Pushing Accordions (And Why Not?) In Oak Lawn, Illinois

“‘I am going to sell you an accordion,’ said Anne Romagnoli,” the octogenarian proprietor of the Italo-American Accordion Co. “‘Not right — ‘ began the teenage boy. ‘No, listen, I’ve got to sell you an accordion. Why can’t I sell you an accordion? You need an accordion. Look at you.’ … You need an accordion? She sells accordions. You need a leather strap to shoulder that 30-pound instrument? She sells the leather straps. Need anything else? She sells nothing else.”