Back to normal today. 8:00 start and I arrived at work at 9. After a bit of sitting around I got on with, and finished, the tuning from last week. My next job was to regulate the gap beneath the reeds. This is a very important job as it determines the quality of the sound. If the gap is the wrong size the reeds will take too long to sound our will rub against the tablet in which they are set.
Romano arrived at 12 to drop off the accordion parts he forgot yesterday. A fleeting visit as he was on his way to meet some relatives at Parma airport. I made myself mini pizzas for lunch before taking a stroll into Stradella. I popped into the supermarket before going to a gelateria. I've decided to go to the same gelateria every day after lunch so I become a regular and get to know more people. Plus, I get ice cream!
Back at the workshop I carried on with the reed gap regulating. It was a very relaxed afternoon and Claudio spent a lot of time booking accommodation and researching hire cars for my parents. They're coming out on Monday for 3 nights! Claudio and I worked on a Hohner accordion bass mechanism. He explained that it was a bass mechanism created by Hohner that is not as logical as the Italian system. When made in Germany the Hohner system was okay, but now they're made in China with shoddy workmanship so don't work well at all. I used the phrase "a botch job", which Claudio liked very much. Apparently the Italians would call it "una baracca."
We went home for dinner and I discovered that Pecorino is the best cheese for cheese sauce. I had this sauce with the rest of the ravioli. I also did some accordion practice before speaking to Stephanie on FaceTime and heading to bed.
Alla prossima x
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