Enrico "Henry" Mastro-Nardi spent his life, as a reporter once wrote, "leading a quiet crusade for a noisy instrument." In the '40s and '50s, the heyday of the accordion, Mastro-Nardi taught scores of ...
Mastering a large digital instrument with a piano keyboard, bellows and left-hand chord buttons would be a challenge for most retirees. But for retired Cal State Bakersfield psychology professor ...
Paul Ramunni with a 150-year-old flutina.Photo by John Torsiello A line of accordions at Paul Ramunni’s Canaan museum.Photo by John Torsiello One of Paul Ramunni's favorites. Paul Ramunni plays during ...