I have an accordian that I really love playing and it is not working right now. I have no money to get it repaired, so I thought I would do it myself, actually taking it to a music camp so others could advise perhaps. I have heard that you clamp the keys on the reeds with beeswax, and that is what is wrong. But in reading stuff on the internet, people are saying that is not right, that beeswax is too soft and you need special wax. If I order the special wax, I won't have it in time for the camp, and all of a sudden I must have this accordian working again.

So, experts, will the beeswax work at all? For a while?   A temporary fix would be fine. Would it hurt the accordian? This is of no particular financial worth; I just like it. I think someone fixed it before with beeswax. I know they hate hot weather and I think I left it in a hot car once.

How do you melt the beeswax if it is OK? Someone said sodering iron. I was thinking over a candle in a little dish or something.

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