As the recent inheritor of a melodeon--and as one who plays in a band with both an accordion and a banjo--I dedicate this fine sentiment to the late Dave Stryker, to bandmate Nancy Koch, and to all accordion players of my acquaintance: all of whom know that if you spell it with an "e", it's not an accordion--it's a melodeon.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Folio: Boston, November 1884
"A Man who plays the accordion is the greatest nuisance to be found in the world of alleged music with one exception: that of the person who spells accordion with an e."
As the recent inheritor of a melodeon--and as one who plays in a band with both an accordion and a banjo--I dedicate this fine sentiment to the late Dave Stryker, to bandmate Nancy Koch, and to all accordion players of my acquaintance: all of whom know that if you spell it with an "e", it's not an accordion--it's a melodeon.
As the recent inheritor of a melodeon--and as one who plays in a band with both an accordion and a banjo--I dedicate this fine sentiment to the late Dave Stryker, to bandmate Nancy Koch, and to all accordion players of my acquaintance: all of whom know that if you spell it with an "e", it's not an accordion--it's a melodeon.
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