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Great article! Thank you!
Figgy Duff were really interesting to read and write about in my #AccordionRevolution book. I’m pretty sure I didn’t do them justice in my urge to tell my story of folk music accordion trends

Like most Canadian bands they haven’t gotten enough attention
September 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
accordionbruce.bsky.social
Little wave of #AccordionRevolution summer orders this week 🌞 🪗
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Copy of my Accordion Revolution book with many stickers and buttons from my Etsy shop, spread out before packing to mail. A set of seven round white button badges with accordion register symbols of lines and dots that look a bit like cartoon stick figure ninja faces. A bunch of packages ready to mail, all with red flamingo accordions stamped in them.
July 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
accordionbruce.bsky.social
First appearance of an accordion in Canadian history is at an Ursuline convent in Quebec City. We know because they kept the receipt in 1843
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Page 210 from my Accordion Revolution: “An Ursuline convent school may have purchased the very first accordion in Canada in 1843. We know this because the nuns kept the receipts, and several of these delicate instruments survive in the convent museum. The Ursulines also had various accordions repaired in Quebec City at the head of the St. Lawrence River, source for European imports in Canada. These French-style instruments would have featured in bourgeois and upper-class parlors in Quebec, but were out of reach of most people. In the later 1800s, more affordable German-style accordions and Anglo-German concertinas became available through the Eaton and Montgomery Ward catalogs. Then, in 1895, Odilon Gagné began producing the first Canadian-built German-style ten-button accordions in Quebec. He crafted every part himself, from the reeds to the bellows and buttons. His sons carried on the business and passed on the skills to [his sons].
July 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
accordionbruce.bsky.social
Trump's ending de minimis exemption (which would add 35% tax to shipments from Canada less than $800)

Means I might have to close my #AccordionRevolution Etsy to US buyers after August 1

So if you want #Accordion books, stickers or buttons, you might want to order in the next week or so
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August 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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My #AccordionRevolution shop is back online after I figured the Trump #tariffs won’t stop being chaotic anytime soon

Everything’s Canadian except I’ve got one fiery enamel pin made in China ❤️‍🔥🪗

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May 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Accordion Noir is presented by "Accordion" Bruce Triggs, author of the #AccordionRevolution history book and engineer of the accordion emoji (🪗) and @nicheinterests of the #StupidAccordionTricks weekly video series. Cheers & #squeeze on!
October 10, 2023 at 6:38 AM