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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 27,
1937.
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T periodic intervals in its history, Britain takes n musical instrument to its heart, and starts a craze.
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and concertina, and the Georgian post-War ukulele.
All of these, in their ume, en- joyed great popularity, but none of them had the widespread and por- manent appeal of the instrument
which now undoubtedly holds pride of place in the heart of the British public-the piano-accordion.
WHEN the boom in this instrument
started, threp'or four years ago, sceptics were inclined to regard it as just another craze that would quickly dio a natural death. How wrong they were has been proved by the fact that the sales of piano-sccordions are increasing every year, and that more and more people are learning to play the "squeezebox" if in affectionately called every day.
What is the reason for this? Why is this glittering, bulky, pleated, musie- making contraption so enormously popu. lar with every class of the community? It is not ns if it were a particu larly cheap instrument, yet there are thousands of people well content to lay down their hard-earned money in weekly instalments to buy an instrument. Nor does these people's devotion to the Accordion end with their purchase of it: they are equally ready to spend hours of their hard-won leisure time in learning
how to play.
WHY is this? The answer is can tained in an explanation of the extraordinary fascination of the piano- accordion. It possesses the roost zalls fying features of nearly every ather in SHOP EARLY!trument, and has been splly called a
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miniature cinema-organ." It is capablo of tonal effects more varied and inter- cating than those given by any other, solo instrument.
By use of devices known as "couplers," which are clicked into position by the player's right hand, the piano-accordion can be made to sound like a flute, clarinet, or with the left hand bringing In the bass background-like a full or chestra. A solo played entirely on the basa buttons sounds like a deep saxo- phone, and even the mighty strains of
church organ can be effectively simulated. In fact, the instrument pos- sessen an inanko tonal variety that constitutes a never-ending source of in- terest and enjoyment to the performer.
ALTHOUGH, naturally, it is never
casy to learn to play a musleal instrument really well. It can be said of the plano-accordion that it is certainly
says
Ray Sonin
News Editor of "Rhythm"
no more dieult to learn than any other instrument, and considerably easier than some. This is proved by
the particularly interesting fact that children seem to take to the instru-
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even more quickly than grown-ups, and I have often. the thrill of hearing a child of six
almost entirely hidden by piano-accordion-play some pieces As for children of eight faultlessly.
Well, and upwards who is acknowledged to the player virtuoso we have in England to-day
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This is Joo Rossi, a French boy who can be heard on the radio and on the music-ball stage as part of Jack Hajton's Band show, Joe la almost lost behind his accordion, and he looks what he is a shy, sensitive schoolboy, yet he la regarded as in the very front rank of the world's players. At the other end of the scale, we have T. W. ("Tommy") Thurban, prolific writer for and energetic player of the instru- ment, who in oyer sixty.
CHILDREN who have been taught
musical rudiments as far as the plano la concerned have a big start in going over to the piano-nccordion, and
parents who find that their children have a talent for misle might well con- aider the possibilities of the plano- accordion as the basis of n musical career. One has only to look at the
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placards outside music-halls and cinemas in realise that professional piano-accOT- dionists are definitely one of the most popular acts on the stage to-day. Plano- for accordion bands are in demand gramophone records and broadcasts, AS well for the stage, and every tango and gypsy orchestra has a plazio-accor clionis ii iis ranka,
The possibility of the piano-accordion an a career is being greatly facilitated by the widespread "growth of the Accordion Clubs in thin country. Every Town nowadays has ita club, where novicra go to learn to play the tnstru- ment, and experts go to learn to play in bands which are formed among members of the club.
SUALLY organised by an enterprising local musical-instrument dealer who appoints an acknowledged expert as Musical Director and teacher, theso clubs are the real reason why the piano-accar- dilon boom is no flash in the pan but de- finitely something that is going to last. Every day, the clubs do something to start somebody else on the accordian-playing rond, and a new generation is springing up to which the squeezebox is the prince of all instruments,
Further encouragement la given to this army of enthusiastle amateurs by tho promotion of a nation-wido series of Accordion Contests, which continue Throughout the year and culminate in a- mighty Accordion Day in London in November. This manimolh champlon- ship brings accordionists flocking to Cen tral Hall, Westminster, in thousands from every part of the country, and con stitutes one of the most astounding musi cal festivals of the year.
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Leon's coveted tiles and trophies. ABT year, 600 players competed for while 6.000 enthusiasts spent the whole day istening to them, and 2,000 more parations are being made for over 1,000 had to bo turned away. This year, pre campelitors, representing the pick of the 00.000 or 50 club plano-accordionists in thin country to-day.
In conclusion, it should be made clear that the piano-accordion is not exclus- ively a means of playing popular music; in the United States it has already made its appearance in symphony orchestras. and the finest classical works are being nrranged for it, while distinguished com- posers are writing special music for it.
On the other hand, publishers of their popular songs are including on coples choruses specially arranged for the plano-accordion, and thereby tacitly registering their acknowledgment of the fact which this article in endeavouring to convey-namely, that the piano-accor dion has come to alay
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