As part of the sister city exchange with Germany and Reading, the German-based HHC Reutlingen accordion club, Hohner Handharmonika und Akkordeon Club, will make its first appearance at the 67th annual ...

READING, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Kermit Ohlinger could be considered a one-man band with his accordion. He plays a midi accordion that has electronic sensors in it, enabling him to play over 300 sounds ...

Toni Jarvis will spend today doing what she has done the last Saturday of every summer month for 70 years: playing the accordion for the fun-loving crowd at the German Park picnics. "It's not a ...

The term "accordion" finds its roots in the German word akkord (chord), as highlighted by Google Doodle. (Pic: Google) Google Doodle on Thursday (May 23) celebrated the ‘accordion’, a German musical ...

Google Doodle celebrated the ‘accordion’ on Thursday, a German musical instrument patented on this day in 1829, referring to it as a folk musician's “main squeeze.” This free-reed instrument with ...

The accordion has 233 buttons, 41 keys and 8,888 chords. George Rozwick won't claim he knows all the chords off the top of his head. Pretty much everything else, though? He's got it. Of course, he's ...

Colligan does still have three on display in his shop: a German accordion that is his own and two that he has made for his granddaughter and grandson. “It is just too expensive for me to put them on ...

Today, when parents decide that their child should learn an instrument, the violin and the piano are at the top of the list. Less often, it is the accordion. One who has played the instrument with ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The accordion is an instrument that is culturally important for many people. The instrument has been less popular in recent years, but the Tri-State Accordion Club players hope to ...

An accordion ensemble from Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany and a group of Chinese accordionists gave a concert at the National Library Arts Center in Beijing recently. Hippe Stefan, musical director of ...

In nine years of holding the Big Squeeze accordion contest, the non-profit Texas Folklife has learned that in Texas, Conjunto is king. This year’s contest, which is for those 21 and younger, will take ...