Eventually, the name accordion was used for all instrument of this type. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
It was only when he contemplated college and looked for a major in accordion that he realized he had a problem. From Wordnik.com. [Spoleto Festival U.S.A.: The Nerd of the Instruments, Cool at Last - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
For me, my accordion was the easiest way to achieve the dream. From Wordnik.com. [The Merchant Of Happiness] Reference
By the tepid standards of the 1950s, the accordion was almost cool. From Wordnik.com. [Spoleto Festival U.S.A.: The Nerd of the Instruments, Cool at Last - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
The accordion is a surprising but crucial addition - nice work there. From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
In fact, White said the accordion is a great complement to the guitar. From Wordnik.com. [Berks county news] Reference
You took lessons from Mr. Merino, who called your accordion an “ax.”. From Wordnik.com. [Squeezebox] Reference
A chord from the accordion was the signal for the final episode … the dancing. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
The accordion was a small one of the kind which is easily procurable in the market. From Wordnik.com. [Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert] Reference
Among common misconceptions of the accordion is the assumption that the instrument can only be used to play polkas. From Wordnik.com. [News Review - Top Stories] Reference
Another "equity friendly" feature was incremental, or "accordion," loans, essentially preagreed slugs of extra credit. From Wordnik.com. [Creditors Risk Getting Submerged if They Can't Take a DIP] Reference
While once thought to be the stuff of myth and French nightmares, the so-called "accordion" actually exists in real life. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Friday Fum Quiz!] Reference
Maybe the accordion is her first love?. From Wordnik.com. [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference
Re: All-Time Worst DVD Packaging The Simpsons Season 11 "accordion" sleeve AND the Krusty outer sleeve. From Wordnik.com. [Home Theater Forum] Reference
One has harmonica, accordion and turntable-scratching. From Wordnik.com. [A Winner, Baby] Reference
He heard the accordion doors to the closet shriek open. From Wordnik.com. [The Get-Up] Reference
He was often called the Jimi Hendrix of the button accordion. From Wordnik.com. [Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, influential Tejano musician, dies at 71] Reference
Her camera's nose is a leather accordion, the face of a hound dog. From Wordnik.com. [At the Flea Market] Reference
Mr. Jordan played a traditional button accordion, not a piano type. From Wordnik.com. [Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, influential Tejano musician, dies at 71] Reference
If I play my accordion too loudly while you're painting, you complain. From Wordnik.com. [The Accordion] Reference
Not men or dogs or accordion or birds or crickets or wind made a sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Palatski Man] Reference
The accordion propels them, the joyous oom-pah that is the heart of Tejano music. From Wordnik.com. [Born On The Border] Reference
Lang sings her hits in a lush, velvety voice atop pedal steel guitar and accordion. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Moment] Reference
Among them someone worked a dilapidated accordion, squeezing out a mournful, foreign melody. From Wordnik.com. [The Palatski Man] Reference
I've seen them cancel a flight because the accordion door on a bathroom didn't shut just right. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Stanley Bing: The Mad-As-Hell Flight Attendant] Reference
(He also writes about philosophy, composes music and plays the accordion in a tango nuevo group.). From Wordnik.com. [Muzzled Musicians, Meet Your Match] Reference
The line of the unemployed wrapped back on itself like an accordion pleat and extended all the way across. From Wordnik.com. [Umemployment] Reference
Mary placed a chair on the empty dance floor, borrowed the accordion from the bandstand, and began to play. From Wordnik.com. [Atonement] Reference
He was accepted into a Klezmer trio, adding the sounds of his clarinet to those of a violin and an accordion. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia G. Yerman: Pavel Vinnitsky's Vision: To Revitalize Jewish Music] Reference
He likens Kerry to a "political accordion -- the stronger the citizen pressure on him, the better he becomes.". From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: The Nader Factor] Reference
She moved throughout the night to the keyboards, accordion, and even centerstage to sing lead on a couple songs. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: Arcade Fire, The Original Copy, The Black Keys and A Little Night Music] Reference
Plus an archaic unaccompanied fiddle duet, and a harmonica solo showing the humbler instrument's kinship to the accordion. From Wordnik.com. [Meanwhile, Back In Cajun Country] Reference
The device is composed of an airtight wound dressing, connected by a plastic tube to a cylinder with accordion-like folds. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Dispatch: Google starts using Aardvark for support; Verizon FIOS DVR Manager comes to iPhone] Reference
Katy's questions had changed Mary's mood so completely, she needed to be asked more than once to sing a song and play the accordion. From Wordnik.com. [Atonement] Reference
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