It was established on March 9, 1938, and is currently based in Mt.

Pietro Deiro was the first president of the American Accordionists' Association.

The organization holds an annual accordion festival.

In 1957, the AAA contracted American composer Paul Creston to write a piece for the instrument; Prelude and Dance for accordion (Op.

Since then more than 60 original works for accordion have been commissioned from more than 30 composers.