The accordion is similar to a portable piano. It is a wind instrument, comprising two reed organs that are connected by folding bellows. Like the piano, the accordion hosts a keyboard to frame the melodies of the tunes. The sounds are produced by compressing and expanding the bellows - a mechanism that pumps air to the reed organs.
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