Accordion memories

[vivdunstan]

Just been chatting in the comments on my accordion tuner's Facebook page with someone who may have sold us one or more accordions at Clinkscales between 1976 and 1981, and also brought down my first accordion teacher from Lanarkshire to work in Melrose. Bill Sharp was my first accordion teacher when I was aged just 4 in 1976. And again later in the late 1980s before uni. Small world!

Mum loves to recall the story of little me in Melrose glued to the accordion shop's windows. And absolutely sure, though aged just 4, that I wanted one. And always going back to look in the window some more.

Comments

[watervole]

How on earth did you manage to hold an accordion at age 4? it must have weighed more than you did!

[vivdunstan]

I started with an extremely small 12 bass. I still have it, but it’s not practical to get it out to show you a pic. But it was very small. Next I went to 48 bass, before my 72 bass main one at age 9. At which point I refused to go any bigger, ever.