on the accordion from 1942 to 1947. His music was influenced by the Acadian style of southern Louisiana. Flaco Jiménez: Popular accordionist in Tejano music. Gilberto Reyes: Popular accordionist in Tejano music. He repaired and tuned his own accordions, and made changes to his own button accordion. Because of this, the Hohner instrument company noticed him and invited him to work with them. He changed the tuning of the reeds in the button accordion to develop an accordion with Flaco Jiménez' preferred sound, making it ideal for Texas-Mexican music. Narciso Martínez: Often called an 'accordion pioneer' in Tejano music. Zé Calixto: Popular accordion virtuoso in northeast Brazil. Brother to Luizinho Calixto. Luizinho Calixto: Popular accordion virtuoso in northeast Brazil. Brother to Zé Calixto. Sharon Shannon: Irish musician David Hidalgo: Of the band Los Lobos See also List of All Ireland button accordion champions Bandoneon Bayan Concertina Garmon Melodeon Piano accordion Squeezebox Steirische Harmonika References Accordion