- Ah, I'm tell you, I feel sorry if I have to retire.

You know why?

I have so many customers that say,

"Alex, you never retire."

I say, "No, one day I'll have to retire, no?"

(accordion music)

(Greek style accordion music)

My name is Alex Carozza

and I fix accordions since 1960 in New York.

The people comes from all over the world

to fix the accordion cause they say

that I'm the best, I don't know.

(chuckles)

This sometime breaks, you have to change.

Very difficult.

I'm the only one in New York that

fix accordions in this moment, you know?

See, I fix the accordion and I lose the customer

because I fix the accordion correctly.

(laughs)

Honest.

I have this one for example, take a look.

This is a very old accordion.

Ooh.

At least this accordion is 75 years old.

- [Interviewer] How old are you?

- Ha, if I tell you, you won't believe it.

I'm 88.

You believe it?

I swear.

How old is him?

If I tell you 93 you won't believe it.

We working together 60 years.

Since 1949.

(laughs)

- Like yesterday, yeah?

- Yeah, looks like yesterday right?

(accordion music)

You gotta understand, an instrument is like a

some part of your life.

You care for the instrument more than anything else.

I love this more than anything else.

It's not the money sometimes in life.

If you are healthy and happy, money doesn't count.

This is what I believe.

Maybe I'm wrong but,

now you have all my secrets (chuckling).

It's good.

(accordion music)

Just like that.

(laughs)

Okay.