Shops
Accordions of London
356a Kilburn High Road, London NW6 2QH Tel: (020 7624 9001)
Surely one of the largest accordion shops in England, run by piano accordion virtuoso John Leslie. The business deals mainly in piano and continental chromatic systems with a good range of midi instruments for the classical market. There are always some diatonic instruments available but you always feel that they are sneered at by the classical people working there.
Allodi Accordions
Lewisham, London
A piano accordion shop mainly, but a well established one of 50 years standing. Some melodeons available and a good repair & tuning service.
Birmingham Accordion Centre
Birmingham
An accordion dealer who has some melodeon stock - usually available Serenellini, Hohner & Delicia.
The Button Box
9 East Pleasant St, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Based in the NorthEast of the USA, The Button Box is the place to go for all your squeezeables. Also the makers of Morse Concertinas and the organizers of The NorthEast Squeeze-In workshop & session weekend for all free-reed instruments.
CGM Musical Services
CGM Musical Services, nr Falkirk, Scotland. Run by Charlie Marshall. Mail order (on-line and phone) supplier of a wide range of melodeon and accordion parts.
Hobgoblin Music
Crawley, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham and Wadebridge
The oldest and largest folk instrument shop chain in England. Hobgoblin started off as a market stall selling concertinas and has grown ever since with an emphasis on free-reed instruments. As many of the shops are franchises, the melodeon range varies with the best selections in the London and Crawley shops. Main lines are Castagnari, Delicia and Scarlatti (Chinese import) plus others and second-hand.
The Music Room
Cleckheaton, Oxford, Nottingham
Formerly Dave Mallinson Music, The Music Room is now run by John Turner and Martyn Banks. Essentially a folk shop, but melodeons are a great speciality with good service, advice and a large range - plus a tuning and repairs service.
All makes & second hand. Dealers for Saltarelle, Dino Baffetti, Hohner.
PJ Music
Botesdale, Diss, Norfolk tel 01379 890088
PJ, aka Pete Cunningham can usually be found at festival stalls up and down the country when not at his shop near Diss. He always has some melodeon stock.
Rolston Accordions
Based in Bellshill, Lanarkshire and Sauchen, Aberdeen
A Scottish Accordion dealer since 1984. The company sells mainly Piano Accordions but deal in Cavagnolo, Excelsior, Hohner and Fisart melodeons and B/C button accordions.
The Box Place -
Gateshead
Theo is primarily a restorer and repairer of free-reed instruments, although he normally has a few restored instruments for sale at any given time.
Thrift Music
Frinton-
Run by Jon & Pam Fitzgerald. Their melodeon range covers many popular makes but they specialise in Weltmeister and new for this year, the Bernard Loffet range.
Wesson Accordion Company
Welshpool, Wales
Rees Wesson is a melodeonist who plays in Country Dance and Cajun bands. His business deals mainly through festival stalls and mail order. The main lines are Castagnari and Gabanelli although Rees often has other makes and some second hand stock.