I went to an accordion association meeting last night, and I had a blast. All the people who played had piano accordions, but the coordinator brought a Hohner Cajun diatonic with 2 stops. I was able to play a little bit with it, and it was fun. One of the guys, knowing I was interested in the diatonic, suggested that I go for the 3-row button type so that I would have more keys to work with. Makes sense, but all I see on You Tube are all the guys playing one row button models, probably most keyed in C. Is virtually all Cajun music C-accordion centric? Is it common for Cajun accordionists to bring multiple one-row boxes to gigs to accommodate multiple keys? Do some or many use 3-row models to solve that dilemma? And how would this relate to the popular DVD instruction courses out there? Thanks.

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