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18-Oct-2013
New Book - ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’, Stockport – UKby Harley Jones |
 ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’, by Rob Howard, is a brand new book that tells the story of the accordion, from its origins in the early 1800s, all the way through the 19th and 20th centuries, and up to the present day. A4 sized and in hardback, ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’ is a high quality production, and fully illustrated with over 300 colour pictures (each with information).The book also includes several articles, including ‘What’s in a name?’; ‘Busson – first of the great accordion builders’; ‘Significant developments in the 19th Century’; ‘Concertinas’; ‘Pietro Frosini, Guido and Pietro Deiro’; ‘The 1930s – The era of the accordion bands begins’; ‘The 1940s – Revisiting the Uniform keyboard’; ‘Italy, Hohner, and East Germany – the post-war era’; ‘Steve Roxton recalls Syd Lewis…and the end of an era’; ‘Recent Times’; ‘Helmi Harrington’s ‘A World of Accordions’ museum’. Researched and written by Accordions Worldwide news editor Rob Howard, the book presents much information about the history of the accordion that has never previously been published. A sequel to ‘Vintage Accordions’ (published in 2011), most of the pictures come from the huge Ken Hopkins collection in Northern Ireland, with others contributed by Helmi Harrington, Jean Hanger, Gary Blair, Ron Bennett, Heather Smith, Gordon Pattullo, Caroline Hunt, Bernard Wrigley, Colin Ensor, Gholamreza Seyed Hasani, and The Accordion Shop. ‘Accordion: A Pictorial History’ costs £10 plus £2 postage and packing for UK from Rob Howard, 42 Avondale Rd, Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire SK3 9NY, UK. Overseas postage and packing is £4 to EU countries, and £7 postage and packing to all other parts of the world. Paypal accepted. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |