RECORDING Remastered – The Big Squeeze

Recording the accordion carries unique (but manageable!) challenges

Welcome to RECORDING Remastered.

Over the past four decades, RECORDING has amassed an extensive archive covering the science, art and craft of making and recording music. With this column, our goal is to revisit standout articles from years past and, when appropriate, update them with fresh insight and context for today’s readers.

This month, we head back to October 2018 for an article by Bill Stunt offering tips and techniques for recording one of the more unique acoustic keyboard instruments around: the squeeze box—I mean, the accordion.

Take it away, Bill!