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Larry G. Miller (born July 7, 1936) is a Cajun accordion maker from Iota, Louisiana. The brand name of his accordions is "Bon Cajun" (originally "Bon Tee Cajun").[1][2][3]
Biography
BearbeitenMiller is the son of sharecropper Abraham Miller and Algena Leger. He worked in primary and secondary education for 22 years, and began to build accordions as a hobby in 1978. In 1988, building accordions became his full-time profession. He was also one of the founders of the Cajun French Music Association. Miller retired from building accordions full-time in 2006. His grandson Jay continues to build accordions under the brand "Bon Cajun."[1][2]
In 2003, he estimated he built approximately 85 accordions and repaired 200Vorlage:Snd250 accordions each year.[1] He says each accordion was hand-crafted and took between 160 and 175 hours to make, and he made about 1200 in total.[3]
References
BearbeitenBibliography
Bearbeiten- Larry G. Miller, Mike Miller: You Can Play Cajun Accordion: Designed for Beginners. Swallow Publications, 1984, ISBN 978-0-9614245-9-6.
- Larry G. Miller: The Craft of Building Cajun Accordions. In: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 142. Jahrgang, 4_Supplement, Oktober 2017, S. 2570, doi:10.1121/1.5014396.
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- ↑ a b c Jiro Hatano: Larry Miller and Bon Cajun Accordions. 2003, archiviert vom am 18. Oktober 2011; abgerufen am 13. August 2011.
- ↑ a b Jeroen Nijhof: Accordion Links – Cajun and Zydeco. Archiviert vom am 21. April 2011; abgerufen am 18. März 2011.
- ↑ a b Cengiz Yar: The Accordion Maker. In: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 13. Juni 2018, abgerufen am 13. Juni 2024.