ACCORDION INFORMATION
AND RESOURCES

ACCORDION INFORMATION

Petosa Accordions Collection - Collection of antique accordions at the Petosa Accordions store in Seattle, Washington, USA shown on Wikipedia.

The History of the Accordion - International Town Museum Of Accordions in Castelfidardo

The Instrument For All Seasons - by Anthony Galla-Rini

The Great Accordion Myth Uncovered - what weight really means to the accordion sound

The Acoustics of Accordion - a report by Pat Watters at the Wurlitzer Sound Laboratory

Quality Accordion Characteristics - what to look for when buying an accordion

ACCORDION WEBSITES AND OTHER RESOURCES
please bookmark petosa.com before visiting these links.

Accordion Artists Pages - you'll want to visit the growing number of web pages of accordion artists hosted by petosa.com.

Accordion Club of Tucson - founded in 1998, ACT is a vibrant and active accordion club in the Tucson area. ACT's purpose is to promote accordion playing in Southern Arizona.

Accordion Clubs Information - Meeting Dates and Contact Details for Accordion Clubs and Associations accross the United States.

Accordion Instructors of the Greater Pacific NW. Names and contact information for instructors in the greater Seattle area as well as Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Accordion Links - Jeroen Nijhof in the Netherlands has compiled an extensive list of links related to the accordion. A great place to start searching for accordion info.

AccordionMusic.com - Tony Lovello music composition & videos.

Accordion Names Around the World - the accordion has many different names around the world. This list, compiled by Wendy Morrison of The House of Music Traditions , attempts to catalog them all.

Accordion Store - accordion accessories, calendars, videos, toys, etc. Also accessible on the web as polka-store.com.

Accordionist.net - Milestones of accordion music for both amateur musicians and concert performers.

Accordions Around the World - read reviews of accordion CDs, add your name to the growing list of accordion artists, subscribe to newsletters related to the accordion, and more...

Accordions Worldwide is a very popular internet site, with weekly accordion news, CD reviews and a yellow pages directory of accordion artists.

Accordion USA - contains a listing of accordion clubs throughout the US

Arizona Accordion Club - an Arizona tradition since 1996.

Bay Area Accordion Club - Bay Area Accordion Club promotes accordion music and musicianship and is a non-profit organization.

CAPA - Closet Accordion Players of America - international accordion organization. CAPA uses humor to get attention and educate people about the accordion.

Chicago Accordion Club - a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of accordion music and musicianship in the Chicago area.

Classical Free-Reed, Inc - a nonprofit educational and cultural organization dedicated to the advancement of the accordion in classical music.

KEY PUBLICATIONS - 2692 Lauralyn Drive North Vancouver, BC V7J 2Y5 Canada (604) 987-8984

Melos Folk Ensemble brings together some of Winnipeg's finest, and most experienced choral and solo vocal performers, and musicians to celebrate the beauty and energy of Ukrainian music and dance!

Northwest Accordion Society - a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of the accordion. NWAS publishes the Northwest Accordion News, a quarterly newsletter for and by its members. The purpose of the NWAS News is to unite the membership by providing news of its members, and articles that instruct, encourage, and promote the playing of the accordion.

NU ARTS PRESS  - Music Publications 322 Haddon Ave Westmont, NJ 08108 (609) 854-5628

Peter Dibono - San Francisco's Premier Accordionist.

rec.music.makers.squeezebox is a newsgroup where players discuss accordion related issues. You will need a newsgroup reader to access this link. There is a also mirror mailing list: subscribe by sending e-mail to majordomo-squeezebox@cs.cmu.edu, with the subject line containing 'subscribe squeezebox' or 'subscribe squeezebox-digest'.

RPM Seattle Music Preparation - Notesetting / typesetting of sheet music and songbooks using either Finale or Sibelius. Publisher quality final formatting and cleanup of music you have already input using Finale or Sibelius. Transcriptions of your recorded music into print. Contact Robert Puff 425.415.1500.

Semaphone Records - record label and home of pianist / composer Walt Wagner.

Squeezbox Circle - Accordion resources for Vancouver BC.

Squeezeboxes on the Silver Screen - this interesting page is a list of movie soundtracks where the accordion is a featured instrument, either seen, heard or both.

Texas Accordion Association - the TAA promotes public interest in the accordion through public awareness, education, meetings, workshop, seminars and an annual accordion festival. TAA also functions as a resource center, providing referrals for instruction, repair, sales and / or trade.

Third Coast Accordion Network - 3CAN, as the network is commonly called, is a loosely organized group of accordionists and accordion aficionados.

Washington Metropolitan Accordion Society - Our mission is to bring together accordionists and promote accordion music in the national capital region. All squeezebox players welcome!