When I tell people that I play the accordion, I usually get a certain kind of reaction. “Accordion? That’s unusual,” some people say, “I don’t know anyone who plays the accordion!” Sometimes it’s “My ...

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 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 ...

We revisit a conversation we first aired in April 2023 which was the first installment of our series on people’s professions. We’ll learn what it takes to do different kinds of jobs and how these ...

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 ...

In the downstairs workshop of a Decatur bungalow, Jack Brantley and Kyle Turner keep accordions from across the country bellowing and droning. Why it matters: Brantley and Turner run Accordionology, a ...