There’s a photograph of John Castiglione, age 3, sitting on the stoop of his father’s Detroit store at Gratiot and Harper. The Castigliones started selling accordions there in 1935. The original store ...

An accordion salesman rapped on his door, and soon Thomas R. Bolling life revolved around the instrument, leading to years of performances for the Swedish community, posts in prominent Swedish ...

Henry Gerhart, a former Houston police officer and owner of a Houston accordion shop, died Monday. He was 83. The family said the cause of death was complications from a possible stroke. Gerhart spent ...

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“I am going to sell you an accordion,” said Anne Romagnoli. “Not right — ” began the teenage boy. “No, listen, I’ve got to sell you an accordion. Why can’t I sell you an accordion? You need an ...

In a sand-colored building on a side street in South Amboy, the lively, lowly squeeze box is king. More than 500 accordions line the shelves in the 4,750-square-foot space, where a cat named Houdini ...

EVERETT — Strap on this 25-pound musical breastplate, give it a squeeze, and you’re guaranteed to be the life of the party. Why sing the blues when you can play the accordion? With undertones of ...