Accordionists

"But word spread quickly and we were surprised how many accordionists and former accordionists were in the area who started joining us on a monthly basis." ❋ Unknown (2011)

So I joined and it is just fun to see all these accordionists in one room. ❋ Unknown (2011)

My friends and I started out at the Trocadero in the balmy early evening, ambling past street musicians, Baroque quartets and accordionists, passing underneath the Eiffel Tower. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She has that idiot "isn't it wonderful what I can do" grin that is common amongst accordionists of a certain school, like on Lawrence Welk. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The only description I can track down says: Not only for the accordionists. ❋ Unknown (2005)

During the day, there are the strolling guitarists, sax players, and accordionists, and an occasional á capella singer (generally someone who had to pawn his guitar temporarily). ❋ Unknown (2000)

Fear of mutilation, blindness, cancer, vivisection by rival accordionists. 24-hour heebie jeebies; nightclub audiences packing shrouds. ❋ Ellroy, James (1994)

What do you get when you put 14 accordionists in one room? ❋ Unknown (2011)

"These dollars literally saved us," said Pat Jasper, artistic director of the International Accordion Festival in San Antonio, an event that brings accordionists from around the country and the world together during the month of October, giving presentations and workshops on the instrument. ❋ Lolbé Corona (2010)

Its appeal is so broad only accordionists haven't tried to bend it to fit their instruments: The Serenade for Strings has been pounded into arrangements for flute, piano, brass, a clarinet band - and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. ❋ [email protected] (HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS (2010)

AbsolutAccord, a Bay Area group of seven accordionists, creates an exciting listening experience in the gardens. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is evident in the over-animated accordionists you see in bands like the Dropkick Murphys.