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AMICAMICAA 20032003 PORPORTLTLANDAND •• OREGOOREGONN The AMICA BULLETIN AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS’ ASSOCIATION JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003 VOLUME 40, NUMBER 1 THE AMICA BULLETIN AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors’ Association, a non-profit, tax exempt group devoted to the restoration, distribution and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper music rolls and perforated music books. AMICA was founded in San Francisco, California in 1963. ROBIN PRATT, PUBLISHER, 630 EAST MONROE ST., SANDUSKY, OH 44870-3708 -- Phone 419-626-1903, e-mail: [email protected] Visit the AMICA Web page at: http://www.amica.org Associate Editor: Mr. Larry Givens VOLUME 40, Number 1 January / February 2003 AMICA BULLETIN Display and Classified Ads FEATURES Articles for Publication Letters to the Publisher A Grand Event — 10 Chapter News AMICA - Italy— 11 Upcoming Publication DEADLINES Pseudonym’s — 12 The ads and articles must be received Oliver Denton — 13 by the Publisher on the 1st of the Odd number months: Coenraad V. Bos — 14 January July March September Chickering Pianoforte Manufactory — 22 May November Carry On — 30 Bulletins will be mailed on the 1st week of the even months. Letter from Mrs. Bartier — 31 Robin Pratt, Publisher Convention — 33 630 East Monroe Street Sandusky, Ohio 44870-3708 Phone: 419-626-1903 e-mail: [email protected] DEPARTMENTS AMICA International — 2 MEMBERSHIP SERVICES President’s Message — 3 New Memberships . $42.00 From the Publisher’s Desk — 3 Renewals . $42.00 Calendar of Events — 4 Additional $5.00 due if renewed past the Jan. 31 deadline Letters —5 Address changes and corrections Tech Tips —32 Directory information updates Chapter News — 38 Additional copies of Classified Ads — 50 Member Directory . $25.00 Single copies of back issues ($10.00 per issue - based upon availability) William Chapman (Bill) 53685 Avenida Bermudas Front Cover: Viewing of Mt. Hood. AMICA Convention in Portland, OR. La Quinta, CA 92253-3586 (760) 564-2951 Inside Front: Constance Mering, contributed by Bill Knorp e-mail: [email protected] Back Cover: House & Garden, January 1923 To ensure timely delivery of your Inside Back Cover: McClure’s Magazine BULLETIN, please allow 6-weeks advance notice of address changes. AMICA Publications reserves the right to accept, reject, or edit any and all submitted articles and advertising. Entire contents © 2003 AMICA International 1 AMICA INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS CHAPTER OFFICERS PRESIDENT Dan C. Brown BOSTON AREA NORTHERN LIGHTS N. 4828 Monroe Street Pres. Bill Koenigsburg -(978) 369-8523 Pres: Phil Baird Spokane, WA 99205-5354 Vice Pres: Bob Tempest Vice Pres: 509-325-2626 Sec: Ginger Christiansen Sec: Jason E. Beyer - (507) 454-3124 e-mail: [email protected] Treas: Karl Ellison Treas: Howie O’Neill PAST PRESIDENT Linda Bird Reporter: Don Brown Reporter: Dorothy Olds 3300 Robinson Pike Board Rep: Karl Ellison Board Rep: Dorothy Olds Grandview, MO 64030-2275 CHICAGO AREA PACIFIC CAN-AM Phone/Fax 816-767-8246 Pres: Carl Kehret - (360) 892-3161 e-mail: OGM [email protected] Pres: Curt Clifford - (630) 279-0872 Vice Pres: John Mueller Vice Pres: Peg Kehret VICE PRESIDENT Mike Walter Sec: Thad Kochanny Sec: Halie Dodrill 65 Running Brook Dr., Treas: Bev Spore Treas: Joe Pekarek Lancaster, NY 14086-3314 Reporter: Mark Smithberg Reporter: Kathy Stone 716-656-9583 Board Rep: Carl Dodrill e-mail: [email protected] Board Rep: George Wilder Sierra Nevada SECRETARY Christy Counterman FOUNDING CHAPTER Pres: John Motto-Ros - (209) 267-9252 544 Sunset View Drive, Akron, Ohio 44320 Pres: Bing Gibbs - (408) 253-1866 Vice Pres: Sonja Lemon 330-864-4864 Vice Pres: Karen Ann Simons Sec/Treas: Doug & Vicki Mahr e-mail: [email protected] Sec: Lyle Merithew & Sandy Swirsky Reporter: Nadine Motto-Ros TREASURER Wesley Neff Treas: Richard Reutlinger Board Rep: John Motto-Ros Reporter: Tom McWay 128 Church Hill Drive, Findlay, Ohio 45840 SOWNY (Southern Ontario, Registered agent for legal matters Board Rep: Richard Reutlinger 419-423-4827 Western New York) e-mail: [email protected] GATEWAY CHAPTER Pres: Mike Walter - (716) 656-9583 PUBLISHER Robin Pratt Pres: Tom Novak - Vice Pres: Stan Aldridge 630 E. Monroe Street, Sandusky, Ohio 44870-3708 Vice Pres: Bob Crowley Sec/Mem. Sec: Gary & Anne Lemon 419-626-1903 Sec,/Treas: Jane Novak Treas: Holly Walter e-mail: [email protected] Reporter: Mary Wilson Reporter: Frank Warbis MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY William Chapman (Bill) Board Rep: Gary Craig Board Rep: 53685 Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA 92253-3586 760-564-2951 – Fax 775-923-7117 HEART OF AMERICA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA e-mail: [email protected] Pres: Ron Bopp - (918) 786-4988 Pres: Frank Nix - (818) 884-6849 Vice Pres: Tom McAuley Vice Pres: Richard Ingram — COMMITTEES — Sec/Treas: Robbie Tubbs Sec./Reporter. Shirley Nix AMICA ARCHIVES Stuart Grigg Reporter: Joyce Brite Treas: Ken Hodge 20982 Bridge St., Southfield, MI 48034 - Fax: (248) 356-5636 Board Rep: Ron Connor Board Rep: Frank Nix AMICA MEMORIAL FUND Judy Chisnell LADY LIBERTY TEXAS 3945 Mission, Box 145, Rosebush, MI 48878-9718 517-433-2992 Pres: Vincent Morgan (718) 479-2562 Pres: Jerry Bacon - (214) 328-9639 Vice Pres: Keith Bigger Vice Pres: Tony Palmer (817) 261-1334 AUDIO-VISUAL & TECHNICAL Harold Malakinian Sec./Treas: Janet Tonnesen 2345 Forest Trail Dr., Troy, MI 48098 Sec: Richard Karlsson Treas: Ira Malek Board Rep: Dick Merchant CONVENTION COORDINATOR Frank Nix Reporter:Marty Rosa Bulletin Reporter: Bryan Cather 6030 Oakdale Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91367 818-884-6849 Board Reps: Marvin & Dianne Polan Newsletter Editor: Bryan Cather HONORARY MEMBERS Jay Albert MIDWEST (OH, MI, IN, KY) Southern Skies 904-A West Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-4745 Pres: Stuart Grigg - (248) 356-5005 Pres: Bill Shrive (Acting President) (805) 966-9602 - e-mail: [email protected] Vice Pres: Stuart Grigg [email protected] PUBLICATIONS Robin Pratt Sec: Judy Wulfekuhl Vice Pres: 630 E. Monroe St., Sandusky, OH 44870-3708 Treas: Alvin Wulfekuhl Sec: Treas: Dee Kavouras (352) 527-9390 WEB MASTER Meta Brown Reporter: Christy Counterman Board Rep: Liz Barnhart Reporter: 400 East Randolph Street, Apt. 3117, Chicago, IL 60601 Board Rep: 312-946-8417 — Fax 312-946-8419 AFFILIATED SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ATOS website: http//stlouis.missouri.org/fsjoplin MUSICAL BOX SOCIETY 43 Great Percy St., London WC1X 9RA President - Nelson Page [email protected] INTERNATIONAL England The Galaxy Theatre INTERNATIONAL PIANO Rosanna Harris, Editor PLAYER PIANO GROUP 7000 Blvd East, Guttenberg, NJ 07093 ARCHIVES AT MARYLAND 5815 West 52nd Avenue Julian Dyer, Bulletin Editor Phone: (201) 854-7847 Fax: (201) 854-1477 Performing Arts Library,University of Maryland Denver, CO 80212 5 Richmond Rise, Workingham, E-Mail: [email protected] 2511 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Phone: (303) 431-9033 Fax: (303) 431-6978 Berkshire RG41 3XH, United Kingdom Editor - Vernon P. Bickel E-Mail: [email protected] 786 Palomino Court College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 0118 977 1057 San Marcos, CA 92069-2102 Phone: (301) 405-9224 NETHERLANDS MECHANICAL Email: [email protected] Phone: (760) 471-6194 Fax: (760) 471-9194 Fax: (301) 314-7170 ORGAN SOCIETY - KDV E-Mail: [email protected] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION E-Mail: [email protected] A. T. Meijer Division of Musical History AUSTRALIAN COLLECTORS OF INT. VINTAGE PHONO & MECH. Wilgenstraat 24 Washington, D.C. 20560 MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MUSIC SOCIETY NL-4462 VS Goes, Netherlands SOCIETY FOR SELF-PLAYING 19 Waipori Street C.G. Nijsen, Secretaire General NORTHWEST PLAYER PIANO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS St. Ives NSW 2075, Australia 19 Mackaylaan ASSOCIATION Gesellschaft für Selbstspielende 5631 NM Eindhoven, Netherlands DUTCH PIANOLA ASSOC. Everson Whittle, Secretary Musikinstrumente (GSM) E.V. Nederlandse Pianola Vereniging MUSICAL BOX SOCIETY OF GREAT 11 Smiths Road, Darcy Lever, Ralf Smolne Eikendreef 24 BRITAIN Bolton BL3 2PP, Gt. Manchester, England Emmastr. 56 5342 HR Oss, Netherlands Alan Pratt, Editor Home Phone: 01204 529939 D-45130 Essen, Germany FRIENDS OF SCOTT JOPLIN P. O. Box 299 Business Phone: 01772 208003 Phone:**49-201-784927 1217 St. Croix Ct. Waterbeach, Cambridge CB4 4PJ Fax:**49-201-7266240 PIANOLA INSTITUTE Email: [email protected] Kirkwood, MO 63122-2326 England Clair Cavanagh, Secretary 2 President’s Message I’m pleased to report that Karl Ellision and Bill Chapman have made significant progress on the new membership directory. They have put a great deal of time into entering and editing the data and I think we’ll have the most accurate and up-to-date directory we’ve ever had. In their sharing of the efforts to me, it became evident that some articles on basics of automatic music would be helpful to members. We all get a lot of enjoyment from our collections, but I have to believe that knowing more about our instruments would enhance our enjoyment. How about submitting some articles on player piano and piano basics for the Bulletin? Robin Pratt will work with you to put your information into usable form for publication. You’d be surprised at some of the information which was submitted by members. I’m pretty sure there isn’t such a thing as an Ampico Recordo, for example. Write up your own experiences with instruments or a particular instrument in your collection or memory. It’s also been interesting at the variations in the way people are measuring the length of their grand pianos, too. Articles don’t have to be technically inclined to be useful and interesting. Look forward to getting a “new and improved” directory before long. With Spring, community activities start to present themselves. Don’t forget to see if an AMICA presentation can be included. We’ve seen from chapter reports the kind of interest that giving the public a chance to listen and play an automatic instrument can generate. It’s a great opportunity to have brochures available and to generate new membership.