My apologies for barging into a thread like this, as a person of little experience and not much to say for the past few months, but I have been quite interested in people's takes on these Koch and Hohner "Polish or Russian Style" boxes.
I say this because I took a slight departure from my interest in early American diatonic accordions and purchased 2 Polish made boxes, both in C/F, one from Scott Bellinger and another on Ebay.
In my research into their peculiarities, I was attempting to figure out how the German made equivalents from Koch or Hohner fit in.
It seems that Koch made a clear differentiation between their so called "Polish" models, and their "Russian" models. It would appear however, that Hohner simplified things by simply calling the 3182 "Polish or Russian"
What I am still not sure of is if the "Genuine Russian Tuning" as advertised by Koch was simply a reversal of the scale push vs. draw (this is where my lack of music terminology knowlege gets me in trouble.) as in many Russian diatonic boxes, or an actual difference in tuning. Listening recordings of old Polish and Russian accordions does make me think there were some specific tuning peculiarities, but whether or not that is what Koch and/or Hohner meant, I am not sure.
One other point of interest, both of my Polish boxes are 2 voice with the treble reeds on long brass plates, something I have noticed seems most common on older Polish or Russian instruments (as well as Bandoneons and Chemnitzers) I believe it was mentioned somewhere, but I would imagine Koch and Hohner used more typical individual reed plates.
Again, my apologies for the intrusion, but my interest in this somewhat less discussed style of melodeon has been greatly piqued.
Thank you and best regards,
Doug Eisemann