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accordions

  • plural
    of accordion.
    accordion
    noun
    a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.

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The artist was primarily a pianist and flutist, but also played saxaphone, guitars, drums, and accordions - and frequently incorporated household objects into his work.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025

There are two kinds of accordions — one with piano keys and one with buttons — but they have similar effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

Most accordionists who play Mexican music use button instruments called diatonic accordions, which produce different notes when the bellows are pushed and pulled.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022

Street performers played accordions and walked low tightropes.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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