Above: K1, K2 and K3 at the Press Conference and Presentation Ceremony
30 January 2013 - Ikaalinen, Finland

K1 - 'Birth' with customed designed grill by Henriikka and hand carved by Aaro Luukinen
K1, the world's first Kauri accordion will be housed at the Dargaville Museum (New Zealand)

K2 - 'Departure' with customed designed grill by Henriikka and hand carved by Aaro Luukinen
K2 will be housed in Ikaalinen (Finland)

K3 - 'Growth' with customed designed grill by Henriikka and hand carved by Aaro Luukinen
K3 will be housed in New York, NY (USA)

Aaro Luukinen presenting the world's first Kauri Accordion - K1 to Kevin Friedrich,
with Kimmo Mattila at the International Press Conference, 30 January 2013 

Above left: Kevin Friedrich with K2, in a picture the Press named 'Two Dargaville Kiwis'
Above right: Aaro Luukinen with his creation K2 

Kevin Friedrich, Kimmo Mattila and Aaro Luukinen perform a traditional
Finnish Waltz for the Press Conference

Kauri Accordion Team: Kimmo Mattila (Project Manager in Finland), Kevin Friedrich,
Aaro Luukinen (Artisian and teacher at IKATA), the late Jarmo Salin (Teacher of the IKATA Department of Design),
Joni Liukkonen (Director of Ikaalinen College of Crafts and Design - IKATA) and
Tapio Nysten (Head teacher of the IKATA accordion department)

Above and below: Some examples of the many Press articles in New Zealand and Finland
following the journey of the Kauri Accordion Project

Above and below: Some examples of the many Press articles in New Zealand and Finland
following the journey of the Kauri Accordion Project 

Above: Some examples of the many Press articles following the release of the Kauri accordions including
the Cover feature of the Hanuri magazine, the national publication of the Finnish Accordion Association 

Arriving some years earlier in the snow as sections of raw Kauri wood, now crafted into three beautiful instruments K3, K1 and K2 are pictured in the snow once again, as they prepare to make the journey to their new homes.