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SUMMER BULLETIN SCHEDULE SOLO-CAROLA As indicated in last month's Bulletin, please take note that this INFORMA1"ION EXCHANGE will be the last Bulletin issued until the combined August/September Bulletin to be prepared and mailed to you As a by-product of the Ilgenfritz study, I have started to for delivery in September. There will not be a separate August compile a list of all Solo-Carola rolls. There are apparently issue. about 600 by the numbers that I have seen, and about a third Deadline for the August/September Bulletin will be August of these have been identified, listed, and cross-indexed with 10th. Recordo and Imperial where possible. About 80% of the rolls listed to date have exact counterparts in Recordo or Imperial and may have equivalents in both. ERNST SCHELLING I will be glad to provide a listing of these 200 known rolls (numbers only) upon receipt of a return envelope with a 15¢ (LOAN) ROLLS NEEDED stamp. Any additional numbers that anyone can provide will be added to the list. The present version of the list (including The New Jersey Chapter of AMICA has decided to present an titles and artists) is available for postage and copy cost ($1.00), "Ernst Schelling Soiree," to be presented in the local (cultural) but I suggest waiting for an updated version including the theatre as an historical tribute to him, at his birth place. data that will hopefully be forthcoming from this request. We do have some Schelling rolls, however we would like to Bobert H. Bowerman, 222 Maintonomi Avenue, Middletown, buy or borrow more for this concert. If anyone can assist, the RI 02840. following Duo-Art rolls are needed: #7215 Nocturne (Ragusa - played by Paderewski-ALL the others were played by Ernst Schelling). #101588 Home, Sweet Home. #5770-86-99 Sonata B Minor, Liszt. COLOR COVER MATERIAL And the following WelteMignon rolls: NEEDED FOR CHRISTMAS BULLE"rlN ,/ B 1448 Mazurka C Major Gp. 56, #2, Chopin BY TOM BECKETT C 1444 Nocturne B Major, Gp. 62, #1, Chopin C 1450 Soiree dans Granade, Debussy The last couple of years we have been very fortunate in C 1451 Tacatta, Debussy having excellent material donated to us for use in making up 1445 Etude, A flat Major, Gp. 10, #10, Chopin our Christmas issue (December) cover. So far nothing really 1446 Etude F Major, Gp. 25, #3, Chopin suitable has come in this year and so I ask that anyone who may have something that is seasonally appropriate please 1447 2 Preludes, C Major, Gp. 28, #1 & Bb Maj., #21, Chopin consider forwarding it to us for possible Bulletin use. Your 1449 Prelude & Fugue, E Minor, Mendelssohn original will be carefully handled and returned and you will 1452 Au Chateau de Wiligrad, Schelling be given published credit for the cover. 1453 Romance, C# Minor, Schelling Please contact: William Dean, 15 Hahn Street, Washington, NJ 07882 NOMINATING COMMITTEE SELECTION The AMICA Nominating Committee announces it has selected Cover - Design created from a 1925 Duo-Art Tom Beckett as its candidate for the office of Publisher for advertisement. Reprinted from Through You I Live the upcoming 1 year (1979-80) term. Forever, courtesy Beckett/Zahm. Bill Eicher, Chairman AMICA NGMCGM INDEX INTERNATIONAL AMICA 105 AMICA FORUM 113 INSTRUMENTS 114 ROLLS & MUSIC 115 EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article on the evolution of MIDWEST 115 the music roll was photographed from the original printed in IOWA 118 an August, 1927 copy of "The Tuner's Journal" contributed by BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Dick Merchant. Harold Samuel 122 The un;derlinings were drawn in by the original owner (not TECHNICALITIES 122 Dick). The article was not re-set (without underlines) because of the length involved. Article begins on page 106. - 105- The Evolution of the Music Roll By Charles F. Stoddard (Inventor of the Ampico) , Director, Research Lab­ oratory, American Piano Company, New York City Convention Address HEN Mr. O'Meara asked me to talk January 24, 1842. Until about 1850 the to you on the subject of evolution, I only mechanrca11yoperated keyboard instru­ W immediately asked him if he did not ments were organs. At this time, we find realize that many people associate evolution Hunt and Bradish in Warren. Ohio. taking with the monkey, and he replied that there out a patent on a little pianoforte controlled are just as many who associate the music by a paper music roll and actuated by a roIl with the monkey.
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