button box allsorts
There are squeeze-boxes and there are squeeze-boxes. Here is an assortment that includes a bandoneons (from Argentina - for tangos), a chemnitzer concertina, and unidentified concertina, helikon boxes, and a tex-mex box. Enough to keep your local accordion freak off the streets.
3 comments:
These are lovely! Thanks for sharing.
I'm just learning to play. My Grandma played with the Button Box Band in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Frankie Yankovic was a family friend, being from the same region in Slovenia that Grandma's parents were from.
I'm planning some stops at accordion museums during my cross-country trip this summer. I'll share pictures, too. I always enjoy the accordion posts on your blog (among others).
It seems to me that there is a player in Rock Springs that I have met, named Otto who plays the 5-row Strasser and teaches at Joe Smiell's button box camp in California each summer.
That reminds me of a very dirty joke....
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