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And Musical Clocks OFFICERS INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS CHAPTER OFFICERS PRESIDENT NO. CALIFORNIA Bob Rosencrans Pres.: Howard Koff. 36 Hampden Rd. Vice Pres.: Phil McCoy Upper Darby, PA 19082 Sec.: Dick Reutlinger Treas.: Bill Wherry VICE PRESIDENT Reporter: Stuart Hunter Richard Drewniak 191 Capen Blvd. SO. CALIFORNIA AMICA MEMBERSHIP RATES: Amherst, NY 14226 Pres.: Prentiss Knowlton Vice Pres.: Elliott N. Lacy Continuing Members: $15 Dues SECRETARY Sec.: Evelyn Meeder New Members, add $5 processing fee Isadora Koff Treas.: Lewis Troffer 2141 Deodara Dr. Reporter: Bill Toeppe Lapsed Members, add $3 processing fee Los Altos, CA 94022 TEXAS BULLETIN Pres.: Tony Palmer Tom Beckett Vice Pres.: James Guinn 6817 Cliffbrook Sec/Treas.: Haden Vandiver Dallas, TX 75240 Reporter: Dick Barnes THE AMICA NEWS BULLETIN MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY MIDWEST (New memberships and Pres.: Milton Cooperman mailing problems) Vice Pres.: Jim Prendergast Anita Nickels Johnson Sec.: Jim Weisenborne Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' P. O. Box 666 Treas.: Alvin Wulfekuhl Association, a non·profit club devoted to the restoration, distribu· Grand June tion, CO 81501 Reporter: Molly Yeckley tion and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper music rolls. TREASURER PHILADELPHIA AREA Contributions: All subjects of interest to readers of the bulletin Jack & Mary Riffle Pres: Donald Wood are encouraged and invited by the pUblisher. All articles must be 5050 Eastside Calpella Rd. Vice Pres.: Larry Cornell received by the 10th of the preceding month. Every attempt will be Ukiah, CA 95482 Sec.: Barbara Macartney made to publish all articles of general Interest to AMICA members Treas.: Doris Berry at the earliest possible time and at the discretion of the publisher. BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Reporter: Dick Merrill til N. Cal: Frenk Loob ADVERTISING S. Cal: Dick Rigg Line ad rate: 8<1 per .word, $1.20 minimum. SOWNY (So. Ontario, West NY) Texas: Steve Chapman Pres.: Stan Aldridge Page rate: $12.50 per quarter page or multiple thereof. Phil.: Larry Cornell Vice Pres.: Chuck Hannen Ad copy w"l be typeset (at additional cost) only if requested. Midwest: Bill Eicher Sec.: Janet Drewniak Each photograph or half·tone, $5.00 SOWNY: Dave Gaudieri Treas.: Tom Zorn Rky. Mt.: Toni Hart Reporter: Jim Brewer Camera·ready copy that is oversized or undersized will be New Jer.: Dan Schacher changed to correct size at your cost. ROCKY MOUNTAIN Camera-ready copy must reach the publisher by the 10th of COMMITTEES Pres.: Robert Moore the preceeding month. Technical Sec.: Sharon Paetzold Cash must accompany order. Typesetting or size alteration Mel Luchetti Treas.: Carl Paetzold charges will be b"led separately. Make checks payable to 3449 Mauricia Ave. Reporter: James Bratton AMICA INTERNATIONAL. Santa Clara, CA 95051 All ads will appear on the last pages of the BULLETIN. at the NEW JERSEY discretion of the publisher. Honorary Members Pres.: Peter W. Brown AIL E. Werolin Vice Pres.: Francis J. Mayer Publication of business advertiSln9 in no way implies AMICA's 2230 Oakdale Rd. Sec.: Jeffrey Morgan endorsement of any commercial operation. However, AMICA re­ Hillsborough, CA 94010 Treas.: Glenn W. Grabinsky serves the fight to refuse any ad that is not in keeping with AMICA's Reporter: Betty Schacher general standards or If complaints are received indicating that said business does not serve the best interests of the members of AMICA, according to its goals.dnd by-laws. AMICA Stationery, $3.20 (letter size), $1.75 AMICA ITEMS AMICA TECHNICALITIES BOOKS: Volume I (note size), including mailing charges. Fine (1969-1971). $5.50 postpaid; Volume II (1972· quality stationery with ornate AM ICA borders. FOR SALE 1974). $7 .. 50 postpaid; or order both sets for AMICA BULLETINS, BOUND ISSUES: 1969, Each packet contains 25 letters and matching $12.50 postpaid. Reprints of interesting techni· $9; 1971, $15; 1972, $15; 1973, $15; 1974 envelopes. Send orders to Robert Lemon, 4560 calities articles which have appeared in the unbound sets, $15; 1974 bound sets, $18; Green Tree Drive, Sacramento, CA 94823. AM ICA Bulletin, arranged and indexed into 1975 bound, $18; 1976 bound, $18, PRICES appropriate categories, spiral bound to lie flat. INCLUDE POSTAGE AND HANDLING. Spiral "They All Laughed When I Sat Down At The Send orders to Howard Koff., 2141 Deodara bound to lie flat. Send to Mary Lilien, 4260 Piano, But When IT Began To Play ..." Drive, Los Altos, CA 94022. Olympiad Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90043. This sound and color super-8 movie, produced ROLL LEADERS: DUO·ART, Authentic. For AMICA Sterling Silver Pins, $4.25, including by AM ICA members, is again available for loan order sheet, see the April, 1973 Bulletin. Nick mailing charges. Lapel pin or tie tack with to AMICA members and chapters. For more Jarrett, 3622 - 21 st Street, San Francisco, CA AMICA design. Order from Robert Lemon, information write to Howard Koff, 2141 94114. 4560 Green Tree Drive, Sacramento, CA 94823. Deodara Drive, Los Altos, CA 94022. Jnfernafional JlcfJ(JfBJl 1977 AMICA CONVENTION IN MEMORIUM ED nOR I S NOTE: CHARLES F. "TOO" CARNES This issue of the Bulletin deals primarily with the Died July 24, 1977 - Oakland California. September 1-4 AMICA Convention just concluded in San AMICA Treasurer' 1965-70. Avid collector Francisco. On top of expending super-human effort in of pianos and rolls. putting it all together, I asked the Convention Com­ mittee to speed all convention write-ups to me so I could publish them in the October issue. Since my EUGENE EBRIGHT deadline is the 10th, that really was asking a lot! But they came through marvelously - everything got Eugene Ebright, an AMICA member of Joplin, covered, and some things even got covered twice! This was killed in a private plane crash on left me with the dilemma: which article do I publish? Thursday, August 18. 1977. Besides Eugene's Couple all this with the fact that I was out of town interest in flying, he was an avid AMICA for 5 days attending a publisher's conference at the member and was one of the dedicated members deadline time - well, you can understand why the Bul­ that helped with the 1976 Mini-Convention letin is a little late. My apologies to those who in Joplin. wrote duplicate articles. In most cases, the first one received was the one printed because it was usual­ ly typed and ready for paste-up by the time the second one arrived. In a few instances I used the longer ar­ COMPUTER INFORMATION NEEDED ticle. But I want to thank all of you for your work and for the job you did on the convention. It was Any member who has computer time available, either tremendous! free or for a fee, to process the AMICA membership file please contact - David Gaudieri, 30 Walnut Pk., Rochester. NY 14622 - The machine must be an IBM S/360 or S/370 runnir'9 standard OS/360 or OS/VS WINE TASTING PARTY and PL/ I. OPENS CONVENTION FESTIVITIES BY FRANK LOOB Bulletin Cover; This month's cover was taken When it was decided to do a \,ine tasting at the AMICA from the 1977 AMICA Convention brochure design Convention in San Francisco, Christian Brothers in prepared by Mel Luchetti. Napa Valley was contacted and they very obligingly decided to conduct a wine tasting for us using some AMICA CONVENTION: of their premium wines. Wine tasting party 180 Friday technical sessions 181 Victorian house tour 182 Robert Armbruster concert 183 Ursula Deitrich-Hollinshead concert 183 Edwin Lester lecture 184 Social Notes (Alice B. Ampico) 184 Carillon to Ampichron 186 Saturday technical sessions 187 Convention Report - overview 188 Tom Hazleton concert 192 Ralston Mansion tour 192 Eubie Blake concert 193 Social Notes (Doris Duoart) 193 Ruth Bingaman Smith concert 194 Flora Mora concert 195 Dennis Condon film 195 Frank Denke concert 196 Jarod Clark open house 196 ROLLS & MUSIC 198 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 199 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 200 TEXAS 201 MIDWEST 202 SOWNY 203 TECHNICALITIES 205 Some of the wine tasting display set out by the representatives of Christian Brothers. - 180 - Jnfernafionat JlJKJ(8Jl .tt..,---.. Behind the scenes, Dick Reutlinger had his own unique The contingent from Christian Brothers consisting problems getting the local California Alcohol Bever­ of the able Randy Vahanian and his co-worker, Mel age Control-representative to allow the wine tasting Palmer arrived promptly at 6 P.M. just as the cable to be held in his home. Finally a phone call to car buses started discharging the first merry throng Sacra,mento to the "head people" straightened out the of conventioneers from the hotel. The wine tasting problem and we got the final OK about three days tables were gaily decorated with bunches of grapes before the date of I September. and display bottles of the wine to be tasted. The Victorian home was immaculate from top to bottom and while the wine was being poured our members wandered through the home "oohing" and "aahing" over the im­ peccably restored interior of Dick's home with all its lovely furnishings. The dining room tables contained hors' d'oeuvres and a selection of delectable cheeses to accompany the wine. Diane Hayden, our hostess for the evening chose the cheeses with excellent taste to be just "right" for the wine. The wines served were two whites; Johannisberg Reisling and a Fume Blanc; two reds, a Gamay Noir and a Cabernet Sauvignon and a very new just released LaSalle Rose. All of this delicious combination of food, wine, comraderie among members and a superb setting for such an occasion contributed to a truly gala beginning for a truly memorable convention. At the outside stairs to Dick Reutlinger's home ­ Isadora Koff ascending. - Sally Lawrence chose the Cable Car buses to shuttle the convention goers from the San Franciscan Hotel to Dick's home at 824 Grove street which is our ~lICA Headquarters in San Francisco and co-incidentally the site of our first museum.
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