Tony,
I taught Accordion in 1952, sold many of them. Had about 100 students that I taught from the time school was out to the adults bedtime around 11PM. This was in Bremerton Washington where I was Navy. I had a band made up of these students that was all and only accordions.
Joe Stancato owner of a huge big accordion store in Los Angeles furnished me with all the 12 bass I needed to start new students and then the 120 bass Enrico Rosselli accordions to sell to the advanced students. Dick Contino came up and played for us a couple of times and this resulted in even more students. It was kinda fun while it lasted but I have never missed it since I got transferred out
PS. My Accordion sits in its case and is a table for my CD's
Bebop