Or, a bad day if you like button accordions

This morning I was practicing button accordion, as I wrote in my previous post. When I stopped, I placed it on the desk as I’ve done a thousand times. I don’t know what happened exactly. Maybe the shoulder strap was caught underneath the accordion. Maybe part of it was on a couple music books on the desk. I stepped away from the accordion and it toppled. I turned to try to grab it but had no chance. My beautiful Guerrini triple row button accordion fell to the floor with a thud.

This accordion has a plastic grill with an eagle on it that took the brunt of the fall. Several pieces were broken off the grill. Nothing else seems to be damaged. I played it and it plays OK. This afternoon I took it in to Rudy and Chris over at Musical Instruments of Canada to see what they can do with it. They can’t simply order a new grill because sadly, Guerrini has closed its doors. They’re going to see if it’s possible to fix it up with a patch. At the same time, they’ll examine it for any other damage.

If it can be repaired, I suppose it will have a battle scar, but I think I’m OK with that. In any case, I can’t replace the accordion. If the grill can’t be replaced, I guess I’ll remove it. The grill is decorative but it also protects the mechanism from dust and damage, so I don’t want to remove it. I should have a better idea what can be done sometime next week.