+Rick,

Must be the otherside of the family. We swore off accordions in the 40's. That was when Uncle Wadlow Meixner who had a terrible stutter and couldn't say a word outright for several seconds unless he was singing called his Sweetheart on the phone to sing her a love song. He got his thumb stuck on the air spill on his Paolo Soprani so he was just pumping air. His girl's Mom answered the phone and so flustered him he could speak and just blew air into the blower on the phone. Missus Bliven's thinking it was an obscene phone call called the police and had the call traced. Waddy had a hell of time explaining what had happened and he lost the girl to boot.

Since them accordions have not breen welcome across a Meixner threshold.

Don