Greetings Foolestroup, I suppose this would be better on the accordions thread but I don't know how to get it there without transgressing somehow.
What was more curious was that I only found out this ambition of his when he asked me to teach him how to play melody. We had first met years before, in Sydney, and he knew I played concertina. His left hand on the piano box was masterly; great use of rhythm and interesting chords. The "twiddly bits" we were into certainly got his right hand going but he found love with someone living east of the Pacific while he lives west of it. Fieldwork and marital duties have left his accordion languishing, longing for a bit of Doors and Trumpet.