The accordion is not a punchline. Between bad jokes (What's the difference between an onion and an accordion? People cry when they chop up onions), double entendres (as the Who sang, "Mama's got a ...

Enrico "Henry" Mastro-Nardi spent his life, as a reporter once wrote, "leading a quiet crusade for a noisy instrument." In the '40s and '50s, the heyday of the accordion, Mastro-Nardi taught scores of ...

When Marion Jacobson lived in Brooklyn and busked on the accordion at F-line stops, folks would listen, stare, and say, “Oh, my God, I haven’t seen one of those in ages,” or “My grandfather played.” ...

Akuto Studio is previewing the Chord Machine, a slick-looking new MIDI controller with a button keyboard that can be played in accordion, piano and Tonnetz configurations. Some serious thought has ...

From family heirlooms to thrift store finds, this month’s collectibles represent a wide range of tastes and styles over the last 100 years, from Italy, China, the United States and Denmark. Tracking ...

FRANKFURT MUSIKMESSE 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Roland's award-winning V-Accordion family expands with the FR-3X (also available in a button-type model). With new bellows pressure-sensing circuitry, the ...

Mastering a large digital instrument with a piano keyboard, bellows and left-hand chord buttons would be a challenge for most retirees. But for retired Cal State Bakersfield psychology professor ...

Paul Ramunni with a 150-year-old flutina.Photo by John Torsiello A line of accordions at Paul Ramunni’s Canaan museum.Photo by John Torsiello One of Paul Ramunni's favorites. Paul Ramunni plays during ...