A World of Accordions
Museum announces with pride and great pleasure the January 31, 2013,
opening of our new display: “The Willard Palmer Legacy.” Located in the
Duane Sellman Special Exhibits Area of
the
Hanni Strahl Concert Hall, this
exhibit spotlights a man whose accomplishments are unequaled in the accordion
world and whose influence touches virtually every American accordionist.
Each of the five major displays already present in this area
represent compilations located throughout the museum:
Charles Magnante’s Musical Estate, the Hugo
Herrmann Collection, Pietro Frosini Collection, the Deiro Brothers Performance Accordions, and Great
Russian Bayanists.
Focal center of the Palmer display is his last accordion, the
Titano Emperor V. This piano accordion is a double converter with
sustaining pedal basses, of which only a few were constructed.
Instrumental in the acquisition is Willard Palmer, III, who
plans to attend this 96th anniversary of his father’s birthday.
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