Greetings from Minneapolis

[Skari]

Greetings from very cold Minneapolis. I kept bumping into the accordionists info forum when I googled various topics, so I decided to join up.

When I retired, my first priority was to learn Norwegian. That took a few years, and then I dusted off my old GCF diatonic and started taking lessons from a world-class teacher Helmi Harrington. It wasn't long before I was playing a club accordion using tablature and a steirische harmonika by note. A bit later she let me borrow a studio Titano CBA, which I eventually purchased and started down another path. My CBA collection has expanded to the point I will have to sell one or two. It seems I am as much a collector as a player.

I started way too late in life to ever achieve much more than the intermediate level. That's OK. I am having a lot of fun and learning a bunch from you all.

 

[Tom]

Welcome Skari!

 

[Dingo40]

Welcome Skari !??
Hmm, Minneapolis: is that the home of a long-running radio series called "The little house on the prairie"??
I remember listening to that several decades ago. The monologues by the compere were particularly entertaining
You could say it preceded "Seinfeld " in being (a most amusing) "show about nothing!" ??

 

[Skari]

The show was A Prairie Home Companion and it was a Saturday evening tradition at our house for many years. But all things fade away and finally some female co-workers accused the host of unwanted attention. That was the end. If they would have featured more accordion players, who knows? It might still be on the air.

 

[Ffingers]

Ah! Yes.
Garrison Keillor.
Definitely 'dry' tuned ;-)

 

[Siegmund]

You should fit in well.

Am a few states west of you.. but my Norwegian girlfriend and mother-in-law wish there were more people speaking the language to inspire them to learn and be able to communicate better with their cousins, and I wish there were more CBAs for sale

 

[jozz]

welcome, in my life I met only one person out of Minneapolis and it was Cory Wong! (maybe he lives somewhere else now, I don't know)

 

[Skari]

You should fit in well.

Am a few states west of you.. but my Norwegian girlfriend and mother-in-law wish there were more people speaking the language to inspire them to learn and be able to communicate better with their cousins, and I wish there were more CBAs for sale

I will be selling one soon. A Pigini Super Compact converter.

 

[JerryPH]

Welcome indeed!

 

[Tom]

Welcome Skari !??
Hmm, Minneapolis: is that the home of a long-running radio series called "The little house on the prairie"??
I remember listening to that several decades ago. The monologues by the compere were particularly entertaining
You could say it preceded "Seinfeld " in being (a most amusing) "show about nothing!" ??

"Little House" is from my state, Wisconsin, Dingo, one state over. Unfortunately, the instrument of choice was fiddle, not accordion. Minneapolis is a great, but challenged city at this point, imho, with a strong accordion history, with Accordion Heaven being the only accordion retailer for miles and miles around, weekly shows by the Accordion Cafe orchestra, and the former White Castle accordion/jewelry store. Also a strong concertina culture. There is also a great collector D. whom you can call if you need to sell ?.

I'm a proud U M gopher alumni, my daughter lives there now and just got her car broken into for the second time last night. Unfortunately she did not find 2 accordions left behind.

 

[Dingo40]

Thanks Tom!
The world has certainly changed since I was a boy, and all with the best of intentions!