My girlfriend and I are looking into emigrating. No particular reason, ha ha. Are there any countries desperately in need of accordion technicians?
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Accordion repair deserts?
- Thread starter Big Squeezy Accordions
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I would guess most. But maybe if we had more competent accordion repairers here our society would improve dramatically. Just sayin’
I think most countries need more accordion repairers, so you can maybe focus more on which languages you master or think you can learn quickly. Most countries are not English-speaking, and if you want to be able to communicate with your customers, consider whether English as a second language is sufficiently common in your desired countries...
The poor man!Give Emilio Allodi a bell in London and express an interest in taking over his business.... he's shitting down after decades by the new year....
Please come to the UK, it's currently a socialist utopia!
Walker
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Scotland has apparently become the unofficial capital of the Hohner Morino, boasting an impressive 8.4 million N series alone, which means there are twice as many Morinos as people! And they all belt out tunes in wide musette. Awesome, I know! However, on the flip side are record high wait lists to see an audiologist... who are scarce - like finding a chromatic button accordionist in a haystack. This cacophony signals a golden age for the ear-care industry.
Heads up, Big Squeezy Bellows: your tuning talents are in high demand in the Highlands!
Dingo40
Been here for ages!
Australia!
Australia is not without flaws but could be considered.
English speaking: you'd feel right at home from day one!
(Including the TV programs)Increasingly multicultural but with a strong English/UK tradition: legal system, medicine, political system, financial system, language, government.
There are many expatriate Americans doing well here: politicians, teachers etc.
Our aircon installer recently was an American Italian with a strong NJ accent.
There are some downsides, including outrageous house/rent, electricity prices, water rates. A current housing shortage.
Some areas along the East Coast (Queensland and New South Wales) experience regular annual flooding, so don't buy real estate there, and we do drive on the left hand side!
Most of the state capitals could use more accordion technicians.
I'm sure an accordion technician could quality for residency under the "skills shortage" provision.
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Thanks. I love Australia. I spent 3 months touring there with a band 10 years ago. It's like a friendlier version of the US/UK with better beaches and the most amazing wildlife.Australia!
Australia is not without flaws but could be considered.
English speaking: you'd feel right at home from day one!
Increasingly multicultural but with a strong English/UK tradition: legal system, medicine, political system, financial system, language, government.
There are many expatriate Americans doing well here: politicians, teachers etc.
Our aircon installer recently was an American Italian with a strong NJ accent.
There are some downsides, including outrageous house/rent, electricity prices, water rates. A current housing shortage.
Some areas along the East Coast (Queensland and New South Wales) experience regular annual flooding, so don't buy real estate there, and we do drive on the left hand side!
Most of the state capitals could use more accordion technicians.
I'm sure an accordion technician could quality for residency under the "skills shortage" provision.
I love Scotland, what little I've seen of it, anyway. I spent a month in Edinburgh, performing at the Fringe a while back. The Scottish style of musette tuning could be considered a weapon of mass destruction, however.
Walker
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Contrary to popular belief, the Scottish musette's piercing tones tend to mellow over time; eventually the intense tinnitus diminishes its shrill wailing.
Wow! With that number of Morinos it's a good thing that the Scots use a very wide musette because we can never bring enough repairers together to tune 8.4 million Morinos in Scotland...
Walker
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...that was a conservative estimate.
Aren’t most of those Morinos woolly converters?
JeffJetton
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So I guess you could say other countries have Lessrinos?
Walker
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Siegmund
Well-known member
There's a whole country full of accordion makers who can't spell "converter," so it was only a matter of time until the Os started to overrun the Es (and ewes) in other words.
rauschmeier
Member
YES...San Francisco (which is kind of like its own country)! It's hard to believe in the city where the official musical instrument is the accordion there are no more accordion shops (Accordion Apocalypse left years ago and then Smythe departed from across the bridge a few years later).
Even with the cost of housing, I'd think that someone would run a "shop" out of their basement part-time like the couple or so in the surrounding areas (one to two hours away depending upon traffic).
I'd volunteer to test, clean, and handle the phone and internet for some tutoring on repairs!
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