How to Remove Cover Pins on an Accordion

Video Transcript

"AMANDA CLAIRE: So, the way that most piano accordions are put together or you have the bellows in the middle then you have the treble or the piano section and then the bass section. And these are attached to the bellows by way of little pins that will actually slide right out with needle-nose pliers. They fit kind of tightly but you can see the pins here. Right here is one, one, two, three, four and I've got two on the side here, and there's some in the back, right? I'm going to show you this other accordion. This one also has those pins. They're not quite as obvious but here's one, two, three, some on the side, and then the bass the section has its own as well. And so, the way you take a piano accordion apart, you want to be kinda careful and not force it out but it's really not too difficult to just take needle-nose pliers, get it right on the pin and just using the straight upward motion, just pull that pin straight out, okay? And you want to set it aside. If it's an old instrument, you might want of kind of maybe get a little piece of masking tape and mark which pin came out of which hole 'cause in a lot of old instruments there's no way you're going to be able to find the pins again, and sometimes if those pins have been replaced and removed several times, there can be some wear and tear. So, on an older instrument it's often good that you remember which pin came out of which hole. I'm just going to continue to kind of remove these and try and kind of remember in my head. This is not as old [INDISCERNIBLE] but still in pretty good shape so I'm not as concerned about which pin came out of which hole. But I'm just going to keep doing this, just grab it with the needle nose pliers straight up. And once I get all of these off, I'll just be able to remove this section right off the bellows and see what's inside."