My brother played. I played for a while, then my mother gave my accordion to my cousin, who later got his own accordion. No reason really, she just thought they were poor. They weren't. His sister got her own too. I was supposed to play my brothers gigantic man accordion, when i was in 3rd grade. I weighed 100 lbs, i was the 2nd tallest girl in class, but i could not handle the size, so i quit lessons. This is one of the reasons why i believed i fared better in life if i kept my distance from my mother.