What is the meaning of the differetnt types of tuning: wet, dry, Minnesota, Chicago, Musette, etc.?
• Wet simply means tuned with tremolo. • Dry means tuned without tremolo. • Minnesota is essentially dry tuning, but with a slight detuning to one of the treble sets that gives the notes a stronger attack, without a heavy tremolo. • Chicago is a moderate tremolo. • Musette is a heavy tremolo. You will often see a frequency reference stated, such as “A=440Hz” which is the absolute tuning of the A below middle-C. 440Hz is the modern standard. Instruments that are tuned to different standards may not sound well together. I won’t get much into tuning temperaments, since most modern instruments use equal temperament… If your instrument sounds equally well in any key, it’s probably in equal temperament. If it sounds nice in certain keys only, it may be in one of the other temperament schemes. They are more often encountered in button accordions which are more limited in the keys they can play in.
