BY RONALD FLYNN, EDWIN DAVISON, AND EDWARD CHAVEZ  

How Did This Book Come About? 

• After writing a book entitled Some Thoughts About the Accordion in San Francisco, Ronald Flynn was urged by friends to write another book about the accordion which would extend beyond the San Francisco area and cover historical information about the accordion and artists in other parts of the United States.

• To achieve this goal, Ron Flynn collaborated with two of his friends, Edwin Davison and Edward (Eddie) Chavez, who both had a strong interest in preserving accordion history. Working together, they completed extensive research over a 3-year period, creating a significant update of the earlier book. This revised edition was published in 1990 under the title, The Golden Age of the Accordion -- a title which aptly describes the expanded work.

• Another revision was published in 1992, shortly before Ron Flynn's death in September 1993. This Third Edition is now in its second printing. Ron Flynn was proud to complete this new edition before he became ill, as it was his life-long desire to perpetuate the role of the accordion.

 

What Does This Book Cover? 

• An historical work covering the early days of U.S. accordion history from the 1900's through the 1950's -- a period that has come to be known as the "Golden Age" of the accordion. The biographies and autobiographies of key accordion pioneers vividly portray their lives and the exciting times during this era of U.S. history.

• Illustrated with hundreds of rare photographs, this expanded work is a compendium of resource material from various sources which covers a broad spectrum of accordion history. Also included are pictorial and written histories of representative accordion manufacturers, schools, and service centers -- past and present.

• This work is the only reference still in print (of its type and scope) on the accordion and artists who lived during this early period of U.S. history.
  

 

Changes and New Features in the Third Edition of This Book