George Anderson Music

Accordions

Roma Accordion

Maker Roma. Location Unknown. Date Unknown.

The Accordion (French: accordéon German: akkordeon or handharmonika, Italian armonica a manticino) may look like a keyboard family instrument, but because of the way it makes sound it is technically a woodwind instrument.

There is a debate among scholars about the origins of the accordion. Many attribute the instrument to German inventor  C. Friedrich L. Buschmann who invented a similar instrument in the 1800s. (Encyclopedia Britannica, “accordion,” n.d.)

English Sea Shanty: “Leave Her, Johnny”

Hohner Accordion

Maker Hohner. Company location, Germany. Date Unknown.
American Folk Song: “Brown Jug”