Accordion

An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes.

Related Topics:
Musical instrument - Bellows - Free reed aerophone - Squeezebox

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The accordion is played by compression and expansion of a bellows, which generates air flow across reeds; a keyboard controls which reeds receive air flow and therefore the tones produced.

Related Topics:
Reeds - Keyboard

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:For a full description of the sound-producing mechanism, see Free reed aerophone.

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