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Humorist Brian Unger visits the studio of a Los Angeles accordion teacher, and learns that this oft-maligned instrument has been the key to some surprising romantic success for the few who master it.
But when Elvis Presley and the Beatles took over the airwaves, accordion music lost some of its popular appeal. “Elvis got all the girls when I was about 16,” he said.
"I didn't play with dolls," she said. "I played with my 'doll' accordion." She glances toward the accordion she plays today, years later, which she's affectionately named Adan.