In the comments to an earlier entry, Tom wrote:

Joey, there are way more types of accordians on that site than I

realized existed. Care to explain the differences for us non-accordian

guys (I play guitar)?

I’d love to, but I’m only familiar with the piano accordion — the one with

which you play on a piano keyboard with your right hand, and chord

buttons on the left. The other types, of which there are several, are a mystery to me (thus far).

Here are few sites that have some useful information on the different types of accordions:

Accordions Worldwide has a page that explains the differences between a few types of Accordions.

The companion site for PBS’ film, Accordion Dreams, explains what chromatic, diatonic and piano accordions are.

Wikipedia has a good entry on accordions too.

Joey deVilla

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