Soon a twenty-something with a pixie haircut and a young Russian boy showed up for their lessons. "Accordion is coming back," Gaughenbaugh said, smiling. "For a while it was kind of a joke." ...

Before she arrived and began to preach its merits, finding the instrument - let alone lessons in it - was not easy in the Tulsa area. One of few accordion teachers in the region, Cottingham gave ...