The button accordion, which is “really a harmonica of the hands,” notes Russel, is not cheap, though. When O’Brien’s opened in 1939, a new box cost $24.50; today a Hohner one-row button ...

May 24—SHARON — Dave Bey nailed a song on the button — the button accordion, that is. "Sounded good," a fellow accordion enthusiast hollered to Bey, a Kernersville, N.C., resident.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. James Crabb is known as one of the best classical accordion players in the world. It's quite ...