piano accordion

American  

noun

1. accordion.

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piano accordion British  

noun

1. an accordion in which the right hand plays a piano-like keyboard See accordion

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Other Word Forms

• piano accordionist noun

Etymology

Origin of piano accordion

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The country’s first accordion superstar was Guido Deiro, who played in Seattle saloons before being hired to demonstrate the newfangled piano accordion at the city’s Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022

“I’m doing the orchestration: drums, piano, accordion, guitar, banjo, mandolin and tuba,” Schmidt says.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2017

Ramunni strides to another corner of the museum to point at a box-like Hohner piano accordion.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2015

It's early rock ’n’ roll of the rockabilly kind, including piano, accordion, saxophone and steel guitar.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2013

SEE Moyer, Will D.   Sacred collection for piano accordion.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office