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

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piano accordion

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     Synnberg, Margaret J.   Phil Baker modern piano accordion     method.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1962 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office