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MPR 'concertina' story quotes Rippley
December 21, 2009
A Minnesota Public Radio story about the concertina tradition in Minnesota includes St. Olaf Professor of German LaVern Rippley, author of a book about the concertina. He gives some background about the instrument's history and the fact that he's "optimistic" about the future of the folk art surrounding the concertina in this country.