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How does the accordion work, and what’s the history of the instrument?

How does the accordion work, and what’s the history of the instrument?

Accordion and percussion emojis included in new 2020 emojis list

The world is getting accordion and percussion emojis in 2020

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Listen to this funky version of Lady Gaga on accordion

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Restored 5,000-pipe organ finally sounds again at sell-out Anna Lapwood concert

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Rare iron age battle trumpet unearthed in Norfolk

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‘The Piano’ winner, veteran Diana Newell, makes her Royal Albert Hall debut aged 88

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Soloist forced to travel with ‘naked’ 1782 violin as airline refuses her boarding with case

111 pianos played simultaneously at ‘epic’ fundraiser

135 pianists play over a hundred pianos simultaneously at huge fundraiser

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Bass clarinettist plays in ‘cathedral-like’ acoustic of cooling towers

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Swedish musician teaches a highly intelligent octopus to play piano

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Star cello soloist proposes to his girlfriend on stage at orchestral concert

Star cello soloist proposes to his girlfriend on stage at orchestral concert

Pianist Stephen Raine rebuilds career after catastrophic hand injury

‘I thought I’d never play again’ – pianist rebuilds career after catastrophic hand injury

French cellist Gautier Capuçon plays while suspended from a zipline in the French Alps.

Gautier Capuçon plays cello while suspended on a zipline in the French Alps

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Trailer full of pianos is a write-off after spontaneously combusting in Oklahoma

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