Tony
The Ettore name, as you well know, is a very important name in the accordion industry. Sorry to hear of his passing. You're fortunate to have studied with him.
I believe you're from Rhode Island, well you have a great player from there by the name of Angelo DiPippo, but I'm sure you already know that. He's been living in New York for a number of years.
Being an accordion player myself, I clicked on the link you posted, and I didn't realized all the activity that's still going on with the accordion, especially in Europe. I don't get to play it much anymore, being more involved with the piano and PSR3000.
Thanks for the post.
Peter