Accordion : Assembly Instructions

An accordion is a musical instrument which is played by compressing or expanding a

bellows in a horizontal direction. When the central bellows are compressed and expanded,
air flows to the instrument's reeds. Music can be made by simultaneously pressing the keys Parts sheet (Pattern) : Fourteen A4 sheets
on the right hand side. Some accordions have buttons rather than keys. The right hand part Assembly Instructions : Nine A4 sheets
is mainly responsible for creating the melody. The left hand side has buttons called bass
No. of Parts : 60 parts
buttons, which are used to create bass sounds or chords. This paper craft model is based
* Build the model by carefully reading the Assembly Instructions.
on a piano accordion, with a keyboard on the right hand side. It is constructed so that the
bellows can be slightly compressed and expanded. Move it and play with it, or just use it as Write down the number on the back of each part as you cut them out.
Since many of the parts are complicated and very small, do a trial assembly before actually
an ornament!
Handy Hint attaching them together.
The finished piece will look more realistic if you paint the edges of the parts with colors similar
*This model was designed for Papercraft and may differ from the original in some respects. to the parts.

Assembly Instructions Tools and materials Assembly tip Caution

Mountain fold(dotted line)

Make a mountain fold.
The glue spot(colored dot)
Valley fold shows where to apply the glue.
(dashed and dotted line)
Make a valley fold. Glue spot (Red dot)
Attach the parts with the same part numbers.
Scissors line (solid line)
Cut along the line. Scissors, set square, glue (We Before gluing, crease the paper Glue, scissors and other tools
Glue spot (Green dot) recommend stick glue), pencil, along mountain fold and may be dangerous to young
Glue within the same part.
Cut in line (solid line) used ballpoint pen, toothpicks, valley fold lines and make sure children so be sure to keep them
tweezers rounded sections are nice and out of the reach of young
Cut a slot. Glue spot (Blue dot) (useful for handling small parts) stiff. children.
Glue to the rear of the other part.
Cut out (Pink area)
Cut out the area marked.

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1 Assemble 2A and 3A, and glue them together.

*Curve the parts marked with blue dotted circles before attaching. Be careful that the paper is not crooked when you attach it.

Flatten out the piece and make

mountain folds on the parts
marked
2 Assemble 3B. valley folds on the parts
marked
mountain folds on the parts
marked
Make mountain and valley folds in turn on the entire piece. Fold the opposite way each end of the mountain folds. and fold in turn to create 90°angles.

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3 Assemble 4A and 5A in the same way as 3B (fold up one edge only), and attach them to 3B.
*When gluing, make sure that the pieces are fitted together right to the bottom, so that the corners are 90°when attached.
Do not apply glue.

Do not apply glue.

Do not apply glue.

Line up the areas to join together

and glue to the reverse side of 5A.

Do not apply glue.

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4 Assemble 6B, and attach it to 4A and 5A. 5 Assemble the 7A reinforcing parts and glue them, equally spaced,
to the reverse side of 2A. Next, attach the assembled bellows to 2A.
*When attaching the bellows to 2A, start by gluing the 6B glue tabs (marked ), being careful
that the rest is not crooked.

Glue the reverse

sides together.

Glue the reverse side

of 6B here. (Same for
the other side)

For 6B, fold both sides

inwards and glue their
reverse sides together.

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6 Curve the parts marked with blue dotted circles. 11B is a reinforcing part.
Next, glue together in order starting from . Attach it to the back of the 11A area for dotted line.

Do not apply glue.

(Same for the other side)

When gluing to 11A, attach this glue tab first and then the others,
being careful that the pieces don't get crooked.

Glue the reverse

sides together.

8A are reinforcing parts. Glue them, equally spaced,

to the reverse side of 6A.
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7 Glue 10C to the assembled 10B, glue all of the 9B parts (the black keys) and then attach the parts to 11A.
Mountain fold
10C is a reinforcing part.
Attach it to the back of the
10B area for dotted line.

Valley fold
Glue this part
*Make eighteen after attaching
parts. 10B. (Same for
the other side)

Glue the reverse sides together.

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8 Glue the assembled 9A to 10A, and attach it to the parts you assembled on page 6.
*Gluing in turn starting from will result in a neater finish.

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9 Attach the parts you assembled on page 4 to the parts you assembled on page 7.
Next, glue the remaining parts.

Do not apply glue.

Fold the glue tabs inwards,

and attach together.

Do not apply glue.

When gluing 7G,

bend it slightly as you attach.

Slightly add curves

to create the shape
before attaching
them together.

Attach the
reverse sides
together.
Fold inwards and
glue the reverse
Fold 12A's glue tabs inwards and glue them together. sides together.
*Make those two parts and attach glue them next to
each other.

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10 Make the stand and complete your accordion.

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