New Stuff
,We'll be moving older new stuff out periodically as we add newer new stuff.
Weltmeister Rubin Piano Accordion
An ideal instrument for someone looking for a small, light accordion and who doesn't want to sacrifice playing in B minor. 30 treble, 60 bass (5x12), 2/3 reeds (musette), 3 switches. 12 lbs. Tons of colors. With case and straps:Suggested list price .
Weltmeister
72-bass Chromatic Accordion
Compact, musette-tuned chromatic. 5-row B- or C-system, 60 treble buttons (36 notes), 72 bass (6x12), 2/4 reeds (musette), 3 switches. 15 lbs. Tons of colors. With case and straps: Suggested list price .
Serenellini
Cloud Button Accordion
A very well-made 2-row button accordion with all the features of models costing more. Flat or stepped keyboard, 23 treble and 8 bass buttons. 3 sets of reeds per treble note with 3 stops. 2 bass stops to remove low bass and thirds. The inside row of buttons operates the upper row of pads for a bigger sound. Black or natural finish walnut. With case and straps.
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Alistair Anderson and the Lindsays: On Cheviot Hills - A Suite for Concertina and String Quartet. (d) E
Belshazzar's Feast: Drop the Reed (d) P
Brass Monkey: Sound & Rumour (d) A,B
Richard Carlin: The English Concertina. (d) E
Fernhill: Ca' Nôs. (d) B
Llatai. (d) B
Whilia. (d) B
Keith Holloway & Chris Bartram: Four Red Feet (d) B
John Kirkpatrick: One Man & His Box (d) A,B
John Kirkpatrick, Brian Peters, & others: Bold Navigators: The story of England's Canals in Song. (d) A,B
Tim Laycock: Fine Colours. (d) D
Ewan MacColl & A. L. Lloyd w/Alf Edwards & others: Round Cape Horn.(d) E
John Nixon: The English Connection.(d) E
Posh Band: English (d) B
Jimmy Shand: The Legendary Jimmy Shand (d) B
Chris Timson & Anne Gregson: Peaceful Harbour (d) A,E (now on cd!)
Dave Townsend: Concertina Landscape (d) E
Two Duos Quartet (Wood & Cutting, Tweed & Carr): Half as Happy as We (d) B,P
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting: Knock John (d) B
Various: Boxing Clever: A Concertina Compilation (d) A, D, E
Various: Megin: Traditional Accordion and Concertina Music From Wales (d) B,A,D
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Irish
Boys of the Lough: The West of Ireland (d) B, E
Dermot Byrne and Pierre Schryer: Dermot Byrne/Pierre Schryer.(d) B
Chulrua: Barefoot on the Altar.(d) B
Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan: Two Gentlemen of Clare Music (d) A
Elizabeth Crotty: Concertina Music from West Clare (d) A
Danu: Think Before You Think . (d) B
Joe Derrane, Jerry O'Brien, Bobby Gardiner: The Master's Choice (d) B
Dervish: Playing With Fire (d) B
Dervish: Midsummer's Night (d) B
Patty Furlong: Traditional Irish Music on Button Accordion (d) B
James Keane: Sweeter as the Years Roll By (d) B
John J. Kimmel: Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music (d) B
Andrew MacNamara: Dawn (d) B
Jacqueline McCarthy: The Hidden Note (d) A
Patrick Street: Live from Patrick Street (d) B
Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington: The New Road (d) B
Providence: Providence (d) A
Chris Sherburne and Denny Bartley: Foothold. (d) A
Niall Vallely: Beyond Words. (d) A
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Cajun/Zydeco
Bois Sec Ardoin w/ Balfa Toujours: Allons Danser (d) B
Keith Frank: On A Mission (d) B
Keith Frank: Live at Slim's Y-Ki-Ki (d) B
Terrance Simien: Positively Beadhead (d) B
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French
Nigel Eaton and Andy Cutting: Panic at the Cafe (d) B
Musiqu' a Deux: Jour de Marche (d) B
Frederic Paris: Rue de l'Oiseau (d) B
Daniel Thonon: Trafic d'Influences (d) B
Various: Accordeon: Nostalgic Poet of Paris (d) C
Various: Café de Paris (d) C
Various: Danses: Musiques Traditionnelles en Auvergne
(d) B
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Québecois
Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer: Chansons a cappella (d)
Les Frères Brunet: Trésors du Québec en Musique (c,d) B
Les Frères Pigeon: Musiques d'autrefois, vol. 1 & vol. 2 (2c set) B
Jacques, Forest, Brunet, Laroche: Domino (d) B
Andre Marchand, Lisa Ornstein, Normand Miron: Le Bruit
Court Dans la Ville. (d) B
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Contra Dance featuring "Squeezers"
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Tex-Mex/Conjunto/Norteno
Santiago Jimenez, Jr.: Purely Instrumental (d) B
Steve Jordan: The Many Sounds of Steve Jordan (c,d) B
Juan Lopez: El Rey de la Redora (d) B
Various: A Taste of Tex-Mex (d) B
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Other Good Stuff
Accordion Tribe: Accordion Tribe (d) P (free-bass)
Chuck Corman & Becky Ashenden: Bassett Road Balkan (c,d) P
Henry Doktorski: Ragtime Rendition of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (d) P
Richard Galliano: French Touch (d) C
Richard Galliano & Michel Portal: Blow Up (d) C
Gypsophila: Occidentally on Purpose (d) E
The Gypsy Wranglers: Step it up & Go! (d) P
Kepa Junkera: Bilbao 00:00h (d) B
Daniel Newton: On Holiday (d) P
Oswaldinho Do Acordeon: Forro Novo (d) P
Swap: [sic]. (d) P
Taraf de Haidouks: Romanian Gypsy Music (d)
Terem Quartet: Terem (d)
P
Classical (d)
P
Various: Munspel and Handklaver - Folk Music in Sweden (d) B
Various: 30 Exitos Al Acordeon (d) P
Various: Trikitrixa (d) B
Various: Unblocked (3d set)
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Contra/English Country Dance (other folks we like)
How to Play the English Melodeon, Volume Two by John Kirkpatrick. Includes instruction on scales and modes, accompaniment techniques, crossing rows, and more
Irish Button Accordion Techniques taught by Peter Browne. Tutor for the B/C and C#/D button accordion. Right-hand technique, focusing on ornamentation; some instruction on improvisation. 50 minutes
Learn to Play Cajun Accordion: Starting Out taught by Dirk Powell with Christine Balfa, guitar & vocals. 75 minutes of instruction on playing the one-row button accordion in the Cajun style, beginning with how to hold the instrument and use the bellows. Includes information on techniques such as "squeezing" notes, playing triplets, and adding left-hand chords. Tunes taught are: La valse de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, High Point Two-Step, and Johnny Can' Dance
Learn to Play Cajun Accordion: Intermediate & Advanced Techniques taught by Dirk Powell with Christine Balfa, guitar and vocals. Instruction on ornamentation, syncopation, phrasing, and other techniques central to producing the sounds and rhythms of Cajun dance music. 60 minutes
Learn to Play Cajun Accordion: Starting Out + Intermediate
& Advanced Techniques. The two videos described above, sold
together
Pasaditas by Steve Stacey Learn to accompany a singer in the Tex-Mex style. For the three row button accordion
You Can Teach Yourself Accordion by Neil Griffin. Assumes no previous music training or accordion experience. Includes fingering for both hands Comapnion CD available
Tex-Mex Accordion by Tim Alexander and Max Baca. Book and practice audio tape to use with the video "Tex-Mex Accordion" by Tim Alexander and Flaco Jimenez. 11 songs (5 from the video) at performance tempo and at learning speed
Absolute Beginners' Concertina by Mick Bramich.
A guide to the 20-key Anglo by the author of The Irish Concertina
100 Irish Tunes for Piano Accordion by David DiGiuseppe. Common session tunes, including transcriptions from recordings of well-known accordion players. Includes suggestions for ornamentation and fingering, left-hand notation, and chords. 118 pages. Companion CD included
Along the River edited by Susan Conger. Dance tunes from the Connecticut River Valley, including reels and marches, jigs, waltzes, and more. Some tunes have appeared in other publications, but many are collected here for the first time
Alpine Polkas & Waltzes by Helene Criscio, edited by Pietro Deiro. Seven waltzes and seven polkas, arranged for piano accordion
The Bulgarian Collections transcribed by Richard Geisler. Music & lyrics to 35 folkdances
Cafe Accordion by Dan Newton; arrangments by Gary Dahl. Fourteen café tunes arranged for piano accordion. Many are original compositions by Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton. CD and brief notes to the tunes included Note: CD is the 1993 "Café Accordion" recording by Dan Newton & the Café Accordion Orchestra.
Ceol Rince na hEireann collected by Breandan Breathnach, ed. Jackie Small. Latest volume in the series. Most tunes are transcribed from live recordings made by Breathnach in the late 1960s and early 1970s; some are from radio and private archives, others from manuscript collections. Index includes titles in Gaelic and English
Disney Movie Favorites for Accordion arranged by Kenny Kotwitz. Selections from "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin:
Divine Hymns for Accordion arranged by Helene Criscio and edited by Gary Dahl. Simple arrangements of nineteen favorite hymns
The International Collection transcribed by Richard Geisler. Music & lyrics to 55 folkdances
Lawrence Welk's Polka Folio. More than fifty famous
polkas, schottishes,and waltzes
Companion cassettes, each
Tradtional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels & Rants, Flings & Fancies edited by Peter Kennedy. Another in the Fiddler's Tune-Book series. 200 traditional tunes with chords; all are in common time
Traditional Dance Music of Britiain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours editied by Peter Kennedy. Another collection of 200 tunes, with chords, in the Fiddler's Tune-Book series. These are in 6/8 time
Traditional Dance Music of Britian and Ireland: Hornpipes & Breakdowns, Clog & Step Dances edited by Peter Kennedy. Another collection of 200 common-time tunes, with chords, in the Fiddler's Tune-Book series
Traditional Dance Music of Britiain and Ireland: Slip Jigs
& Waltzes editied by Peter Kennedy.
Another collection of 200 tunes, with chords, in the Fiddler's Tune-Book
series. These are in 9/8 and 3/4 time
The Yugoslav Collection transcribed by Richard Geisler.
Music & lyrics to 40 folkdances from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia Servia,
& Slovenia
Song Books
Village Harmony edited by Mary Cay Brass. Traditional songs of the Balkans in the original languages, with a pronunciation guide; English translations provided for most songs. Arranged for 2 to 4 voices / Companion cassette / Companion CD
Reference/Periodicals
Pretty Complete Guide to Squeezeboxes by Wendy Morrison. Revised edition. Practical and informative, this book begins with "Basic Info and FAQ" and will also answer questions you never thought to ask
Are you carrying your concertina in a dilapidated case held together
by bungee cords and duct tape? Sturdy wooden
construction with black leatherette covering and durable corduroy lining;
for 6 1/4" anglo or English system.
Unblocked
Blocks fitted to your concertina (+S&H)
Soft Cases for Piano Accordions
The Button Box now carries BLUE HERON padded soft cases for piano accordions. These well-made cases feature a Cordura shell, ripstop nylon lining and generous foam padding throughout. They have a comfortable carrying handle and padded shoulder straps so you can carry your accordion backpack-style. Please specify keyboard length when ordering
Replacement Case Handles
Buckles on to the handle hardware on your case. Nicely padded
Backstrap
This adjustable strap fits onto one shoulder strap and connects to the other by means of a metal hook. Provides support and keeps shoulder straps from sliding down. 2" wide