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two cases, one or both with buttons or a piano keyboard.", "Played with straps over the shoulders, opening and closing the bellows." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Accordions are played in folk, dance, popular and concert music as solo instruments or as part of ensembles.", "Their melody and accompaniment controls allow one performer to provide tunes, bass lines and chords on a portable acoustic instrument." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "ISO 16, issued by the International Organization for Standardization, specifies the standard musical tuning reference that can be used when tuning an accordion." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "The instrument's weight and sustained playing posture can contribute to shoulder, back or wrist strain.", "Moving bellows and fastening mechanisms can pinch skin during handling.", "Failed straps or insecure supports can allow the instrument to fall and injure a person or damage property.", "Moisture exposure can damage bellows, corrode reeds and impair 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"name": "Instrument classification", "description": "Resolve the instrument's identity and its boundary with neighbouring bellows instruments.", "findings": [ { "id": "classification-evidence", "name": "Classification evidence", "description": "Record markings, construction observations and documentation supporting the accordion classification without inferring a subtype from appearance alone.", "questions": [ { "text": "What markings, maker records or other evidence identify this instrument and its model?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "classification-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which observed features support classification as an accordion rather than a concertina, bandoneon or another bellows instrument?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "classification-evidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "control-topology", "name": "Control topology", "description": "Describe the arrangement and meaning of controls on both sides.", "findings": [ { "id": "verified-playing-layout", "name": "Verified playing 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unresolved.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which register or voice selections are available on each side, and what sounding change does each produce?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "register-to-sound-mapping-q01" }, { "text": "What documentation or inspection supports any claimed reed configuration or electronic voice assignment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "register-to-sound-mapping-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "pitch-and-voicing-assessment", "name": "Pitch and voicing assessment", "description": "Evaluate pitch and combined-voice behaviour against an identified intended configuration.", "findings": [ { "id": "intended-versus-observed-voicing", "name": "Intended versus observed voicing", "description": "Separate measured deviation or uneven response from deliberate differences between simultaneously sounding voices.", "questions": [ { "text": "What pitch reference and intended tuning or voicing are documented for this instrument?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "intended-versus-observed-voicing-q01" }, { "text": "What pitch deviations or uneven voice responses occur under stated register, direction and playing conditions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "intended-versus-observed-voicing-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "playability-and-fault-localisation", "name": "Playability and fault localisation", "description": "Assess whether note controls and mode changes produce their expected musical results.", "rationale": "Accordion faults may depend on one control, one bellows direction or one register, so a single overall condition label is inadequate.", "layers": [ { "id": "control-and-note-response", "name": "Control and note response", "description": "Connect each tested control to its mechanical feel and sounding response.", "findings": [ { "id": "response-test-coverage", "name": "Response test coverage", "description": "Record tested and untested combinations of control, bellows direction and register, including sticking and unintended sound.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which controls return normally and sound as expected in each tested direction and register?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "response-test-coverage-q01" }, { "text": "Where do silent notes, delayed response, sticking controls or sound after release occur?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "response-test-coverage-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fault-triage", "name": "Fault triage", "description": "Use observed patterns to select further checks without presenting an unverified internal cause as established.", "findings": [ { "id": "fault-evidence-and-next-check", "name": "Fault evidence and next check", "description": "Associate symptoms with plausible control, airflow, voice or electronic paths and an appropriate next inspection.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the symptom follow a particular control, direction, register, bass mode or electronic setting?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fault-evidence-and-next-check-q01" }, { "text": "What further non-invasive check or specialist inspection would distinguish the remaining possible causes?", "kind": "action", "id": "fault-evidence-and-next-check-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "supported-use-and-care", "name": "Supported use and care", "description": "Determine how the accordion can be supported, moved and maintained in its observed condition.", "rationale": "Playing and carrying place loads on the instrument's supports and bellows assembly, while internal adjustments depend on its specific mechanism.", "layers": [ { "id": "playing-and-carrying-support", "name": "Playing and carrying support", "description": "Assess straps, attachment points and bellows restraints in relation to the intended handling action.", "findings": [ { "id": "support-readiness", "name": "Support readiness", "description": "Record the integrity and fit of installed supports and the documented preparation for carrying.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are the shoulder straps, bass-hand strap and their attachment points secure and usable 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"kind": "action", "id": "permitted-care-and-service-q02" }, { "text": "If electronic functions are present, what power source and connection requirements must be satisfied?", "kind": "action", "id": "permitted-care-and-service-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.", "evidence": [ "piano accordion", "button 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