Martin Cajun Diatonic Accordions

  

click photo to enlarge		 While we were in Lafayette Louisiana we stopped at Martin Accordions. They put on a little musical show for us so we could hear their accordion Cajun music and they explained a lot about the Diatonic accordion to us. It is a family run and owned business started by the older gentlemen playing the slide guitar.

click photo to enlarge		 The diatonic accordion only has one set of buttons and plays a different sound if you push or pull the bellows. I talked with the person who runs the wood shop. He is a brother but does not play the accordion. He does beautiful work with the wood and the finishes he applies. He uses a lot of curly maple and usually gets quarter sawn wood. This proved to be a most enjoyable stop and at night we went to a Cajun restaurant that raises their own crawfish and had Cajun music and dancing.

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