In Edwin Erickson's workshop, about 100 busted accordions of varying vintages are heaped on tables, lined up on shelves or packed away in multicoloured cases on the floor. Some need tuning. Others ...

In these days of rising taxes, job insecurity and soaring medical costs, more and more Americans are asking themselves a chilling question: “What happens if, God forbid, I have to get my accordion ...

For forty-five years, Alex Carozza has run a small accordion shop near Times Square. It’s one of the last fixtures of the old Music Row, and Carozza, after a lifetime spent repairing musical ...

In the accordion's halcyon days in the United States, which lasted most of the first half of the 20th century, a schoolboy couldn't walk through North Beach without hearing the sweet and sometimes ...

The squeeze is being put on an accordion-repair program. It’s not that there’s a shortage of accordions being broken, whether accidentally or deliberately. The problem is that only three students have ...

For 50 years, Francisco Luis Ramírez has been the go-to guy for instrument repairs in a nation that reveres the accordion. Now it’s a family business. By Jordan Salama MEXICO CITY — “Your accordion is ...