Accordion, piano
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The Piano Accordion is a portable bellows-blown instrument. This is the standard size, although they are also made in smaller sizes. The accordion is largely played in folk and popular music, and is frequently heard in cafes and music halls all over the world. However, it does occasionally appear in orchestral pieces.
| Family |
| Woodwinds |
| Pitch range |
| Two-and-a-half octaves; six-and-a-half octaves using the register keys. |
| Material |
| Wooden frame, with cardboard bellows, and steel reeds. |
| Size |
| 19 in (48cm) tall. |
| Origins |
| The accordion evolved tiom the full-size harmonium. In 1829 in Vienna, Cyrillus Demian made the first accordion, but the first piano accordion was not advertised until 1911 by Dallapé of Italy. |
| Classification |
| Aerophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air. |
| And also... |
| The name is from the German word "akkord," which means "chord" or "harmony." |
