WLBOTT brings you a curated list of the best accordion covers.
Organ Fugue ”Little” in g minor, BWV 578
Vanja Krajnov
Black Dog
Accordion Rock
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Canadian accordionist Alexander Sevastian
“Que sube y que baja”
Los Bañales Juniors DESDE EL RANCHO
Vivaldi Concerto for violin No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, “Winter”: I. Allegro non molto
Ukrainian-born Oleksander Khrustevich
Big Accordion
The largest playable accordion in the world is 2.53 m (8 ft 3.5 in) tall, 1.9 m (6 ft 2.75 in) wide, 85 cm (2 ft 9.5 in) deep, and weighs approximately 200 kg (440 lb). The instrument, built by Giancarlo Francenella (Italy), in Castelfidardo, Ancona, Italy, bears the name ‘Fisarmonica Gigante’ and was completed in 2001. Begun in 2000 and finished in 2001 the giant accordion required over 1,000 hours of work, and features 45 treble piano keys, 120 bass buttons and 240 reeds. Built on a 5:1 ratio from the original the instrument is made of wood (fir, cedar, mahogany, walnut), metals (aluminium, steel), cardboard, cloth and special varnishes. Although the accordion was named “Fisarmonica Gigante” (“Giant Accordion”), it bears the name “Castelfidardo” after the town in which it was constructed.
Castelfidardo (Marchigiano: Castello) is a town and comune in the province of Ancona, in the Marche region of central-eastern Italy.
Economy Castelfidardo is the international capital of accordion builders. A variety of other musical instruments besides the accordion have been produced in the town since the 19th century, such as the armonica.
Not strictly accordion, but this is way cool. Imagine never hearing of Led Zeppelin! Outrageous!
“I Ask if She Knows Led Zeppelin and This Violinist Steals The Show”
Epiphany
We imagine the epiphany of our young classical violinist Rosie upon hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time.
The experience consumes her, even distracting from her day job at Bev’s Diner.
Rosie had been applying herself to learning Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001–1006), but those ambitions went out the window. She did, however, still picture herself as a Baroque violinist, but embracing Stairway to Heaven in a more modern context.
