Anthony Galla-Rini discusses the accordion
Anthony Galla-Rini (here 99 years old), discusses his early vaudeville career and his improvements for accordion design. After leaving vaudeville, Galla-Rini strove to make the accordion an acceptable concert instrument for music other than folk derived pieces. He founded the American Accordionist Association which commissioned well-known composers of modern classical music to write for the accordion. More about all this in my 2009 documentary "Behind the Bellows." Galla-Rini died in 2006 at 102 years old.