Accordion
OriginGermany
Year1829
FamilyKeyboard
About the Accordion
Invented by Cyrill Demian in Vienna. The bellows provide air to free reeds. Piano accordion has a piano-style keyboard on one side. The button accordion is used in folk music worldwide. Over 10,000 individual parts. Lawrence Welk made it an American TV institution.
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