Really-Reply-To: ~Dream~ <accordion@...>
Really-From: ~Dream~ <accordion@...>

Overview:

Just spent several weeks with the new Titano/Master
reedless accordion. A full review follows this introduction.

Let's refer to this model, imported and marketed through
the E. Deffner music company in New York as "rev 3.0" in
the continuing saga of technical refinment being made
by MASTER in it's MIDI and Accordion products.

On the scale of 1 through 10, I'll place the current technical
level of this reedless, as compared to a professional acoustic,
as follows:

bellows sensitivity 10
overall tone 9
touch 9

Taken simply as an Accordion, it reaches the professional level
with ease - but most remarkably - at a price point well within
reach of the majority of casual, as well as semi-pro and
professional players. Other than the fact that it's reeds are
"Virtual" rather than "Steel" it is simply an affordable Pro quality
Ax that any Accordionist could feel comfortable with.

It is, however, a limited implementation focused on a goal.
If you are wonderstruck by "40 accordions on a chip"
or the idea of foot-switching through hundreds of
"programs" on your incredibly complex MIDI accordion
so you can make your Solton module rotate between
thousands of different sounds every 4 bars or so, then
pass this one by...

if you're curious about a simple Accordion with great touch
and tone weighing in at 12 pounds or so, read on...

Ciao Ventura
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