From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!ark Newsgroups: net.music Title: accordion? Article-I.D.: rabbit.1229 Posted: Mon Mar 14 22:02:52 1983 Received: Thu Mar 17 21:41:16 1983 It seems that almost no one plays the accordion any more. What accounts for its virtual demise? I count the layout of the left hand buttons to be one of the great musical inventions (and wonderful for teaching theory!).