Hi Bob,
It was in one of those 'Today in history' things in the paper a few years back. It caught my interest because my folks originally came from Padstow, where various squeeze boxes are in over abundance every Mayday. I wondered if it was in my blood because of my ancestors but changed my mind when I found the accordion was patented while my family were on board a sailing ship coming out to NZ - sometime between 2 July and 20 October 1856.
Robyn