STEAMPUNKED ACCORDION, 2016

 


Shortly after moving to the US, I met a guy named Lenny Luzzi, a graphics designer by day and accordion player by night. Knowing how much Lenny loved accordions (he had about 10 of them, last time I checked), and after a series of steampunked guitars, I decided to expand by making this instrument, which I gave Lenny. This was quite a complicated paint job, as I had to take a very foreign instrument apart to paint it without damaging the internal parts, and I also had to make sure the various pieces I stuck in there wouldn’t cause an air leak, as the accordion is a wind instrument. Good looking piece, I think.


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