If your keys or buttons stick and you have been keeping your squeezebox in the case on the floor, put it on a top shelf. High humidity often causes sticking. Keep dust and dirt out of the bellows gussets by cleaning them from time to time with a soft brush. The accordion keys melted and had to be replaced. Guess he was just trying to get some hot music out of his instrument.
Travel When traveling with an accordion, store the instrument upside down, bass buttons down.
Yes, accordion buttons were designed to be depressed, but when all of the buttons are moved at the same time due to gravity working on the whole bass mechanism, the apparatus most likely will dive under the board that locates the buttons. How to prevent this If you will have the accordion with you, store it upside down in vehicles and planes, with plenty of padding under it. Or on the side with the bass side facing down. This is common for accordions shipped by the manufacturers. See How to Ship an Accordion .