This guy drives to the mall and parks his car in the parking lot and leaves his accordion in the back seat in plain view....
when he returns he find that someone broke the window in his car as he is explaining to the cop...what happened asked the cop did they steal the accordion....no replies the guy...dam it...they left another one in the front seat.....
Tony Rome

ACCORDIONS are ILLEGAL in San Jose, California. I have to keep mine in a closet at all times
Bebop

So, we have two accordeons? Where is the Polka band???

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Greetings from Frankfurt (Germany),
Sheriff ;-)

HEY ! HEY! HEY! ... when I started taking music lessons at the age of 13 yrs, the accordion was the instrument of coice .... my PARENTS choice .....
t.

Defintion for perfect pitch:

When you throw the accordian into the dumpster and it hits the banjo.

Scott ... thats accordiOn .... thank you ...
t.

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

BeBop .... I started studying accordion around '54 ... I played in an all accordion orchestra in contests and concerts... played classical music such as 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien, Beethoven's 5th, etc. ... all of us playing the original classical orchestra parts ... Greatest thrill in this area was playing a concert in Carnegie Hall in NY, NY !!!...
Get that box out of the case and SQUEEZE IT !!! ...
t.

[This message has been edited by tony mads usa (edited 08-29-2005).]

Bought a "no name" imported accordion at
last year's summer NAMM. Don't know anything about it (Lots rows of buttons), but it will occupy a place of honor next to my cytar(sp?), Kona Blaster electric uke, etc. Haven't opened the case since I acquired it over a year ago. Bellows have probably already started to come apart.

Crazy? Nah, I just LOVE instruments!

Russ

Russ ... As I said to BeBop ..."Get that box out of the case and SQUEEZE IT !!!"

t.