The Gift of the Accordion
It was a big day for a California man named Bruno Kaiser, then 92 years old. He was about to say goodbye to his accordion. This was no easy thing; ...
It was a big day for a California man named Bruno Kaiser, then 92 years old. He was about to say goodbye to his accordion. This was no easy thing; it had been his for 70 years. Their lives were intertwined, stretching back to that awful time when the retired engineer and business owner was a frightened boy being held in a wartime concentration camp in his native Croatia. The 80-button accordion predated WWII. Hohner, the German company that built it, still makes musical instruments of quality. But it's a sure bet that nothing like this sturdy, 15-pound beauty, with its art deco-style graphic look and black-and-silver body, comes off the line today.