The problem
Every accordionist certainly knows that there is currently no such thing as an international network of certified repairing and maintenance centers for the accordions. Thus, whenever they are, when facing any problem with their instrument would have to:
1. Ship the accordion back to the production company;
or
2. Trust the first person claiming to know how to get their hands in it.
In both cases, there are high risks involved, and usually so are the costs and times. Moreover, all of this is very difficult to estimate in advance.
Our project
The Accordion Craft Academy is born with the aim of preserving and passing on the art of repairing, tuning and maintaining accordions.
We want to really attack this problem, and we have a strategy for doing this: we want to make it possible for every accordionist to know what they are doing when putting their hands inside the accordion, so that they can perform any last-minute repairing (thus often saving a performance!).
However, we also want to do more.
In order to be able to repair any kind of damage or malfunctioning on any kind of accordion, years of experience are required, a long journey topic that not every one is truly interested in pursuing. Our ambitious goal is to train a network of Repairing Centers, an international cornerstone on the repairing and maintenance of this complex and beautiful musical instrument.
Our Repairers, the people working within these Repairing Centers, will be selected among the participants to our courses and will have their name on our website on the dedicated page, so that anyone in need of assistance will be easily able to find them.
Our Certified Repairing Centers
The Accordion Craft Academy is a factory of talents in the field of repair and maintenance of accordions. Our knowledge comes from the long italian tradition of accordion crafting, and this is the treasure that is being passed on at our courses. Our certified Repairing Centers are guaranteed to deliver the quality, excellence and experience forged in our workshop, and this is our promise to you: if you are ever in need of repairing or maintaining your precious accordions, contacting our Repairers is the best thing you can do.
Nelson Almeida
Lisbon, Portugal
Daniel Andersson
Solna, Sweden
Frazer Mclellan
Glasgow, UK
Mitchell Morris
Brendale, Australia
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Become a repairer
Forging excelling accordion craftsmen is just what we do at our workshops. Do you wish to become one of our certified Repairing Centers? Visit the course page and find out when the next event will be taking place.