ban smoking for healthier... accordions?

There is anecdotal evidence that the interiors of accordions played regularly in smoke filled environments are dirtied as a result of the trapping of contaminant particles circulating in the air as it filters through the instrument. We conducted a telephone survey of all workers involved in the cleaning, repair, maintenance, and renovation of accordions in the Republic of Ireland.

Confessions of an accordion cleaner
John F Garvey, Paul McElwaine, Thomas S Monaghan, Walter T McNicholas
BMJ  2007;335:630 (29 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.39346.507778.3A

via Globe and Mail (Agence France-Presse) - Ireland's cleaner accordions - September 29, 2007

DUBLIN -- Ireland's smoking ban has not just improved the air quality in its famous pubs, but has also boosted the quality of music sessions for drinkers, doctors reported yesterday.

Specifically, it has helped musicians clean up their traditional instruments, clogged up with years of dirt in smoke-filled pubs, so they can produce clearer sounds