Foreword

I have just completed making my first accordion. I made everything myself, apart from the reeds. The whole task would have been a a lot easier if I had been able to find a suitable reference work. I intend to make a few more accordions, which I hope will much better than my first effort. I have decided to create this site to gather together useful information for amateur accordion makers around the world.

Your Contribution

The idea is for anybody who has knowledge of accordion making to make a small contribution, and we will soon be able to build up a complete work of reference. Everybody gets a credit, but nothing else, this project is for pleasure; not profit. Please send your contributions to:

webmaster@piedaterre.me.uk

Stephen McKelvey, 19 Larch Close, Sprowston, Norwich, NR7 8LE, England.

Simple text files are best, and lots of pictures please (probably JPEG).

There is a provisional list subject headings.

Alternatively you may be able to answer some the questions that have been sent in.

Peter 'Stormy' Hyde

Peter 'Stormy' Hyde is a professional maker of 100+ accordions. You can read his brief history of accordion making and successful experiments with balsa wood reed blocks. You can hear one of his accordions playing (355 kB WAV file).

Denis Slater's Accordions

Denis Slater has three accordions (melodeons) to his credit. I am pleased to include his description of the instruments and observations about accordion making in this site.

Interesting Sites

Bob Tedrow, professional concertina maker, has some interesting pictures of concertina making on his site at http://hmi.homewood.net/tedrow

Frans van der Aa is a maker of diatonic accordions in the Netherlands for almost 20 years. He is specialist in Irish C#/D and B/C, Cajun, Balkan and French types. See his home page at www.accordionmaker.com

Alvaro Barsi: An accordion enthusiast.

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