Winter has arrived. It snowed. There's a cool coffee shop in Denver called Penn St. Perk Listened to my iPod while walking through town to get here. Big grey mist in the air. last night discovered that One of the Chopin Waltzes plays nice on the accordion.
I looked at quite a few accordions in the accordion shop.
The owner Paul spent a lot of time with me but I didn't quite find what I wanted. But the llittle brown one was pretty close. It just didn't have enough notes on it to play "Philomena" when I tried. Sheesh!
Paul suggested that the factory in Italy could build a proper one for me. So, finally, 6 months later, I've found what I want. It's going to look and sound unique. I'll get a lot of use out of it because it'll be little and travel well.
Of course I'm thrilled. It can take weeks or months to build an accordion. You might have a chance to hear it soon if I'm playing in your town. Cirkestra is going on a little mini tour. Hopefully it will be done by then.
