{"product_id":"an-american-accordion-story-a-four-generation-family-legacy-honoring-the-accordion-the-musicians-and-their-unique-places-in-american-culture-pre-order","title":"AN AMERICAN ACCORDION STORY: Celebrating the petosa 100 Year Anniversary","description":"\u003ch5\u003eTitle\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWe are pleased to announce a new publication of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6f0505;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN AMERICAN ACCORDION STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Four-Generation Family Legacy Honoring the Accordion,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe Musicians, and their Unique Places in American Culture\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Joseph Petosa Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePetosa Accordions, 1922-2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003ePublished by American Accordion Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eLimited First Edition, signed \u0026amp; numbered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eCoffee Table format, 128 pages, hardbound, 380+ photos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c11c1c;\" color=\"#c11c1c\"\u003eNOW AVAILABLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c11c1c;\" color=\"#c11c1c\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f6F0hrF7mgk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eOverview\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful (11\"x 8.5\") coffee table style book celebrates the remarkable legacy of four generations of an immigrant Italian-American artisans who have been hand-making accordions for one-hundred years.  It chronicles American Accordion history, the musicians, and their unique place in American culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA family’s fulfillment of the American Dream is a footnote in the history of the contemporary accordion, whose development began in Europe in the 1800s. The “squeezebox” came to America with European immigrants, found a place on the Vaudeville stage, and enjoyed a wave of growing popularity in the first half of the twentieth century – until the arrival of rock ‘n’ roll caused the accordion’s “fall from grace”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“An American Accordion Story” is an informative and well-illustrated historical account of how the accordion earned a special place in our American musical culture. It is also a celebration of the fulfillment of the American Dream by a talented and hard-working Italian-American immigrant family that figured prominently in the early twentieth century (and still figures prominently today) in American accordion culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMany of America’s leading accordionists, past and present, are honored in this book created by an artisan family that has been lovingly making accordions for the last century. I recommend we all raise a glass in a toast to the publication of “An American Accordion Story!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--Henry Doktorski, American concert accordionist, educator and author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eI’m very honored to have an association in your\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith my cartoon. By the way, and I hope I’ve expressed this before, let me take this opportunity to say what great memories I will always have of hanging around your store on 45th, goggling at all the gear and getting to know your dad who was always so generous and supportive of Tom and me. I can still see Julio in the back, who always had some “patient” up on his bench.  I definitely remember you and your brothers were still just young boys and running around the place when we first started acquiring gear, although I imagine you were all pretty savvy to the family biz even back then. Good memories, to say the least. And how cool it is to know you’re now carrying the torch. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAll best with this\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproject, Joe! (Wow — 100 years!) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Gary Larson (The Farside) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis centennial publication makes an important contribution to accordion history, telling not only the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePetosa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAccordion story but also a parallel account of how the beloved instrument came to America and became embedded in our musical culture.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Pete Barbutti \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJoe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePetosa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJr. has produced both the must-have resource to a celebrated musical instrument and an ultimate tribute to America’s top Accordion company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Mike Grady\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eInfo+\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eHard cover book 8.25\" x 10.5\" landscape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003ePublished by American Accordion Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eLimited First Edition, signed \u0026amp; numbered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eCoffee Table format, 128 pages, hardbound, 380+ photos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c11c1c;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #c11c1c;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eNow Available \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlat Rate Shipping - add to cart for rates \u003cspan style=\"color: #b3b3b3;\"\u003e(Cont. 48 states)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eInternational Shipping: Please contact us directly for a shipping quote if you find the website estimate to be inaccurate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/4540\/4575\/files\/Payment_options_f4b5675a-b7a3-4099-a212-55b19839eb22_480x480.jpg?v=1618090344\" width=\"279\" height=\"38\" data-mce-selected=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/4540\/4575\/files\/Payment_options_f4b5675a-b7a3-4099-a212-55b19839eb22_480x480.jpg?v=1618090344\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"petosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42651315929323,"sku":"AASBk","price":438.48,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/4540\/4575\/products\/PETOSAFRCOVERonly.jpg?v=1648683714","url":"https:\/\/petosa-accordions.myshopify.com\/products\/an-american-accordion-story-a-four-generation-family-legacy-honoring-the-accordion-the-musicians-and-their-unique-places-in-american-culture-pre-order","provider":"Petosa Accordions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}