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The B U L L E T http://www.amica.org The Volume 47, Number 2 March/April 2010 AMICA B U L L E T I N Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors’ Association Frank Lloyd Wright designed home The timeless splendor of Niagara Falls Shea’s Buffalo Theatre Band Organ Rally on grounds of historic Wurlitzer factory See: Page 98 and www.amica.org And much, much more..... (click on “highlights”) ISSN #1533›9726 ThE AMICA B ULLETIN AU ToMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CoLLECToRS' ASSoCIATIoN Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors’ Asso - Visit the AMICA web site at: http://www.amica.org ciation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax exempt group devoted to the to enter the “Members-Only” portal, restoration, distribution and enjoyment of musical instruments Current User Name: AMICA using perforated paper music rolls and perforated music books. Current password: tracker AMICA was founded in San Francisco, California in 1963. VoLUME 47, Number 2 March/April 2010 AMICA BULLETIN FEATURES DEADLINES House of Wurlitzer . by Gary Rasmussen . 86 Ads and articles must be received AMICA’s 2010 Buffalo Convention. .. 100 on the 1st of the ODD months: Magnificent Organs of Hanford, CA. by Shirley Nix . 119 January July March September May November Bulletins will ordinarily be mailed in the 1st week of the even months, for COLUMNS expected delivery mid-month. President’s Message. 80 Terry Smythe Editorial Observations . 80 55 Rowand Avenue Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3J2N6 Membership Update. 81 204-832-3982 (email preferred) Letters. .81 [email protected] Nickel Notes . by Matthew Jaro. .82 Chapter News . .106 MEMBERSHIP SERVICES In The News . 122 Membership Dues: USA Bulk Mail . $55.00 Of Interest . 130 USA First Class . .$70.00 Overseas . .$70.00 Our Published Heritage. .. 135 Canada-Mexico . .$65.00 In Memoriam . 136 Renewals – Additional $5.00 due if renewed past the Jan. 31 deadline Advertising . .137 Address changes and corrections Piano Roll Suppliers . .144 Directory information updates Additional copies of Member Directory . $25.00 Single copies of back issues ($10.00 per issue – based upon availability) William Chapman (Bill) 53685 Avenida Bermudas La Quinta, CA 92253-3586 Front Cover: 2010 AMICA Convention by SOWNY Chapter, our host (760) 564-2951 [email protected] Front Cover Border: from Welte-Mignon Roll Bulletin cover February 1926 To ensure timely delivery of your Inside Front: Ad from Andy Adams, Gold Leaf Galleries BULLETIN , please allow 6-weeks Inside Back Cover: Sheet Music Cover from Library of Congress advance notice of address change s. outside Back Cover: Ad from Tim Trager AMICA Publications reserves the right to accept, reject, or edit any and all submitted articles and advertising. While the AMICA Bulletin offers accurate and historic information to its members, the bulletin, its publisher and the AMICA Board cannot be held responsible for contributions that may be considered by some as inaccurate, speculative, or of an OP/ED Format Entire contents © 2010 AMICA International Printed by Engler Printing Co., Fremont, OH • [email protected] 77 AMICA INTERNATIoNAL - International officers - PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT EDIToR John Motto-Ros Mike Walter Terry Smythe 110 Allen Ranch Road 65 Running Brook Drive 55 Rowand Avenue Sutter Creek, CA 95685 Lancaster, NY 14086-3314 Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3J2N6 209-267-9252 716-656-9583 204-832-3982 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Tim Baxter Robbie Tubbs 939 Briarcliff Rd NE 7405 Willow Atlanta, GA 30306-4664 Raytown, MO 64133 404-377-1220 816-313-1075 [email protected] [email protected] SECRETARY MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Marlene Beckman William Chapman (Bill) 4046 SE 53rd Street 53685 Avenida Bermudas Berryton, KS 66409-9714 La Quinta, CA 92253-3586 785-862-0128 Phone & Fax: 760-564-2951 [email protected] [email protected] - Committees - AMICA ARCHIVES CoNVENTIoN CooRDINAToR Tom Hutchinson Frank Nix 15361 Hopper Road 6030 Oakdale Avenue Sturgeon, MO 65284 Woodland Hills, CA 91367 573-442-6675 818-884-6849 [email protected] [email protected] AMICA MEMoRIAL FUND HALL oF FAME Ray Dietz Thomas & Donna Stengel 1250 Lanier Road 46 Court St. Martinsville, VA 24112-5212 Lancaster NY 14086-2302 276-638-8563 716-683-5309 [email protected] [email protected] AUDIo-VISUAL & TECHNICAL WEBSITE MANAGER Harold Malakinian Karl Ellison 2345 Porest Trail Drive 6 Lions Lane Troy, MI 48098 Salem, MA 01970-1784 248-528-3111 978-740-5680 [email protected] [email protected] 78 AMICA Bulletin › Mar/Apr 2010 AMICA INTERNATIoNAL Chapter officers BoSToN AREA Treas: Maryam Morgan Treas: Barry Weiss Pres: Bob Hunt - 207-985-2308 Reporter: Martin "Buzz" Rosa Reporter: Larry Emmons Vice Pres: John VanOpdorp Board Rep: Dianne Polan Board Rep: TBD Sec: TBD 631-673-0388 Treas: Dorothy Bromage [email protected] (Dianne) SoWNY (Southern ontario,Western New York) Reporter: Don Brown Newsletter Editor: Bill Maguire Pres: Mike Walter - 716-656-9583 Board Rep: Bob Hunt - [email protected] [email protected] MIDWEST (oH, MI, IN, KY) Vice Pres: Tom Cardinal - CHICAGo AREA Pres: Don Johnson - 248-650-1840 [email protected] Pres: Jerry Biasella - 708-756-3307 [email protected] Sec: Garry Lemon Vice Pres: Richard Van Metre Vice Pres: Liz Barnhart [email protected] Sec: Carol Veome - 773-338-1042 Sec: Hilda Merchant Treas: Holly Walter [email protected] Treas: Alvin Wulfekuhl [email protected] Treas: Joe Pekarek Reporter: Christy Counterman Reporter: Garry & Anne Lemon Reporter: Curt Clifford Board Rep: Liz Barnhart [email protected] Board Rep: TBD Board Rep: Glenn Roat - NoRTHERN LIGHTS [email protected] FoUNDING CHAPTER Pres: Paul Watkins - 763-421-0672 Photographers: Nancy Group & Anne Lemon Pres: John Ulrich - 510-223-9587 [email protected] [email protected] Vice Pres: Ron Olsen SoUTHERN CALIFoRNIA Vice Pres: Karen Simons Sec: Michael LuBrant Pres: Richard Ingram - 760-244-0251 Sec: Jack Edwards Treas: Barbara Watkins Vice Pres: Mike Choate Treas/Bd Rep: Lyle Merithew & Sandy Swirsky Reporter: Jerrilynn Boehland Sect/Reporter: Shirley Nix Reporter: Bonnie and Bob Gonzalez Board Rep: Alan Turner & Paul Watkins Treas: Diane Reidy Board Rep: Frank Nix HEART oF AMERICA PACIFIC CAN-AM Pres: Robbie Tubbs - 816-313-1075 Pres: Bill Mote - 360-403-1970 TEXAS [email protected] [email protected] Pres: Rich Clayton - 972-369-0470 Vice Pres: Dan Davis Vice Pres: David Goodwin richclayton®sbcglobal.net Sec: T. Moffett Secretary: Judy Mote Vice Pres: Bill Boruff Treas: Brian Graham Treas: Mark Smithberg [email protected] Reporter: Gary Craig Reporter: TBD Treas: Vicki Brady Board Rep: HC & Marlene Beckman Bd. Rep: Dan Brown [email protected] Secretary: Suzanne McCall LADY LIBERTY RoCKY MoUNTAIN [email protected] Pres: John Dousmanis Pres: Jere DeBacker - 303-367-1493 Bulletin Reporter: Ken Long Vice Pres: Vincent Morgan - 718-479-2562 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice Pres: Ken Hodge Board Rep: John & Suzanne McCall - Sec: Bob Stuhmer Sec: Louise Lucero j-mccall@sbcglobal .net Affiliated Societies and organizations American Theatre organ Society (AToS) Friends of Scott Joplin Northwest Player Piano Association President - Ken Double 1217 St. Croix Ct. Everson Whittle, Secretary 1201 McDuffie St. #173 Kirkwood, MO 63122-2326 11 Smiths Road, Darcy Lever, Houston, TX 77019 website: http//stlouis.missouri.org/fsjoplin Bolton BL3 2PP, Gt. Manchester, England Phone:713-520-1911 Email: [email protected] Home Phone: 01204 529939 Email: [email protected] Business Phone: 01772 208003 Theatre Organ Editor - Jeff Weiler International Piano Archives at Maryland 1845 South Michigan Avenue #1905 Performing Arts Library,University of Maryland Pianola Institute Chicago, IL 60616 2511 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Clair Cavanagh, Secretary Phone: 312-842-7475 College Park, MD 20742 43 Great Percy St., London WC1X 9RA Email: [email protected] Phone:301-405-9224 England Fax: 301-314-7170 Associazione Italiana M usica Meccanica Email: [email protected] Player Piano Group Villa Silvia - Via Lizzano, 1241 Julian Dyer, Bulletin Editor 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy International Vintage Phono 5 Richmond Rise, Wokingham, Phone: 0039-547-323425 & Mechanical Music Society Berkshire RG41 3XH, United Kingdom Fax: 0039-547-661264 C.G. Nijsen, Secretaire General Phone: 0118 977 1057 Email: [email protected] 19 Mackaylaan Email: [email protected] Website: www.ammi-mm.it 5631 NM Eindhoven, Netherlands Smithsonian Institution Australian Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instru - Musical Box Society of Great Britain Division of Musical History ments Alan Pratt, Editor Washington, D.C. 20560 Peter Phillips - Editor P. O. Box 299 26 Alice Street Waterbeach, Cambridge CB4 4PJ Society For Self-Playing Musical Instruments Padstow, NSW 221, Australia England Gesellschaft fur Selbstspielende Phone: (612) 9773-4734 Musikinstrumente (GSM) E.V. email: [email protected] Musical Box Society International Ralf Smolne Rosanna Harris, Editor Emmastr. 56 Netherlands Pianola Association 5815 West 52nd Avenue D-45130 Essen, Germany Nederlandse Pianola Vereniging Denver, CO 80212 Phone: **49-201-784927 Att. Jan van Hulzen, Member of the Board Phone: 303-431-9033 Fax :**49-201-7266240 Chopinrode 25 Fax: 303-431-6978 Email: [email protected] 2717 BH Zoetermeer, Netherlands Email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Netherlands Mechanical organ Society-KDV A. T. Meijer Wilgenstraat 24 NL-4462 VS Goes, Netherlands AMICA Bulletin › Mar/Apr 2010 79 President’s Message Spring is in the air, and we have 400+ daffodils starting to bloom here at home. It was a long winter indoors with foot pumpers, reproducing pianos, etc. The weather is getting warmer, and now many AMICAns have their instruments (organs and more) ready to attend outdoor events. As I have stated many times before, each chapter is a recruiting office for AMICA. I believe in visibility, and AMICA must be seen at public functions. The easiest way is a “silent salesman” positioned in a conspicuous place. A “silent salesman” is a membership application holder (see photos).
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