_rezident_sdk-01_dlya_dverey_knizhka/

A simple accordion door installation plan

This collage sequentially shows us the process of installing a folding door in the opening.

And so let's look at the installation in more detail using an example:

How to install an accordion door with your own hands.

(photos, video master class)

It’s somehow too easy to create a door leaf for a folding accordion interior door, agree? There must be some trick to this door. Let's think about this door:

• Convenient to use;
• Easy to create;
• Compact, you save a lot of free space;

Besides:

• Creating a door leaf does not take much time;
• Any materials can be used for this purpose;
• The design of such a door will suit almost any interior.

Some pluses, except for low strength and poor heat and sound insulation, but it generally depends on what materials you choose and how you install this door, so everything can be fine too. So what's the catch anyway?

And the catch, just the same, is to install this type of door with your own hands. If you read the article “Do-it-yourself sliding door”, then, for sure, you should understand how difficult it is to install interior sliding doors. So, installing an accordion door (or a book door, call it what you want, the meaning still remains the same) is even more difficult. Therefore, it is this stage of creating your own folding interior door with your own hands that deserves special, special attention. Let's take a closer look at all the stages and nuances of installing this type of door. Again, I will draw a parallel for those who read the article “Do-it-yourself sliding door”, in this article you will find enough matches in the installation steps, because these types of doors are, one might say, related and are based on a sliding mechanism. Okay, without further ado, let's move on to the installation itself.

Step-by-step photo installation master class:

(Just click on any photo to view the gallery)

Photo source and link to video tutorial: https://youtu.be/XuQEeVSaIyk
Video by bandq
Título original: How to fit an internal bi-fold door

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Photo source: http://www.dveripetli.ru/cistema-skladnyh-dverey

Accordion door leaf design

Concealed and hinged butterfly for accordion door

If you manage to find such hinges in the hardware store, then your door will close with special grace.

Pros:

If you choose from two types of loops, then it is better to put hidden ones. In the open state, they almost do not leave a gap between the canvases. In addition, they are more powerful, can withstand solid loads.

Minuses:

Their disadvantages: more difficult to install and high cost. But if the doors are made of MDF or solid wood, then you need to install them. "Butterflies" will fit a light door leaf or where it is not possible to make significant recesses under the body of a hidden hinge.

Name of accordion door construction elements

Do-it-yourself installation of folding interior doors.

If you buy an accordion folding interior door in a store, then you will probably be advised to pay extra for the installation of these doors, saying “this will be better, trust this business to professionals”, do not believe this, it will probably be faster, three times more expensive, but no better quality. Installing a door-book is quite within the power of an ordinary mortal person who does not know anything at all about the “correct” installation of folding doors. And if you are exactly the person I am talking about, congratulations, you will be able to cope with this task, and this and subsequent fragments of the article will help you, just in such a case.

Although the installation of both folding and sliding doors does not require the creation of a door frame, you still need to think about how to design the doorway. After all, there can't be bare walls between rooms. For example, a doorway can be plastered and painted, or wallpapered, but most often a decorative false box is used for these purposes. This is a kind of imitation of a real door frame, which performs a purely decorative role and is not intended for anything else, that is, the door CANNOT be hung on such a frame. And it is a box of boards fastened together with screws, installed in the opening.

Photo source: stroyday.ru/ (photo of false box assembly)

Accordingly, you need to start the installation with the creation of such a “door frame”, and before creating it, you need to carefully measure the parameters of the doorway itself (wall thickness, height and width of the opening). I will talk about the next steps later in the article.

https://youtu.be/bVREAzQTNhg
Título original: How to Install Folding Doors and Bi Fold Doors
Video by: DIY Doctor

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Do-it-yourself folding door installation steps.

(photos, instruction, video master class)

So, let's use the example of a specific model to analyze the stages of installing a folding interior door, and, of course, a video master class will help us in this! In the last fragment of the article, I told you that it is best to create a decorative false box for a sliding or folding door, but I also mentioned other methods of decorating the doorway. In this case, just, the creator of this model did not use the imitation of the door frame, but simply painted the plastered doorway. Well, let's say you have properly prepared the doorway for installation, and you can already move on to the next step. And the next stage is the installation of the guide. If you bought the door disassembled in the store, then the kit will include a guide, but in the same case, when you completely and completely make the door yourself, you can do the following: buy an aluminum guide and a kit for installing a folding door separately, believe me, Thus, it will be possible to save much more money than when buying dismantled doors.

To install the guide, you must first measure the width of the doorway. And here the first distinguishing feature from the installation of a sliding compartment door already appears. The guide for a folding door is not installed above the doorway, but inside it, therefore, if you created a decorative box, you will have to take into account its dimensions so as not to be mistaken. Then, after you have made the guide of the required size, drill several holes in it and fix it in the opening with one screw, in the middle of the guide (this must be done so that you can then insert the door leaf into the guide) is ready, the first part is done.

Step by step master class

Source photo and video master class: https://youtu.be/RYONGEDsjRM
original name: accordion door installation
Video by: Natalya Pukhovskaya

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We cannot confirm the authenticity of this drawing. Most likely it reflects a variety of only one type of folding doors. And the list of types of doors is quite limited.

From different materials

Folding accordion doors, like book doors, can be made from different materials. Let's take a look at them in the photo galleries below.

Accordion door made of natural wood

Natural wood. Durable material, subject to its competent processing: the wood is impregnated with an antiseptic, covered with stain and varnish. Over time, the coating is updated. The door made of this material is unstable to moisture changes.

MDF accordion door

MDF. The most stable material, not subject to the destructive effects of fungus and mold. Compared to chipboard, the material is more suitable for the manufacture of complex doors. Chipboard is strong enough, lightweight, environmentally friendly, moisture resistant and fireproof.

Accordion door made of chipboard

Chipboard. Cheap, as it is a sheet of glued sawdust. A door made of such material will turn out to be flimsy. Since it consists of sawdust pressed and glued together, the screws do not hold very tightly in it. The advantage of the material is good heat and sound insulation, however, the design of the accordion door does not allow the material to show these qualities in full. Chipboard also has high moisture resistance and bioresistance, but still it is far from the best option for folding doors.

Plastic accordion door

Plastic. Cheap, wear-resistant and water-resistant material. Ideal for a shower stall. It is easy to process, does not give chips, scratches and cracks, does not dry out. For interior doors, plastic with a pattern is usually used: wood-like, wall-colored, etc.

How to install the door leaf of a folding interior door on the rail.

(photos, instruction, video master class)

So, let's assume that you have prepared the doorway, installed the guide and are ready to install the door leaf. Well, then let's not delay, let's start the installation right now!

First, check if everything matches required size if so, great.
It is necessary to install rollers on the door leaf - the main part of the moving mechanism, by the way, here is another difference between a folding accordion interior door and a sliding compartment door: the rollers are not located vertically, but horizontally, relative to the ground, so they move along the walls guide, in addition, respectively, the rotating axis is directed in the other direction, and, in addition, the rollers also have a rotary roller assembly, it is needed so that the door can be folded.
Otherwise, the steps are the same as for installing a sliding door, that is, to the upper end of the door leaf, one roller is installed on two parts of it. After the rollers are installed, you need to install the lower axis, on which one part of the door leaf will be attached. Now you can insert the rollers into the guide.

Joy to a child can be delivered not only by expensive things, but also simple toys from paper. In order to make them beautiful, it is not necessary to master the art of origami, it is enough to be able to cut and glue according to the pattern. A little imagination will allow you to make a unique thing out of a simple toy. Knowing how to make an accordion out of paper, you can decorate it with buttons or make a calendar on furs.

What are the accordions

This toy is not as simple as it seems at first glance. There are various options for its implementation:

1. Accordion folded sheet. This is how kids usually do it.
2. Glued together in the form of a parallelepiped with two handles.
3. Assembled according to the origami pattern.
4. An exact copy of a real button accordion or accordion.

Masterfully executed models can emit notes. And you can decorate them as fantasy and imagination allow. Such a toy, made by the hands of parents, will be very dear to the child.

How to make an accordion out of paper

First of all, you should decide on the model of the product and prepare everything you need for work. In the simplest case, it will be paper and glue. In more difficult options additional materials may be needed:

1. Product diagram.
2. Rhinestones or beads in black and white.
3. Black tape 5-7 mm wide.
4. Sequins.
5. Foil or acrylic outline to simulate metal.
6. Double sided tape for tape.

You can use the standard diagram, but if you want to make a copy of the tool, you should find its photos and crop them so that individual elements overlap the diagram, and perform this operation in Excel. Next, you need to print and cut out the diagram. Another nuance on how to make an accordion out of paper more realistic: use photo paper and color printing, then the toy will look like an exact copy of a real instrument. You can even save the brand name of the manufacturer on it.

Work process

When the plan is ready and necessary materials, you should attach the straps to the tool with a stapler. Only then can it be glued. Straps are fastened like on a real button accordion.

Let's look at how to make an accordion out of paper in stages:

1. Fur should be drawn on the sheet. They consist of three stripes: two wide and one slightly narrower (for the top). Their total width and height should be slightly less than the height and depth of the instrument. After cutting the strips, you need to stick pieces of tape on them. They are attached to pencil strips through one. After the tape is fixed, you can glue the furs.
2. First, the side parts are connected to each other, after which the top is glued. After fixing, it must be straightened. lower part furs can be fastened with a stapler or make another accordion.
3. The harmonica is glued into the button accordion.

Instrument design

The design is of great importance, since you need to make an accordion out of paper with your own hands so beautifully that it appearance made up for the lack of sound. Buttons for accordion are made of beads or rhinestones. Since they differ in size on opposite sides of the instrument, the decorative elements on one side should be larger than on the other. The white paper corners of the furs should be covered with a silver acrylic outline. In the place where the decoration is provided, you need to drop a little glue and sprinkle with sparkles. Excess can be blown off after drying. If the scheme was not printed in color, it is advisable to paint the toy yourself, and then varnish it.

There are many ways to make a paper harmonica beautiful and look like a real instrument. The time and effort spent will be rewarded with the fascination of the creative process and the joy of the child who received beautiful toy made by the parent.

On the New Year holidays I want to amuse the children and do something with my own hands. But I want the children to take part in the process of exciting joint creativity, so that they can do an interesting job, and at the end they can admire the creation of their own hands. I had to tinker, look for something to make, until I found an accordion that can be made using the origami method or simply designed and glued from plain paper.

The production itself seemed simple, but I had to sweat before the harmonica acquired its inherent appearance. It took a minimum of ingredients and a maximum of patience and diligence to make it. So, if there is a desire, then you can try to make paper accordion, it will keep the kids busy and also provide them with another toy.

Origami paper accordion

The very principle of making origami crafts consists in alternating the same movements, as a result of which something new arises, some kind of figure from an ordinary sheet of paper.

What is origami

Origami is a Japanese word, and this art of folding paper crafts came from the country rising sun. In ancient times, when paper was only invented and was valued very dearly, such crafts, folded into figurines of butterflies or birds, were also of great value. So there were notes for a dear person.

It became an art, a sign of sophistication and subtlety of manners. The Japanese nobility mastered origami along with good manners and sciences. With the spread of paper around the world, origami has ceased to be the art of the elite.

You need to know this in order to understand that glue is not used in origami crafts, all manipulations in manufacturing come down to the basic principle of folding and unfolding paper. In order to better understand how it develops, you need to look at the diagrams.

A4 paper accordion

The accordion is made from a standard sheet of A4 paper. You can take thick cardboard, but when making folds, problems may arise due to its density. The harmonica can be made as an independent toy. And you can do it as an addition to the Crocodile Gena craft, since Gena the crocodile is not quoted without an accordion.

Cut a sheet of paper in half along the long side. After that, it is necessary to divide the remaining half into parts, the number of parts is thirty-one. This must be done using folds, as this is the main operation for making origami.

To perform this operation, the sheet is folded in half on the short side. We bend the half that turned out to be on top in half several times until one sixteenth of the sheet of paper remains. After that, we do the same operation with the other side. Thus, the sheet will be divided into thirty-two compartments.

The lines are the places of the fold, the resulting fan. If we consider them, we can understand that the even lines are located in the ravine, and the odd lines are located both on the hill and in the ravine. The distribution on the line will help in the future not to get confused in the formation of an accordion.

Next, a fold is made from the long side of an imaginary fan, which has a width of no more than ten millimeters. It will serve as a reinforcement so that the accordion does not fall apart when finished. Next, what is left of the sheet of paper is folded in half again, also along the long side.

Subsequent operations are carried out after unfolding all the folds that have been made. Since the folds need to be well fixed, they should be clearly visible on a sheet of paper. Thus, we find the fold lines of the accordion and begin to bend the corner from the upper left side. This is done alternately, that is, first the corner is folded so that the bottom side of the triangle is parallel to the long side of the sheet of paper. Then it unfolds, the edge of the accordion is bent in one line, and the procedure with bending the corner is repeated again.

This must be done thirty-two times - until the end of the accordion. The same actions must be done with the bottom line, which has a curved edge. In order for the accordion to have a finished look during assembly, it is necessary to repeat the same with reverse side sheet.

Then you can begin to form a musical instrument, while fixing all the lines additionally. To do this, a blank is formed in the form of a tube, and you can begin to accustom the paper to all the folds that are made on its surface. After the formation of the accordion, its edges can be fixed with a stapler or paper clips.

Using the origami method, you can make an accordion from two sheets of paper. In this case, the sheets are glued together, characteristic accordion folds are formed, and cardboard blanks with painted keys are glued on the sides. Such an accordion can participate in games much longer than ordinary origami.

Video on the topic of the article

Origami is one of the most beautiful art forms. Origami masters make unique beauty and very amazing things. There is a huge variety of paper crafts. All of them differ in complexity, beauty, size and materials used for them. It is worth mentioning that origami has a very positive effect on the condition nervous system person. Origami helps to calm down, learn to concentrate and focus on the goal. It also trains perseverance and perseverance very well, since many actions in origami have to be started all over again. This effect on the human condition has been scientifically proven! In this article we will tell you how to make a simple, but very beautiful and entertaining paper craft. Today, the heroine of our become is an accordion made of paper.

Such an accordion is quite simple to make for a beginner. It will not cause great difficulties in the process of its manufacture. And also, you will not need to search for any special materials. Only a sheet of A4 paper and a sheet of colored paper will suffice. Crafts made using the origami technique are very beautiful.

We collect an accordion from paper with our own hands: a great decoration for the interior

Before proceeding with the direct manufacture of our accordion, we must decide what materials we need for this craft. And so we will need the following components:

• Stationery knife
• Ruler
• Creasing tool or regular knitting needle, you can also use a crochet hook
• Double-sided tape, if there is no glue, then you can easily replace it with glue

We start manufacturing with a small preparatory step - we print out our schemes on paper. And only after that we proceed to direct work with our future harmonica.

From the printed blanks we cut out all the patterns that we need. After all the patterns are ready, you need to start cutting out the main elements of the accordion.

We crease and bend the resulting parts, observing maximum accuracy and carefully monitoring the direction of the fold. When you start bending the "fur", it would not hurt to learn the very basics of origami. However, if you do not have them, then do not be upset, five or six attempts and you will succeed.

We make a sticker of strips of double-sided tape on the surface of the valve of the first part. Glue on front part and carefully melt this area.

Now we have all the necessary elements for fur and can glue it together. We do everything as carefully as possible and get something like this result:

If your result is slightly different from what is shown in the picture, do not be upset. First, you need to see if you did everything right. If you find your mistake, then try to fix it, in case of failure, the best solution is to do everything from the very beginning. Since, having received a result close to what you expect, your desire to continue practicing origami will increase significantly. But getting a bad, ugly result can completely discourage such a desire.

After the main part is ready, you can safely proceed to work on the side parts. We insert special straps into the places for fastening the first and second parts. Removing excess glue, if you are gluing the parts with non-adhesive tape, we stick them on the inside.

Now we need to glue the wrong side of the side faces as shown in the figure:

We finish work on the accordion with the following simple steps. We cut and paste the patterns on the straps, you can choose the patterns to your liking and even make them yourself. A little tip: it's best to take the last step when the straps are not yet glued to the sides of the final craft.

That's all! Our accordion is ready!

Video on the topic of the article

Origami opens the incredible boundaries of his imagination to the master. People involved in this type of art do very diverse and amazing things. These are various animals, models of technology and many abstract figures that amaze the imagination.

When you start making your first paper crafts, be sure to start with the simplest ones! Never take large and beautiful models. After all, you, due to inexperience, most likely will not cope with them and will be very disappointed with the result, which can completely discourage you from doing origami.

Start with simple shapes, curves, folds. This will increase your knowledge of origami and will automatically prepare you to work with the most complex models.

Here is a small selection of interesting videos on origami and everything related to it. Happy viewing.

Well, I made my first accordion ... I must say right away that when it came time to write this article, I found out with great annoyance that most of the photographs taken in the process were lost. Therefore, you will have to be content with only a part of them and what happened in the end ...

It took me almost 7 months to get it. Even despite the fact that I did not make the voice bars myself, but used ready-made ones. Although, a caveat is needed here: not all this time I was engaged only in this one, there were significant breaks for the repair of other instruments (on order) and if it were possible to focus only on it, then it could be done in three months.

How it all started

The idea to make an accordion with my own hands visited me for quite a long time, but it didn’t stay in my head for a long time, since this work seemed incredibly difficult, given the lack of a full-fledged workshop and the presence of only fragmentary knowledge about the process itself.

But the pile of lumpy planks accumulated thanks to kind people prompted me to get down to business. And my hands were already unbearably itching to try.

The concept of the future accordion

I started working at the very beginning of October 2011. By that time, the concept of the future instrument had already formed quite clearly in my head: it was supposed to be an accordion of small size, three-voiced (two voices in one octave, one one octave higher) and, at the same time, almost full lame. Almost - because, in order to reduce the final size, I decided to remove the unused lowest keys of the right keyboard.

Thus, as a result, the dimensions of the harmonica body along the perimeter were 270x160mm. Keys - 23 on the right, 25 on the left. Bass is four-part, more typical for cheap factory instruments. The key is F-major. Further - in order, what and how was done.

Frame

The case was made of slats purchased at a hardware store 5mm thick and 60mm wide. Material - I do not know exactly what, but I suspect that it is spruce. I selected them carefully, choosing dense, straight-grained, without knots, wood.

At the corners of the body there are metal corners made of the duralumin left grille of Belarus, the same one that was a donor when my Chaika was converted to wooden resonators a year and a half ago.

The outer ends of the walls of the case are also edged with strips of duralumin.

Both decks - left and right - are made of plywood. The right grilles are cut with a jigsaw. The drawing is simple, invented in the process.

The case was covered with mahogany stain and decided not to decorate with anything. Maybe just for now, or maybe not at all.

Fretboard and mechanics of the right keyboard

I made the fingerboard of the right keyboard from beech planks from tare boxes, found in the summer on vacation, in the village with my grandfather, when I did not yet know that I would start such a business in the fall (there was only an idea to try to make the neck in my own way).

The neck is glued. All grooves for wooden keys are formed by gluing partitions onto the base board. This method, in my opinion, has at least two advantages over the traditional one, when the grooves are cut (or how are they made there?) in a solid bar: firstly, the wood fibers are located along the partitions, and not across, which additionally gives them strength; secondly, the hole for the axle is drilled according to the marking even before the partitions are glued, which is just convenient.

The keys themselves are made from the same rails as the case. Buttons from the button accordion "Rubin" are used as buttons of the keyboard.

The valve bodies are taken from the old Shuya accordion, with pre-glued gaskets and a new husky.

The mechanics itself is not quite traditional for an accordion: a number of valves are located behind the neck and are actuated by a mechanism (or rather, part of it from the same Rubin) (see photo).

This design allows more efficient use of free space in the case and is used (albeit in a slightly different form) in Tula custom-made harmoniums.

Left mechanics and keyboard

The left mechanics was probably the biggest problem for me. At first, I was going to put it ready, from the same Belarus. But it turned out that with the chosen dimensions of the case, it simply does not fit there.

What was to be done? ... It was decided to do it from scratch myself. Over the next few days, I wasted a lot of paper, drawing the most rational schemes of wire mechanics. However, in the end I abandoned it: the design came out cumbersome, non-separable, and I didn’t really want to pierce the deck through with dozens of brackets to attach all the levers.

Roller mechanics (as on factory accordions), lighter, maintainable and quiet, at first seemed unfeasible at home due to the need (as it seemed to me) to have welding equipment for welding racks to rollers.

But I found a solution: to fix the racks in the roller, a hole was drilled slightly smaller than the diameter of the rack, after which the tip of the rack, sharpened into a light cone, was tightly screwed into the hole and riveted from the back side. It turned out, in my opinion, quite reliably. But time will tell.

The pushers were made in the same way. The buttons themselves are ready-made. In total, the manufacture of the left mechanics took a month of work. The valves are also taken from a donor, aluminum.

Furs

The furs are made by me from ... paper. This is probably not very good in terms of durability, but for the first experience, I think it is acceptable. Only in their manufacture I made, due to short-sightedness, a small oversight - I made only thirteen borins. And for such a small volume of the case, it was necessary to make about seventeen of them ... Now I myself can’t answer the question “Why?” ... I knew ... But, looking ahead, I’ll say that in the end the problem turned out to be not so critical. Simply, the direction of movement of the furs has to be changed a little more often.

Voice part

As for the vocal part, at first I had grandiose plans to make, at a minimum, the front bars on the right, solid, home-made, because I already had such an experience. But, later, I abandoned them, deciding that I would save my strength and time for the next time.

These planks were brass, albeit lumpy, which surprised me a lot, expecting to see traditional duralumin. At that moment, it was finally decided to put them. I was not even embarrassed by the not very high quality of their manufacture, namely, the considerable gaps between the voice and the edges of the opening. The main thing - it was brass!

The slats were cleaned of corrosion and old glue, the pledges were re-glued.

Several planks had to be rebuilt from close ones in tone, as they were not enough for the desired tonality. One broken voice re-made and riveted. The resonators on the right side are made completely from scratch with their own hands, with input chambers matched to the tone. I did them for 10 days, being on vacation (in October). Due to the small size of the case, the piccolos had to be placed standing up, each row on a separate resonator. Although, it would be nice to "put" them on the deck for a more interesting sound.

The bass resonator is made from the resonator of the aforementioned accordion by removing everything superfluous (just sawed off part of it and installed a set of bars of the desired tone). Bass-seven (without F-sharp). Bass bars (they were duralumin) were "knocked down" to reduce gaps and, as a result, improve response.

The chord resonator is also made from scratch.

About setting

It took a week to set up. But, when the accordion is played, you still have to adjust, since the interference in the "life" of some voices was very significant: the donor accordion had a strong filling, and I did not sort the strips before installing them on the resonators. As a result, in place of many combatant voices, they turned out to be greatly underestimated. In general, with a good setting, you still have to tinker. And with the bottling, it seems, I didn’t guess very well - the timbre turned out to be not the most interesting.

We listen to the sound (on the first video-comparison with the Seagull, on the second - "Old Maple", the third video - "Lady"). I will say right away that the third video (“Lady”), recorded closest to the camera, most accurately conveys the sound. And this ... It seems that during the time spent on this accordion, I, a little, forgot how to play ...: