Tony Kristoff

National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum

605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123

USA

E-mail: Polkashop@aol.com

Phone: 216-261-3263

Toll Free: 1-800-66POLKA

Fax: 216-261-4134

After moving to Cleveland from Thomas, West Virginia, button box and piano accordionist Tony Kristoff formed his orchestra in the early 1930s, along with brothers Frank, Benny and John. Among the real pioneers of Cleveland-Style polka music, the Kristoff Brothers played without amplification in local Slovenian homes and dance halls, and traveled to West Virginia and Pennsylvania for engagements. In his later years, Tony became a member of the Holmes Hall Buttonaires.

Inducted in 1990