I seem to have accumulated a few accordions over the years. I’m not sure how that happened. I love them all of course. Some of them don’t get played so often though.

For instance I have a nice old Hohner single row diatonic job that I rarely play since I much prefer playing my triple row boxes. I have two of those. My Guerrini gets the most play (every day), but I have a Hohner triple row box as well. I play that one occasionally, but these days it’s mostly a backup in case I break a reed on the Guerrini and it has to go into the shop. I don’t know if I could part with the Hohner though. I’ve customized the button-board action for speed and I had a ceramic mic installed for busking – plus it’s my first button accordion and has lots of sentimental value. I also have an old full-sized 4-reed piano accordion – it’s a nice old box…and a couple smaller piano accordions….

I’d like to learn to play the C-system chromatic accordion, but how can I justify another squeeze-box in the house (especially not an expensive one)? And so, I’m considering parting with a box or two…maybe one of the piano accordions and the single-row Hohner. I guess this is how people who collect things get started. Accumulate a couple things and next thing you know, they’ve turned into several and then lots and then too many.

It’s like that old joke about the guy who left his accordion on the back seat of his car and stopped into a restaurant for lunch. When he got back to the car, his back window was smashed and there were 3 accordions on the back seat.