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Kimmo Mattila welcoming CIA Delegates and Guests to the Accordion Manufacturing
and Repair School Department in Ikaalinen | Students
Anne-Mari Kanniainen, Jyri Snäll
and Hannes Kivi |
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Anne-Mari
Kanniainenn offering a tour of the facility | An
example of an early accordion plan |
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An
example of an early accordion sketch | Some
of the wood work in early stages |
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More
of the wood work |
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Tood
frames begin to take shape | The
bellows take shape |
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The
reeds are made from scratch | Step
by step the mechanism is inserted |
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The
instrument is taking final form | The
instruments of student Jyri Snäll
featuring a prototype small instrument and a large diatonic instrument |
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Jyri
Snäll
proudly displays his work | Heli
Latva-Kiskola shows the instrument she has made, while CIA General Secretary looks
on |
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The
school is also a center for repairing instruments |
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The
accordion clock | Kimmo
Mattila with guest Jessica Silfverberg. (Jesica's father Juha was a contestant
in the 1975 Coupe Mondiale held in Helsinki.) |
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Materials
for accordion repair | UK
Delegate and 2008 Coupe Mondiale Organizer Graham Laurie touring the workshop
at the School |
