Apr. 23—SHARON — Hold your schnitzel — The Annual National Button Accordion Festival has made Sharon its regular home. "There's no place we'd rather be," said Ron Pivovar, a local accordion ...

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. Others at ...

Paul Tagliamonte Jr. of West Harwich has been working on accordions since the age of 10 (he’s now 63), and says there are three essentials to the art of accordion maintenance.

"He's playing a button accordion and none of us will touch that," said Shelia Lee, who plays an electronic keyboard accordion.