NEWS BULLETIN of the AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION

VOLUME 14 DECEMBER 1977 NUMBER 10 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 Amherst, NY 14226 Pres.: Prentiss Knowlton Vice Pres.: Elliott N. Lacy SECRETARY Sec.: Evelyn Meeder Isadora Koff Treas.: Lewis Troffer 2141 Deodara Dr. Reporter: Bill Toeppe AMICA MEMBERSHIP RATES: Los Altos, CA 94022 TEXAS Continuing Members: $15 Dues BULLETIN Pres.: Tony Palmer Tom Beckett Vice Pres.: James Guinn New Members, add $5 processing fee 6817 Cliffbrook Sec/Treas.: Haden Vandiver Lapsed Members, add$3 processing fee Dallas, TX 75240 Reporter: Dick Barnes

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY MIDWEST (New memberships and Pres.: Milton Cooperman mailing problems) Vice Pres.: Jim Prendergast Anita Nickels Johnson Sec.: Jim Weisenborne P. O. Box 666 Treas.: ,Alvin Wulfekuhl THE AMICA NEWS BULLETIN Grand June tion, CO 81501 Reporter: Molly Yeckley TREASURER Jack & Mary Riffle PHILADELPHIA AREA Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' 5050 Eastside Calpella Rd. Pres: Donald Wood Association. a non-profit club devoted to the restoration. distribu· Ukiah, CA 95482 Vice Pres.: Larry Cornell tion and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper Sec.: Barbara Macartney music rolls. BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Treas.: Doris Berry N. Cal: Frank Loob Reporter: Dick Merrill Contributions; All subjects of interest to readers of the bulletin S. Cal: Dick Rigg are encouraged and invited by the publisher. All articles must be Texas: Steve Chapman SOWNY (So. Ontario. West NY) received by the 10th of the preceding month. Every attempt will be Phil.: Larry Cornell Pres.: Stan Aldridge made to publish all articles of general interest to AMICA members Midwest: Bill Eicher Vice Pres.: Chuck Hannen 41 at the earliest possible time and at the discretion of the pUblisher. SOWNY: Dave Gaudieri Sec.: Janet Drewniak ,. ADVERTISING Rky. Mt.: Toni Hart Treas.: Tom Zorn Line ad rate: 8C1 per word. $1.20 minimum. New Jer.: Dan Schacher Reporter: Jim Brewer Page rate: $12.50 per quarter page or multiple thereof. COMMITTEES ROCKY MOUNTAIN Ad copy will be typeset (at additional cost) only if requested. Technical Pres.: Robert Moore Each photograph or half-tone. $5.00 Mel Luchetti Sec.: Sharon Paetzold Camera-ready copy that is oversized or undersized will be 3449 Mauricia Ave. Treas.: Carl Paetzold changed to correct size at your cost. Santa Clara, CA 95051 Reporter: James Bratton Camera-ready copy must reach the publisher by the 10th of the preceeding month. Honorary Members NEW JERSEY Pres.: Peter W. Brown Cash must accompany order. Typesetting or si ze alteration Alf. E. Werolin Vice Pres.: Francis J. Mayer charges will be billed separately. Make checks payable to 2230 Oa~dale Rd. Sec.: Jeffrey Morgan AMICA INTERNATIONAL. Hillsborough, CA 94010 Treas.: Glenn W. Grabinsky All ads will appear on the last pages of the BULLETIN. at the Reporter: Betty Schacher discretion of the publisher. IOWA Publication of business advertising in no way implies AMICA's Pres.: Richard W. Parker endorsement of any commercial operation. However. AMICA re­ Vice Pres.: Dale Snyder serves the right to refuse any ad that is not in keeping with AMICA's Sec./Treas.: AI Johnson 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.and 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· FOR SALE· 1974). $7,50 postpaid; or order both sets for quality stationery with ornate AMICA borders. 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 calities articles which have appeared in the envelopes. Send orders to Robert Lemon. 4560 unbound sets. $15; 1974 bound sets. $18; AM ICA Bulletin. arranged and indexed into Green Tree Drive. Sacramento. CA 94823. 1975 bound. $18; 1976 bound. $18. PRICES appropriate categories. spiral bound to lie flat. INCLUDE POSTAGE AND HANDLING. Spiral Send orders to Howard Koff. 2141 Deodara "They All Laughed When I Sat Down At The bound to lie flat. Send to Mary Lilien. 4260 Drive. Los Altos. CA 94022. Piano, But When IT Began To Play ..." Olympiad Drive. Los Angeles. CA 90043. This sound and color super-8 movie. produced ROLL LEADERS: DUO·ART. Authentic. For by AM ICA members, is again available for loan order sheet. see the April. 1973 Bulletin. Nick to AMICA members and chapters. For more Jarrett. 3622 . 21 st Street. San Francisco, CA information write fa Howard Koff. 2141 94114. Deodara Drive. Los Altos. CA 94022. ~ A CHRISTMAS FANTASIE

Once more the AMPICO wishes its friends and patrons a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This re­ cording is a direct expression of the spirit of the holiday season, and it can be used most effec­ tively by following the directions and text throughout.

The words may all be spoken, but where indicated they can also be sung to the music of the recording. Toward the close an actual march or dance may be performed.

Strains from Victor Herbert's "Toyland" usher us into that magic country, and the lullaby from God­ ard's "Jocelyn" puts the children to sleep in anticipation of Christmas Horning. "Holy Night" adds its familiar strains to the mood of peaceful calm.

Santa Claus approaches to the jingling bells, and in dreams we hear the dancing doll and see the toys as though they were alive. The distant chiming of "Adeste Fideles" proclaims that it is Christmas Day, and as we all gather round the tree in the morning, the children join with the toys in a march of celebration. "London Bridge" and "Farmer in the Dell" supply the music for merry games, and fi­ nally as night approaches again, we say good-bye to Toyland to the soft strains of "Now the Day Is Over."

Toyland - Ampico #5976 Contributed by Conant, Arranged and played by Adam Carroll Kavouras, and Willyard •

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COVER STORY

In 1913 a special gift was prepared by a neighbor of a two year-old girl of a pioneer Dallas family. It was a large scrapbook of cut-outs from period magazines pasted up on hand lettered pages, bound with a cloth cover hand monogrammed and trimmed by Anne Harley for Hazael Williams. Of significant ',>,.' bearing on our cover story are the following items - Hazael carefully saved : .' the book (our Christmas scene cover is one of the cut-outs), and after Miss i Williams graduated from college, she married a young man by the name of i Thomas G. ~eckett, Jr. Merry Ohristmas and Happy New Year to all! Tom and Carole Beckett (III)

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FROM THE PUBLISHER HONORARY ~IEMBER INDALLAS This issue of THE AMICA closes out our publication Ruth Bingaman Smith, an Honorary Member of AMICA schedule for 1977. The first issue (out of a total International, spent the week of October 8th in set of ten issues) for 1978 will be the combined Dallas, Texas. The Treemont presented her in a January/February issue to be scheduled for delivery piano recital as a feature of their entertainment to you in early FebruayY. Advertisers please note program in the assembly hall on Tuesday, October there will be no iss~ in January and next deadline 11th where she played for some 300 residents of that is January 10. T~second issue to be skipped in establishment. This is the second concert she has 1978 will probably be the August issue. A convention given there and the Treemont has engaged her for special August/September issue will result. another appearance in the Spring of 1978.

1977 INDEX: At the back of this issue we have pre­ While in Dallas, she attended a meeting of the Texas pared a special treat. Instead of having to wait Chapter of AMICA at the home of Janet and Richard every three years for a comprehensive Bulletin index, Tonnesen in Richardson, Texas. we have compiled one for the 1977 year only and included it with the last issue of the year. This On Wednesday she was the guests of the Musical Arts took a bit more time which was added to the December at their musicale and luncheon while Charlie Johnson production schedule but we trust it will be worth the and Doyle Cassel honored her with a dinner party in extra delay. their home that night. On Ruth~s return to San Antonio she was accompanied by Mrs. Dunbar LaTaste Happy Holidays to all. TB of Dallas who will spend several weeks with her.

1978 RENEWAL DUES AUNIQUE LISTING By the time you receive this Bulletin you should Honorary Membership Chairman, Alf Werolin, has sent in have received in the mail, by first class postage, a clipping from the October 9, 1977 "California your renewal dues notice for 1978. Please renew living Magazine" (Sunday supplement to the San Fran­ promptlyl We are doing things a little differently cisco Chronicle) in which AMICA was listed amon-g--­ this year. Our new Directory will become available several other "pretty strange" and "weird" groups. in June of 1978 and in order to prepare for this we In particular, we are catagorized as an "Off-the- are asking you to fill in the special information wall Organization." renewal card. We want to list your collection as completely as possible but at the same time aim for It took them 14 years to learn our secret! uniformity and brevity. Please read the instruction letter carefully. YOU MUST RETURN the 1978 renewal information card in order to have your collection 1978 CHAPTER OFFICERS listed in the Directory. A special note to all AMICA chapters: please assign Many, many thanks for your cooperation. Anita someone to send a list of your newly elected 1978 Nickels Johnson - Membership Secretary. chapter officers to both the International Secretary (Isadora Koff) and the Publisher (Tom Beckett) before January 10th, 1978. In the case of the Bulletin, late information means extra trips to the typesetter to correct the masthead. Your early cooperation Cover Story 234 will be appreciated. INTERNATIONAL AMICA 235 Annual Membership Minutes 235 International Board Minutes 236 Financial Statement 236 Committee Reports 237 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Wilhelmina Welte 240 INSTRUMENTS 243 SAN FRANCISCO~ SEPTEMBER 4~ 1977 AMICA FORUM 246 ROLLS & MUSIC 247 The Annual Membership Meeting of AMICA was called to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 249 order at 12:05 pm by President Bob Rosencrans. TEXAS 250 MIDWEST 252 The minutes of the Buffalo meeting were accepted. ROCKY MOUNTAIN 254 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES The following reports were presented: Elmer H. Hunholz 255 TECHNICALITIES 256 The Treasurers' Report 1977 Bulletin Index 257 The Nominating commi~te.~ Report The Membership Repor~ ! - 235 - JnfernafionalJlcJJ(JrBJl

The Honoraries Report the discretion of the host chapter. The Bulletin Report To tape all Board Meetings and Membership Meetings The new brochure (AMICA publicity) was presented. except when the President deems that the subject mat­ Copies are ava il ab 1e and may be gotten from Di ck ter might inhibit free discussion with the presence Reutlinger, Anita Johnson or Tom Beckett. of a tape recorder. The Audio-Visual Committee reported that "They All To have one tape recorder only, and one tape only, Laughed .•. ," "The Music Box" (Laurel &Hardy) and the which will be given to the President at the close of slides of the organ move by the AMICA Foundation are the meeting and which will become part of the Archives. available for viewing. The Secretary will be required to record all matters The Technical Committee reported that Volume III of of discussion whether or not specific action is Technicalities will be available shortly after the taken. first of the year. The following items will be acted on: The Convention Committee discussed the "mini-conven­ tion" versus the Convention. A tape recorder, not to cost more than $50.00 will be purchased by AMICA. A report was given on pins and stationery. The President will investigate the questioned legali~ The AMICA reorganization was discussed. tyof taping Board Meetings, this investigation to / concern the possible states where a Board Meeting The status of the Cooper tapes was discussed., might be held. . / The deadline for inclusion in the new AMICA Directory The Treasurer will receive written confirmation of will be March 1, 1978. any expenditure authorized by the President. A report on the AMICA museum was given. There will The Board Meeting was adjourned at 11:35 pm. be a report presented, in a future Bulletin, on the AMICA Foundation. Isadora Koff, Secretary Frank Adams spoke of his visit to England and the British Player Organizations. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF The following motions were passed: AMICA INTERNATIONAL January 1, 1977 through July 31, 1977 To appoint a Bylaw Revision Committee for the reorganization, to include the Reorganization CHECKBOOK BALANCE 1-1-77 Wells Fargo $1,000.00 Committee, Tom Beckett, chairman, Steve Chapman, Savings Bank 6,833.84 Howie Koff plus new members Jim Weisenborne and 7,833.84 Richard Rigg. CASH RECEIPTS: To re-elect Tom Beckett as Publisher Membership Dues $11,023.14 To send the President to Iowa and other chapters. Film 00.00 Regular Bulletin 27.00 To authorize the publisher, working with Wade Bound Bulletin 573.00 Newton, to place AM~CA ads in special publica- Technicalities 237.00 tions. ' Leaders 7.82 Pins 00.00 To authorize the rreasurer to deposit $5000.00 Stationery 00.00 into a Savings &Loan, unnamed, in order to earn Advertising 2,013.14 $1000.00 interest. . Other (13.91) TOTAL $13,867.19 $21,701.03 The Meeting was adjourned at 2:00 pm. CASH DISBURSEMENTS: A Board Meeting was called at 11:05 pm. Bulletin 6,000.00 The following motions were passed: Bound Bulletin 00.00 Technicalities 00.00 ~ To accept the Iowa Chapter and its Bylaws. Printing &Paper 1,049.25 Telephone 365.64 To hold the next Convention in Dayton, Ohio in 1978 Accounting &Taxes 154.32 and the Annual Membership Meeting of 1979 in Phila­ Supplies 30.84 delphia, with the scope of these meetings to be at Film 40.75 - 236 - Jnfernafional Jlc1J(JBJl

Advertising 00.00 Let me explain a little about my schedule and just Stamps &Postage 395.59 what the Membership Secretary is doing. I handle Other 1,357.40 almost all of the inquiries and all the incoming new TOTAL $9,393.79 $12,307.24 memberships. I have tabulated the following statis­ tics: During the 6 month period of February through CHECKBOOK BALANCE 7-31-77 Wells Fargo $12,107.52 July, a period of 183 days, 169 inquiries were re­ Savings Bank __~~1~9~9~.~7~2 ceived and answered. Some months are heavier then 12,307.24 others and the convention deadline spurred activity. Of this 169, 26 returned as members which is about a Plus Savings Account (Financial Savings &Loan) 15% return.. This is not high but has been gradually $5,253.37 getting higher. It used to be about a 5-8% return. Most of these inquiries, by the way, are through the Mary C. Riffle, Treasurer little blurb on the back of the QRS catalog. This would indicate that most of these collectors are NOMINATION COMMITTEE REPORT owners of one player and perhaps AMICA is a little too high powered for them. According to our revised 1976 Bylaws, all the elected offices except for Publisher are for two-year terms. On the other hand, how many new membership applica­ The present officers began their last terms at the tions do we receive per month? During the five Annual Meeting in Joplin. These offices do not ex­ month period April through August (25th) we had 122 pire until 1978. The only office that is yearly is (plus the three honoraries - making 125). This in that of Publisher. In accord with the timetable and a 153 day period. If I can be so bold as to general­ dates as is specified in our Bylaws, a temporary ize, we might say that we receive about 1 inquiry chairman and committee (nominating) were formed. In per day and one membership per day. The new member­ a letter dated March 1, 1977, our president Bob ship rate has been steadily increasing. Rosencrans asked the following persons to serve: Frank Loob, Howard Koff, Tom Beckett, Molly Yeckley, A little bit about change of address and mailing Don Wood and Joan Chase. I have served as chairman. schedule. As you know, I also prepare the address Since our very gifted and astute publisher, Tom Beck­ labels for the Bulletin. We use the Xerox process. ~ ett was willing to serve another term as publisher, In some respects it is similar to the addressograph, , we unanimously nominated him as publisher. All those but is much easier to handle. Besides the alphabet­ on the committee dutifully mailed in their votes. ical membership file I also have an address file and this is filed by zip code primarily, except for the Also, if you will recall, Tom Beckett was very demo­ first class. The addresses are typed on these cards cratic about all this and made known to the member­ and run through a xerox copy machine. The addresses ship at large, through the Bulletin, that any mem­ are then printed on self-adhesive labels and a set ber had the right to make suggestions, comments, sub­ is sent to Tom every month. I have a closing date mit names, etc., for this office. It was very inter­ on address changes and, of course, new members list- esting to note that I had two cards, asking - please, ing as does Tom have a closing date. This is the "will Tom continue etc." I assure you Tom, there 10th of the month. At this time I send the labels was no opposition. to Tom. About the 20-23rd of the month, I believe, Tom readies the Bulletins for mailing. As you can I am very happy to report: The nomination committee see, there can very well be a time lapse from, say, has nominated Tom Beckett Bulletin Publisher for 1977­ the notification of change of address and the time 78. I wish all my jobs were this easy! you recieve your Bulletin. Remember third class can take 3 weeks or longer. So if you send me a change of Anita Nickels Johnson address and I receive it the 15th of the month and Nomination Chairman you receive your Bulletin the 15th of the following month, there is really no way that I or Tom can make the correction on time. And please remember both Tom MEMBERSHIP REpORT and I do not conduct AMICA business every day! Both of us have to have a cut off time. The reason I As of Thursday evening, August 25, 1977, we have 968 bring all this up is that some of you get very an- members. This includes the three newly elected hon­ noyed when your Bulletin does not have your correct oraries. I did so hope we could stretch this to 1,000, address or doesn't come. Please allow 4-6 weeks but let me give you some other interesting figures: for address changes and please tell us as soon as possible. As Tom can verify, whenever a Bulletin is In my files I have cards for 580 former members. We returned it is very expensive. (Generally the return have 20 deceased (that I know of) - now just think: and remai1 postage costs nearly $1.00 - TB) 978 + 580 - 20 = 1538. Somewhere out ther.e are some lost souls! Anita Nickels Johnson Membership Secretary When I first took office, the loss at renewal time was over 200. This past year oQly 90 failed to re­ HONORARY MEMBERSHIP REPORT new. I think. that tells us a gre~t deal. At the 1975 Annual Meeting in Buffalo we had 34 - 237 - Jnfernafional JlcJrCJBJl ·ti

Honorary Members. As of September 1, 1977 we have 3. ADVERTISING REVENUE: For the six issue period 38 Honorary Members. increased from approximately $1600 in 1976 to $2000 in 1977 - up 25%. Durihg this two-year period we have lost five H.M. Emsee Dawson - Ampico Editor 4. BUDGET: Out of a $6000 budget for the first 6 Carl Schneider - Ampico Technician issues of 1976 we spent a little less than $5600 Mieczylaw Munz - Ampico Artist to produce and mail the Bulletin. Leslie Loth - Ampico Artist J. Lawrence Cook - 88 note player artist Out of $6800 (we had a budget increase in April) for the first six issues of 1977 we spent approx­ During this two-year period we have added nine H.M. imately $6400 to produce and mail the Bulletin.

*Shura Cherkassky ~ Duo-Art Artist We were about $400 under budget for both periods. *Frank LaFitte - Duo-Art Artist Flora Mora - Duo-Art Artist Tom Beckett Pauline Alpert - Duo-Art Artist Publisher, THE AMICA Dr. Mana-Zucca - Ampico Artist Leo Ornstein - Ampico Artist PINS &STATIONERY SALES REPORT John Duke - Ampico Artist Elmer Hunholz - Artistouch inventor and player Reporting period 10-75 through 8-77 piano builder *John Honnert - 88 note artist Sil ver Pins 8 Money received $40.50 Silver tie tacks 3 Postage 6.40 We are corresponding with 17 candidates: Letter stationery 15 U.S. Exchange Note stationery 3 difference .26 Liberace - pianist, QRS recordings Net received $33.84 A. Valerio - Ampico editor Inventory: Gertrude Huntley Joe Gold - 88 note roll Silver Pins 6 Letter stationery 35 Claudio Arrau Vladimir Horowitz Silver Tacks 81 Note stationery 28 Wilfred Pelletier Ellen Ballou Nadia Reisenberg Jose Iturbi Postage approx. (3rd class) 40¢ note; 66¢ letter; George McManus Robert Goldsand 25¢ pins. Richard Rogers Stewart Wille Gitta Gradova Otto Cesana Bob and Sonja Lemon Arthur Rubinstein MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY J 1978 In the Spring of 1977 we sent each Honorary Member a framed Honorary Member certificate. We received As you might be aware, we publish a directory every many nice acknowledgements. two years, plus the supplements in the interim. This year we want to at least try to be more consistant in The April 1977 AMICA Bulletin had an article about our listings - the use of abbreviatiQns for pertinent Honorary Members as of March 1977. There have information of collections will hopefully make it been three added since (note * above). easier for members to list their collections as well as be an aid to the typsetter. I asked four members Thanks to Emmett Ford. Need the whereabouts of besides myself to be a technical committe for this Maurice Roy Wetzel. I ~eed help from all of you to purpose. Everyone was very cooperative and Ire· locate possible candida~es - please! ceived a great deal of help and information. All this feedback will be put into good use and this Al~. E. Werolin year the membership will receive their dues notice Honorary Membership Chairman (first notice) by first class mail. The card will be used for the directory information and unless this PUBLISHER'S REPORT card is sent in, their listing will not be in the directory. The deadline for renewal is March 1 as The publisher's report is perhaps most easily given usual. Information cut-off will be about April 1 as a comparison of the first 6 issues of the Bulletin and the membership should be receiving their 1978 of 1976 to the first 6 issues of 1977. directory probably with the June Bulletin.

1. MEMBERSHIP: At the 6th issue in 1976 the mem­ If anyone has any question as to this procedure, the bership was 860. At the 6th issue in 1977, it whyfores, or why we do not use a computer type method, was 952, a gain of approximately 11% etc., I will be happy to explain or discuss further on an individual basis. 2. SIZE OF BULLETIN; The average size for the 1976 period was 30.7 pages. This year it was 35.3 pages Anita Nickels Johnson for the same period - up 14%. Membership Secretary.

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absolutely EVERYTHING, and he also sang or hummed WILHELMINA WELTE AT THE WALDORF EVERY roll anyone mentioned. Back to the books, boys! And everyone loved him for it! His knowledge is Allow me to introduce myself. I'm that shy, retiring only exceeded by his charm! He even managed to talk creature who sat so quietly 1n the corner at the con­ that left-footed-only M.Y. out onto the dance floor, vention, taking accurate notes (as all GOOD reporters something she never does. And it's amazing how ap­ do) observing the festivities, gasping at the ir­ propriate she looked with Denis, doing the Charleston. regularities, etc. Of course I know that the San You'll notice I won't go so far as to say she's Franciscan isn't the Waldorf, silly, but the first even a decent dancer, but at the least Denis didn't thing a GOOD reporter does is get the audience's at­ upset her balance as did that Rootlinger fellow••• he tention. Which is almost impossible at an AMICA con­ had the NERVE to accuse her of pushing him into a vention. Ask those dear writers who received awards. table but dear darl ings, I was there, notebook in No one asked them to say a word. I suspect that nas­ hand 'and I recall jotting-"Rootlinger, while trip­ ty Al ice Ampico and that sneaky Doris DuoArtof lead­ ping'the light fantastic, tripped over his fantastic, ing the thundering applause - just so those nice AWARD pull ing M.Y. with him into a table with a metal edge." WINNING writers wouldn't have a chance to say at least Accuracy, Uber Alles! "thank you." Those two are the most jealous writers I've ever read. And talk about innacurate! Why, M.Y. And I am also the only person who knows how "Bubbles" told me herself that she was accompanied by six nice Beckett got her nametag printed that way! An Ex­ young men (not eigh() and that Tommie's Joynt is clusive!! Of course it isn't important who told me spelled with a "Y" get the facts, dears,) and the (all GOOD reporters protect their sources) but Carole innuendo is that Tommie runs a BAR, of all things, Beckett is an ardent admirer of Beverly Sills - as when in real ity it's an inexpensive deli -I suppose who isn't - and she was so astounded (Carole, not Alice and Doris would use the vulgar word "cheap," Beverly) that the divine Miss Sills' real name is Bubbles Silverman that Carole hoped that if she went Also, it was the Owner Himself of 824 Grove street by such a frothy name, perhaps SHE would some day who took the key and locked poor Molly Y. in. And sing like Bubbles Perhaps she will, in the shower, those funny houses in San Francisco don't have back but the stage still belongs to B.S. (Notice the ini­ entrances I ike the sol id home in ~lidwherever - the tials are the same in both cases - Sills anp Silver­ rear door was in the basement and M.Y. was completely man,~6u sill ies!) Actually, Carole's sparkling eyes baffled as to how ti find it. She baffles easily, bel ie her quiet manner ••• she is a MOST bubbly per­ however, and waffles to. It was downright rude of son. No, I must consult my notes more carefully: she her to go dashing off so soon after the convention, most enjoys the bubbley, is what is says here.... leaving not one of her written words behind. It turned out to be a boon to Tom Beckett, our beloved Another thing you must have noticed: isn't it re­ AMICA Publ isher, though. markable that a Denis C., a Bill Pix., and a Proper Philadelphian 1 ike Dr. Bob can converse with each Tom's own darl ing wife, Carole, contributed some of other in such different accents, and yet all knew the best-written material the bulletin has yet seen. what the others were saying. Only in AMICA is the I hereby nominate her for a "best new writer of 1977" subject so easily understood. Did I really hear award. (Loves, you simply must keep those articles somebody say Am~co? Really! After al I this time? coming.) Even though I think their methods are abso­ lutely TACKY, I begrudingly admit that even Al ice and What can be said about the marvelous instruments? Doris have a way with words. Not always the truth, Each collector can be so proud of them and happy they you understand, but always charmingly and convincingly. all performed so well. This reporter finally heard a Photo-Player. I was beginning to suspect they ex­ And Ed Hayden! "Artrio ube/Alles." Indeed! Oh, isted only in the wild imaginations of a Lucketty or ~rom well, what can you expect one of the few Angelus­ Rotlinger. But why didn't Ratl inger learn the words Art'r i0 to "Little Mary Sunshine?" Such charming, innocent Artrio owners in existanceJ Not that the instrument music and HE didn't know it. Well, of course that isn't mahvelous, darl ings, it's just that they are explains itself! so RARE that those of us who hadn't heard one until now are simply WHELMED by that dashing, tempestous There was a sleeper at the convention. Oh, certainly piano of his. not an AMICA member - they never sleep - but of course I'm referring to a roll that took everyone by sur­ And what can one say about Denis Condon, who motored prise. I was told that it was coded from a straight all the way from Austral ia just for us! Dear me, I 88 note roll for the Ampico, but the only absolute believe "motored" isn't the correct word. Whatever ... fact that I gleaned is that the tempo as stated on I can remember taking my usual accurate notes during it is far too fast. The roll is Art Tatum's "Sweet one of the many del icious meals we ate at the Wal­ Lorraine" and if you didn't buy one, shame on you. dorf - er, San Franciscan - and watching the faces We don't usually get to hear such a late style of of Doug McG., Bill Burkh. amd young Bil I Pixie (three piano playing, but thi~ty. It shows of our Resident Factual Experts Re: All Things Per­ what would have happened had the depression ended taining To Rwproducing Pianos and Their Rolls) as and World War II not have started. This is assuming Denis not only awed them with HIS expertise, but he that those del ightful people out in Wichita would could even tell them the correct tempo settings for still have invented the tubings and thingies neces- - 240 - I -

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sary to rebuild the instruments as they faded. Any­ 1kie a gud naybor shoo1d I shur 1ikked them fanncy way, to get back to Art and Lorraine, the tempo says ca~e1e'~ars we was ridin aroun in it shur beets something 1ike 70 and ~he roll is De-voon if played havin to yel MUSH when yu wants to git somewrees at about 55. (And by the way, since I mentioned it, back at the hotle theys got sume rite smart pleyar where WERE any of those people from Wichitaw? There's painners here and thar even sum withe drums and fid­ one I remember from Buffalo whose name is Chopin, or dles and mandlins and geetars one AMEEKIN name of Liszt or Gottshaulk or some other famous composer, berkland or bucklin or somethin had a reel pritty but he DIDN'T come to San Francisco! How absent­ pianner fur sale I offered him 40 foxe skins and minded of him!) three squaws but he warnt inteerestee atall so. i gives 60 fox 10 squaws and 5 bearskins and he still Frankly, folks, I think I've unearthed everything ain't intrested you shur hav sum hard to deal with worth printing - or dug up more dirt, if you prefer. folks in frisco jest thinkin about i t manke me But after all, a GOOD reporter always knows where to hanker for more bery juice you see I got me a dig for all those bodies that are buried. pianner thet uses rollers but i has to use my feet to make it work we ain't got eleektricitie up.here All that remains is to circle the calendar for the yet my pianner is made by Mossbach and it ain't no next convention, which as my accurate notes tell me, account at all when it gits 70 below it just frizes will be held in Dayton, Ohio, in June 1978, from right up I went to the teknial goins on 2 fellers Thursday the 22nd through Sunday, the 25th. Some­ their talkinright smart about fixin these thengs body bumped my arm while I was taking my always-ac­ one was names weary or worry or very or somethin curate notes and the word "mini" is smudged so that lik that the othur was johns son or john i cant re­ it looks like "maxi" but whatever sort of convention membur tmme to get not her bolte of bery juise I it turns out to be in size, it will be duly reported , shur did like thet big box of whistles we heered at (accurately!) by me next year. IF those upstarts, them peoples house up to woodsid the feller who Al ice A. and Doris D.A. don't upstage me again!. knows how to play it were reel good at it better then the rollers culd do mebbe thet AMMMican name As sincerely as ever, of Lucketty shuld werk harder on it I can writ reel goode now thet I have anuther bottle of berry juice W,W here i cant tel yu abowt them houses some folks went Wilhelmina Welte to see becuz i didn8t go atall thet place where all the gerls go to schoole was shur pritty reminds me of the danceha1 in Anchorage speekin of gerls that ladee name of Molly Yechley or Yuch1ey or whatever SUFFICIENT "ANTIFREEZE" SUPPLY sure is some reel funee character i invited her to come up and see me sometime and stay if she wanted ENABLES LATE CONVENTION REPORT i wuld give her man 80 foxskins 20 squaws and 10 polar bearskins Molly sez no thenns she alreddy got Mr. Tom Beckerrt , a feather boa Dick redtlingter was dancin with it AMICA Pub1eshert and fell right over a tabel when it sneezed or some­ Taxws thin well mr Breckett i thinks i wil stop writin for now until my next batch of berry juice is ready Deer Mr. Beckets next week then i write some more you like? I was asked by anise ladee who put up yhe bash down Written by A. Nony Mous frisco way to tel all my owen t~~pe55 Impressens Q (be sure to give me credit Mr. Darn, I caint spel wotrh a hoote) of the goins annes. Brack€&. ) So hear goos to the bist uf my abeelite. I ain't much for fency leter writen I ain,t nivir gotten beyond 2nd grede in skoole but i knows whats I lakes Editor's reply: THE AMICA is happy to have your and thets whet I am gonna tel yu al aboot you see i articles, Mr, Mous, but respectfully suggests that live up in ALASKA wear we gits wintre 9 moths a yeer, lesser quatitites of berry juice consumed while so i aint got nothin else to do bute set heer and writing would prevent a few grammatical errors. wreete letures i got some gude berry juise rite neer You will note that you misspelled "Texas." TB me in case thinges get kinde of slow well all gude ameekins sterted thengs out by havin some gude wine and cheez at some le11ers house name of reetlengle or rut1eenger or retliner i fwegoet his neme taht naow mebbe more berry juise hellp me he shur do hev a right mighty fancy hause looks loke the meetin hall in Fairbanks only they ainet got all .thet fenxy woodwark hes got they burned it in the firplace one yeer when it got to 70 below you be shur to tel him yhe; now, will you mr breckete he didnt heve any mails in the doore eithere to keep the wolves and bars awey we do thet up heer mrbbe some tme i will cum down and putt some naels in his doores for him

- 241 - ContributeJ by James Guinn The SYMPHONY REED & PIPE ORGANS As Supplied to His Majesty the KING OF GREECE. His Majesty the KING OF PORTUGAL, AN UNRIVALLED ACQUISITION TO ANY COUNTRY OR TOWN HOUSE.

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The SYMPHONY is a Musical creation which has brnught the technique of the Organ to tl'e command of any individual whether or not he know a note of music. It has developed the features of Organ playing to the highest degree, and at the same time preserves the individuality of the performer :\s to sentiment, inspiration, or temperament. The SYMPHONY Organ brings untold pleasure, for it gives not only the opportunity to hear good Music in endless variety and scope, but also the ability to play it. The laller feature is in itself the farthest reaching element of human happiness-the ability to perform. To accomplish this without preparation seems phenomenal. But the SYMPHONY· is a phenomenal Instrument.

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ests. All are part of the economic circle which encompasses the The following article is from the M.T.N.A. Proceed­ creation, production, distribution, and consumption of music. Com­ ings, 1930 resulting from the 54th Annual Heeting of the Music Teachers National Association in St. Louis poser, printer, and publisher; designer, manufacturer, and! retailer; Missouri, December 29-31, 1930. performer, teacher and pupil- all have inter-related interests. Whatever forces, therefore, may affect one of these, will affect all. The article is reprinted only in part because of its Situations must determine strategies. Diagnosis must precede length, with attention given to the statistical ref­ treatment. Beyond doubt the piano industry is ill; you know that erences given of production figures in the early 20's. it is in a state of crisis. More than half t~ American piano factories are closed. Houses with old and respected names are Contributed by Roger Anderson. deceased. Those remaining are becoming sterile. I have found the largest factories turning part of their facilities to making motor boats, furniture, laboratory equipment, and coffins - the latter WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE PIANO? expedient seeming singularly appropriate. Such startling failures as that of the great American Piano W. OTTo MIESSNER Min.oet In.titut. of Mu.ic. Chit.,o Company (recently reorganized), controlling famous trade-marks like "Mason & Hamlin," "Chickering," and "Knabe," find echoes I. THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE PIANO in the German piano industry. A report just received from the THE somewhat provocative insinuations accompanying the an- United States Department of Foreign Commerce announces the nouncement in the program of this topic, "What is Hap­ failure of the "Deutsche Piano Werke A.G." with liabilities of pening to the Piano," reminds me of the famous rePly of Mark over 6,500,000 marks, which will completely wipe out its capital. Twain to rumors of his untimely passing when he said, "These Quoting from the rePort, "The reason given for the collapse, reports are grossly exaggerated." It would be useless to deny, ••• it is stated, is mainly to be found in the recent stagna- however, what is a generally known fact, that the piano industry tion of the sale of pianos." Conditions among English and as a body is afflicted, that it is in a state of coma, that many of Canadian manufacturers are reported to be equally dePressing. its members have been stricken with paralysis. Nevi:.rtheless, the Since the piano has long been recognized as the basic musical piano itself possesses tremendous vitality and its vital organs are instrument for education and for homemade entertainment it is unimpaired. "Where there is life there is hope," and it would inevitable that its present condition should be reflected throughout be as foolish to predict the passing of the piano as to doubt the the entire musical circle. It behooves us all, then, to inquire into future existence of music itself. Because the piano so vitally these economic and social forces, to endeavor to interpret them, touches almost every phase of music making, and particularly that to seek suitable remedial measures and to determine to apply them. of "homemade" music, it is important that we investigate and try If anyone still doubts that the piano has declined let him to understand "what has happened to it." consult the Ctnsus of Manufacturtrs of the United States Depart­ Some of us may indulge in temperamental aversions to facts; ment of Commerce, pertaining to the sale of musical instruments we may dislike facing them, but face them, willy-nilly, we must. for the years 1921 to 1929. First, let us remember that it is impossible for anyone actively The dominant role assumed by the mechanical player from engaged in the music world to escape the consequences of an 1914 to 1925 deserves particular study, for it is now evident that economic and cultural revolution. Let no one think himself im­ the piano industry "took thl= road to ruin" when it gleefully mune. There can be no "idealistic isolation" of the artist from adopted this new expedient and departed from its time-honored the artisan, no divorce between professional and commercial inter- practice of selling to parents on the basis of the advantages of

U. S. CENSUS REPORTS PRODUCTION OF PIANOS-NUMBERS 1939 1937 1935 1933 1931 1919 1914 1909 Total Pianot...... 130,012- 218,140 306,584 347.589 UI,310 341,653 336,374 364.545 Straighb Upripb ...... 48,686 69,864- 87,385 105,748 88,655 138,171 337,686 331.309

Granda: Baby ...... 35.538 43,773 40,357 38,M4 15,613 17,973 Parlor ...... 7,7°3 8,757 6"70 5.199 3,56'1 2,172 Concert ...... 347 z93 579 666 101 87 Total Granda ...... 430481 53,Sa3 47,106 44.589 11,376 30,333 9,679 8.730

Total Straighb ...... 93,174 133,686 134.391 150,337 106,93 1 151,4"3 Z37,365 330,039 Players Upright Playera ...... 191022- 76,447 143,831 170,549 101,534 166,091 Upright Reproducers ...... 1.4"7 4.096 50476 13,658 5.309 11.488

Total Upright Players...... 3D,449 80,543 r49,307 183,307 106,843 177,579 84.456 34.495 Baby Grand Playen...... 4"3 49° 5,387 1,397 348 1,195 Baby Grand Reproducers..••••••••••••• 5,565 7.U 3 7,597 5.373 2,2-61 839 Parlor Grand Players...... 4" 4" 156 106 31 13 Parlor Grand Reproducers•••••••••••••• a,12! 1,182 3,S43 3,631 1.433 113

Total Grand Players...... 1,151 8,937 15,S83 9,506 4.063 3.159 831 :n Automatic Pianot ...... 9,358 5.974 4.303 4.539 30374 3,5" 3,633 Total Players ...... 37,838 95.454 169. 193 197,z53 114,389 183,349 88,809 34.5·6

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culture for their children. 'Ibe public soon tired of the toy. However, lest we become too nonchalant, it would be just Then "Along Came Ruth" disguised as radio. Human curiosity as well to inquire a bit further into the symptoms affiicting our responded to this mysterious mistress of the air as it had never patient, the piano. Musically speaking, its three chief com­ before accepted a new invention. Very soon radio furnished enter­ petitors are the movies and talkies, the phonograph, and the radio. tainment not only more varied, but it provided music of all kinds Comparative figures on movie expenditures are not available, but at less expense and no effort. When radio was crowned Queen the admissions for 1929 were estimated to exceed two billion of the BaIl the piano became a wall-flower. dollars - double the amount of 1925. The most startling reve­ If you think this picture overdrawn, remember that in 1909, lations are found in the reports for phonographs and radios. when 330,000 pianos were placed in American homes, the player was not yet a factor. Compare this figure with the 60,000 pianos TABLE D estimated to have been sold in 1930.' Of course, no one really REPORTS FOR PHONOGRAPHS AND RADIOS knows the number of pianos now in American homes; much less Phonograph. Radio Combinalion is known concerning the number of these that have changed hands, 19&1...... 596,033 nor how many youngsters are now taking piano lessons. $3 8,604,739 19&3...... •.. • ...... • 997,459 $57,037,060 Substantiatint Comparisons 19&5...... 64&,015 $&&,6 13,909 19&1··...... 1,015,045 The United States Occupational Census for 1910 showed 1,978,051 3' ,3+> $4&,8&5,708 $ 9s,r6o,393 $ 6,416,46& 160,000 persons gainfully employed in music which then ranked 19&9...... ••••••••. 600,87& 4,938,099 1520 ,106 third among the professions. In 1920 this number had decreased $&0,559,5 ,6 $&5 1,074,965 $aa,193,70& to 130,000, and music ranked fifth. For 1930, the number of musicians and music teachers is not yet known. However, the American Federation of Musicians has given out the statement The above figures do not include the value of tubes nor of that sixty per cent of our professional musicians are unemployed. radio and phonograph cabinets made in furniture and piano fac­ Thi~ of course, is due to the substitution of machi~-made for tories. Furthermore, the figures for 1921-1925 show combined hand-made music in theaters, movies, hotels, and dance halls. sales of phonographs and radios. In 1927 the phonograph figures Some musicians, thus displaced have sought refuge in other occu­ reflect the stimulus of electrical recording and in 1929 we note pations; some, undoubtedly, have taken to ~aching, which has that these years showed an increase of radios sold from two to complicated competition in this field. Moreover, since some fifteen five milIion sets, in round numbers, while phonographs declined thousand movie organists have lost their jobs, many of these are from a million to six hundred thousand. One is forced to the now taching piano, which complicates matters still further. It is conclusion that we buy things in direct inverse ratio to the effort difficult to determine, therefore, whether to attribute the economic required to make use of them. It certainly has applied successively difficulties of piano teachers to this increased competition or to to pianos, players, phonographs, and radios, for with each, in dwindling numbers of pupils. tum, there has been less for us to do ourselves. Uninformed optimists insist that more people are studying Thus far, the condition of the piano appears to be critical, music today than ever before and they point to the growing num­ especially in the light of 1930 sales estimated at only 60,000 instru­ ber of school bands and orchestras as proof of this contentton. ments. A quick survey of the Weekly Business Conditions Bulletin They may be right, but this does not ameliorate the plight of for December 20, 1930, however, informs us that residential build­ the piano builder, dealer, and teacher, for it may be evidence ing is nearly forty-three per cent below 1929 and over sixty per pointing to competition between the piano and the saxophone as cent below 1928. Automobile output is forty-five per cent below that media of musical expression. Let us look at the figures. of 1929 and even the movie and the radio people are in the dol­ drums. Therefore, while the piano's decline is substantiated by a similar drop among its relatives, the other musical instruments, and aggravated by gi~tic gains on the part of its rivals, the TABLE B movie and the radio, yet its present low state is somewhat ameli­ BAND AND ORCHEITJ,A INITJ,UMBNTI orated by COfIsiderations of the present world-wide business depres­ Wind String Percussion sion affecting even such staple commodities as shelter, food, and 19&5.. •••• .....••• .....$ 9,411,978 $ 5,858,7 14 $ &,886.458 clothing. 19&1.. ••...... ••.. •••.. 8,394.785 4,2001.°13 Zt715,3 Ia 19&9...... 5,5&7,180 3,019,504 &,&34.83&

TABLE C COMPARISON OF NUMBER OF INITJ,UMENTS S01.l>-19&9

Pianos , 130 ,012­ Bra . 74,7&6 Saxophon . 33.°201 Woodwind . '9,656 Banjoe . 80,154 Guitan . 16&,6&1 Mandolin . &7,7 60 Uk.I.I . 139,996 Violine . 3,677 The above figures show that, after all, the piano, despite its larger cost, is still a healthy rival since " is exceeded in numbers only by guitara and ukuleles.

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corresponding to your larger pneumatics. Since this ,liTHE ULTIMATE DUO-ART?" is not the case, rbelieve'we can be fairly certain that they desired a slower velocity pneumatic in the A REPLY bass. BY CRAIG BROUGHER Later on. the company produced even better players and you will notice those pneumatics are all 7/8" In reply to Gordon Ralph's "Ultimate" Duo-Art article, wide, which is sti 11 larger than really needed and (September '77, page 169) it's easy enough to see he therefore will still express the full content of the is really in love with that piano. Duo-Art really music. Concerning the string resonance, they de­ put the machinery and hardwood into their players cided to let the artist compensate for the extra bass and the craftsmanship is very good. resonance himself.

However, in answer to Gordon's excitement about pneu­ In regard to the fancy pump and with all due respect matic sizes -I think a number of enthusiasists get to its high qual ity, I think I'll have to give the carried away about that, bel ieving that heavier ham­ edge to the less expensive Ampico design. It is more mers need larger pneumatics to lift them. I believe easily restorable in my opinion, and there will never this can be disproved fairly easily. be a question of noise in the connecting rods if they are self-adjusting maple and felt, well-greased It is immaterial to the artist or to the Duo-Art and firm. There is just no bearing noise in that what the hammer weight is. The only thing of con­ system when properly restored. cern is the striking force and corresponding loudness caused by the strike. So although bass hammers are All pumps are subject to thumping and shimmy but it's somewhat heavier than tenor or treble, the increased usually caused by a bel lows leak or valve leak that sensitivity of longer strings makes up the difference causes a varying load and pulley speed on one side. caused by hammer weight, However, all this is ac­ counted for during the design and testing of a piano Inail, Gordon, I'd say you have a truly great piano ­ scale and a relatively even loudness gradient is de­ but ultimate? There ain't no such bird! digned into a fine piano and is tested by a standard key striking device for a smooth loudness gradient with equal weight key strikes. ADDRESS WANTED The real reason for using larger pneumatics in the bass and tenor sections of early players was to com­ A few of us are trying to track down a roll record­ pensate for the longer strings greater sensitivity ing star, Mr. Rudy Erlebach, who has recorded quite to soft playing and the piano's inherent extra loud­ a few rolls, the latest company being QRS as late as ness in the bass when playing softly. A long string the late 1950's. seems to have a greater "degree of expression" be­ cause it resonates longer and more easily. So by I wrote to QRS to ask if they had any address on him putting larger volume pneumatics in these sections, but was guided to place my request in THE AMICA News designers tried to do the artist's job for him by Bulletin. If anyone can supply the information using a slower closing pneumatic which would make an please write: Al Greco, P.O. Box 2329, Boston, MA appreciable percentage difference on soft playing 02107. but not noticable on harder playing. (The extra force due to size cannot be real ized as long as the pneumatics are all at least above a certain minimum A~IPI CO B QUERY size to make a full power strike). I am wondering if anyone has ever made a measured Some have speculated that early Duo-Arts had larger drawing of the Ampico model "B" stack strikers or if valve settings for larger pneumatics, but if they someone can provide measurements of the parts in the did, it can easily be seen that valve travel losses illustration found in the 1929 Service Book. Thank and repetition rates would suffer on an exponential you. Brian Jonathan Gerl, Wisconsin Conservatory of scale with each extra "thousandth of an inch" added Music Library, 1584 North Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, to the travel. Since it is important that repetition WI 53202. rate be reasonably even throughout and especially ------valve travel losses on a Duo-Art be set at optimum FROM EMMETT FORD for each valve, the only proper method to give a pneu­ matic quicker draft would be by increasing valve Many people at the San Francisco convention asked me diameter, not changing a small valve setting. The to send them information and to write articles on test roll bears this fact out by quietly playing a various pianists who made rolls, but I've lost my chord, then not playing the same chord when only notes and addresses. I apologize for the inconvenience several more notes are added on the same intensity. but if those parties are still interested and will The Duo-Art people were familiar with the optimum send a self-addressed stamped envelope to me at 649 ratios of valve diameter and valve travel, and if N. Pinecrest, Wichita, KS 67208 I will make good on they had desired the bass section to play harder, my promises. you would have seen 3 or 4 different sizes of valves

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piano full-well knowing that the stack was gone, but HELP WANTED ON AN "APOLLO" RESTORATION the quality and construction of the instrument are such that I feel it should definitely be preserved. As the owner of a restored 1909 He1ville Clark Apollo I have looked at literally hundreds of upright play­ (serial number 15288), I have heard all about the ers in the past few years and pianos of this quality "badi • qualities of the piano (i.e., pumps hard, and construction seem to be few and far between. doesn't track,spring motor is noisy, player action isn't rebuildable, poor quality piano, etc.). Can any member or non-member who happens to read this give me a lead on the location of a stack or a com­ My personal observations after 7 years of trouble-free plete piano which could be stripped for parts? All operation and very heavy usage are that it doesn't I need is the stack but I will consider purchasing pump all that hard, tracking is no problem if you the entire piano if the owner does not wish to break align the music roll prior to playing, the spring it up. I can't give accurate serial numbers but motor is one of the most quiet means of motive power would guess somewhere between 6000 and 10,000 might ever devised, and they are obviously rebuildable as do it. Visual identification aids would be as fol­ someone did a beautiful restoration job on mine. lows: keyboard measures 47 11/16" from one end to the other - important as the player acts on the keys In fact, with the piano's very commendable track re­ directly behind the fallboard (stack must fit the cord, I eve~ went so far as to locate and purchase keys). Also the vacuum feed to the stack is routed another one and thus, my problem. I ran across a through the keybed adjacent to the keyboard and not 1904 Apollo (serial number 8064). I personally be­ behind the keybed as in later Apollos. Another pos­ lieve a more accurate date would be 1907 as the plate sible means of identification might be the pedals. bears a patent date of March 5, 1907 and I don't see In the early Apollos the pedals slide under the piano how in 1904 thay could have projected a future patent when not in use and do not fold into the case. The date. The piano is solid walnut and very large, a bellows are activated by metal "arms" which extend full 59" in height. The case is not ornate, but very outward from the case just below the keybed and are massive in construction. An illustration appears on attached by linkage to the pedals. See referenced page 24 of the current edition of Player Piano illustration for accurate identification. Treasury. If anyone can help me out on this I would appreciate 4 The problem is this. Some misguided soul at some hearing from them. I truly feel this project is point in time removed the stack from the piano. worth while as the restored piano would be represen­ Everything else is intact. The entire piano is in ex­ tative of one of the earlier examples of 88-note ceptionally choice unrestored condition. The lower players. Thanks. Jerry Pell, 32352 Crete, South player unit is complete and all mounting brackets Laguna, CA 92677. and linkage for the stack are intact. I bought the

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crete form led to trying to think of all possible BOB BARNS AND AN EVOLUTION ways of making holes of a controlled size and at a given location in paper. For example: punches, OF REPRODUCING PIANO JAZZ ROLLS razor blade, focused sunlight, lasers, bullets, acid, high velocity liquid or gas jets, hot objects BY ROBERT L. BAKER such as rods, wires, or blades, motor-driven saws I always enjoy seeing how automatic music enthusiasts or cutter wheels. Most of these have obvious draw­ deal with the limitations in either repertoire or backs, so I tried an electrically-heated wire which was mounted on a handle and shaped to burn a hole capabilities of their instruments. Recently, I found out how Bob Barns, a frequent contributer to of the proper width. The first one built worked the AMICA Bulletin's pages, was using some novel perfectly. " methods to suit his musical tastes. The system was not flawless. "If the temperature As a member of the Technical Staff in the Research of the wire is set too high, the rolls sometimes Department at Bell Laboratories, Bob was acquainted bursts into flame! Embarrassing, but not disas­ ~" with sophisticated problem-solving. He spoke about trous since the hole (sometimes in diameter) can developing a method for adding expression to al­ be patched. This still happens to me once in a ready-perforated piano rolls: "The general process great while." Refinements followed in a much-sim­ of reducing a problem to its simplest and most con- plified and neater power supply to replace the bat­ tery charger initially used to heat the formed wire. - 247 - cJ!olls and J!{usic

Bob determined that while it was possible to perfo­ rate a music roll with the formed, heated wire, this was a tedious process. It took about 30 hours for him to create a roll of "The Entertainer," by Scott Joplin. His productivity was greatly increased with the purchase of a rare Star Perforator from-Ed Fryer, of Flemington, New Jersey (Ed had purchased the per­ forator from the son of the device's inventor, Al­ bert Suchy, of Philadelphia.)

At the Ampico drawer of his Knabe grand, Bob is shown using the heated-wire device to encode ex­ pression holes. Another facet of his interest is quality control. "One thing I pay a lot of attention to is keeping the (Knabe Ampico grand) piano in perfect condition. That's because I don't want to spend a lot of time punching holes the piano won~ play. If my piano's doing something funny, then the roll won't sound good on someone else's piano. In this regard, I'm Barns operating the Star Perforator. Bob's right building a (large-scale, integrated circuit) monitor index finger is on the actuator bar. At the rear for continuous roll speed." of the actuator, one black and four white "keys" visually indicate which of the perforator's 88 pun­ Another manifestation of Bob's concern for quality ches have been selected. control is reflected in the double water manometer that continuously monitors the bass and' treble va­ cuum levels of the Knabe grand. The combination Simultaneously with these developments, Bob began of the varying volumes of music with th~ simultaneous to experiment with the Ampico expression coding risings and faIlings of the green and purple columns system. "I could watch Ampico rolls I~hile they is an intriguing aural and visual demonstration of played and compare the sound with the coding. Ac­ the expression. The manometric device was described tually, I didn't do much of this and the learning in the August, 1977 Bulletin on page 154. process consisted mostly of cut and try. I would code a section (of roll) and if I didn't like the sound of it, expression holes were patched over with tape and new coding tried. When I now listen to some rolls coded several years ago, I'm surprised how much better the present work is. The old ones sounded good at the time."

An admitted jazz fan since college days, Bob then decided to develop some jazz rolls for his Knabe Ampico grand. He was fortunate in being able to read sheet music, and the Star perforator was an ideal production tool. He notes, "The Star will teach you to read music far better than previous casual acquaintance had." Among his first attempts to cut modern jazz rolls were the Art Tatum compo­ sitions "At Sundolm" and "Runnin' Wild." The re­ sults I"ere, in Bob's words, "very satisfying. A surpri~ing thing is how alittle (expression) coding can materially improve the sound of a standard 88­ note roll."

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Reflecting on the mysterious forces that led hin to written by M. Torme and R. Wells and published by create reproducing jazz rolls, Bob said, "Punching Edwin H. Morris and Co. The roll is QRS CEL-lS8 rolls sounded like something fun to do. I suppose played by Peter Duchin. For a nice, smooth, flow­ one thing that's fun about it is you can make music ing arrangement in modern style of a holiday favor­ without having to practice! Another thing is both ite, ~1r. Duchin fairly \"ell fills the bill in that expressionizing and punching rolls is like computer area with gentle, rolling chords and accents. A programming which I enjoy." It is not without nice new production. hardships, however. "One of the biggest difficul­ ties in punching new rolls is finding good arrange­ ments or good transcriptions. Most published music, popular type, is highly simplified so the average pianist has a good chance of playing the stuff."

Bob's efforts over the past year to get a commercial J:'elease of his works have finally met with success, A well-known Seattle, Washington, music roll firm will release a few of Bob's rolls in the next few months. Another enthusiast in England is pursuing a similar goal.

find it reassuring that Bob's research and de­ velopment "on the preparation and characterization of single-crystal materials such as quartz, lithium tantalate and niobate, ruby, silicon" involving "x­ ray diffraction measurements, optical and electron microscopy" besides benefitting the telephone in­ d. dustry also has beneficial effects for the jazz­ oriented automatic nusic enthusiast. There is, thus, a similarity of approach in scientific problem-solv­ ing where some new and some old tools yeild a sig­ nificant bonus to the hobby. REIDYS HOST OCTOBER MEET BY BILL TOEPPE PIANO ROLL REVIEW The AMICA Southern Cal ifornia Chapter held its Oc­ tober meeting at the Santa Ana home of Dave and Dianne BY DAN TUTTLE Reidy in the afternoon of Saturday, 22 October 1977.

SS-Note Rolls The Reidy's collection is concentrated on phonographs and the collection spans from early cyl inder phono­ "Hesitation Blues" - A foxtrot with words and music graphs to more modern juke boxes. However, the col­ by Scott Middleton and Billy Smythe. Published by lection also includes memorabi I ia from the Queen Billy Smythe Music Co. in 1915, the roll is QRS #533 Mary, one arm bandits, old radios, some early elec­ played by Pete Wendling. The song and arrangement tric lamps, ice cream fountain items, I iquor bottles, of this roll is very close to the style of the H.C. etc. Handy song "The Memphis Blues" that is also played by Pete Wendling. A very good blues.

"Charleston Ball" - From the show "The Brown Skin Revue" a foxtrot written by Donald Heywood and pub­ lished by Marks Music Co. The rolls is a US Roll #43431 played by Cal Welch. As a description of the roll, it is to be said that it is all hand-played and very well at that. Its sound is sort of like a light blues number.

"Don't Bring Me Posies" (It's Shoesies That I Need) ­ A foxtrot with words by McCabe and Jennings and music by Fred Rose. Music and words copyrighted in 1921 by Irving Berlin, Inc. This roll is QRS word roll #2000 played by Max Kortlander. A humorous type song well played by Mr. Kortlander with words like "Roses are nice, I believe, but I can't dress like mother Eve."

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Music was provided by a Knabe Ampico grand piano and a Reginaphone as wei I as the phonographs.

Members and guests enjoy the Duo-Art.

1927 Marshall &Wendell upright Ampico that has a rather interesting story behind it. About two years ago when the Tonnesens were on vacation they stopped in St. Louis, Missouri at a pizza parlor for a bit of lunch. Steven Tonnesen, about ten at the time, after taking a turn about the place returned and an­ Our hosts Dianne and Dave Reidy. nounced that there was "an Ampico back there." Rich- ard, dubious, dutifully followed him to the back Progress continues on our project, the restoration and sure enough, there it stood. Minus its front of the McGroarty Center Ampico reproducing piano. which had been replaced with plexiglass and with all Much of the piano case has been stripped. The repro­ ducing mechanism is nearing completion.

Our annual Christmas party wi II be held in the even­ ing, Saturday, 3 December 1977, at the home of Dick and Millie Rigg in La Habra.

TONNESENS HOST OCTOBER MEETING BY DICK BARNES Richard Tonnesen at the computer for the perforator. On October 9, Texas AMICA met in Richardson at the home of Richard and Janet Tonnesen. Many members were present including Honorary AMI CAn Ruth Bingaman its moving parts covered with different hues of fluor­ Smith accompanied by her long-time friends Adeline escent paint (as any self-respecting pizza piano LaTaste and Bob Craig. should be) it literally cried out to be taken away from all this. It hadn't been able to play even 88 Richard and Janet's 1917 Weber Duo-Art grand is in note rolls for two years. Fortunately there had the process of complete restoration and was playing been no major surgery. Quick investigation showed via remote spoolbox. It shared the spotlight with a it to still b~ a complete Ampico so a quick deal was

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made and now it resides with the Tonnesens and plays ing and challenging as it uses a number of musical as it was intended to do. ~10ral? Check your local examples that did not pass the test of time and are pizzeria - you never know what you'll turn up. a bit shrouded in obscurity. Out of a possible 100, James Kelsey attained a score of 94 which I feel is A short and rather lively business meeting conducted quite remarkable, and was awarded a copy of the spe­ by president Tony Palmer brought forth a number of cial AMICA Convention roll of "San Francisco." nominations for next year's officers as well as some who volunteered! AHICA is alive and well and living in Texas. Elections will be conducted December 11 at the annual Christmas party hosted this year by the Becketts.

Texas Amicans enjoying an opportunity to visit with Honorary Amican Ruth Bingaman Smith.

(', •. "f While the cold meats, cheeses, and delightful fresh \ J' vegetables with appropriate dips were being sampled Y i.,. by the assemblage, two very intriguing demonstrations _ ..s.rth_r_ .. which I will try to describe were going on at oppo­ site ends of the house. In a small, immaculate, Doyle Cassel and Janet Tonnesen at the refreshment climate-controlled room at the rear of the house table. Richard, whose business is computers, was demonstrat­ ing a roll perforator he built. Cosmetically it is beautiful to see. Constructed within a heavy frame of solid oak its various metal parts of aluminum, brass and steel are all smoothly finished and pol­ ished and obvious ly the '''ork of a superb craftsman. This was proven when it was set into operation. For the demonstration it lYas programmed to punch out a test pattern of more holes than would be used in cut­ ting an ordinary music roll, yet it did so with very little noise and hardly any vibration. Richard ex­ plained that the punch ram is delicately counter~ balanced to eliminate noise and vibration as much as possible. Designed and built by Richard, the per­ forator will read from a source (music roll), im­ mediately transcribe this onto computer tape which will in turn operate the perforator. It is designed to punch 4 copies of a roll at a time.

At the opposite end of the house in a front bedroom Steven was exhibiting, to the delight of some and frozen horror of others, his pet boa constrictor. "Killer," as he is called, is a bit over three feet long and about one and a half inches in largest L. to r.: Noble (Buc) Stidham, Wade Newton, and Bert diameter except when he is full of mice at which Plonien admire the beautifully designed and· crafted time he is a bit more rotund. He appeared very doc­ Tonnesen perforator. ile and tame but Steven, IYho is quite a herpetologist, was quick to point out that boas will not be domes­ Immediately after the meeting the assembled group, ticated. He simply lYas not hungry! led by host Richard Tonnesen and Wade Newton, par­ ticipated in the Aeolian game "Play Me Another." The Our thanks to all the Tonnesens for an extremely first time one is exposed to this is quite interest- enjoyable afternoon. - 251 - I~,'- .

ent's home, but he doesn't live there anymore. He MIDWEST CHAPTER MEETING teaches school in another city in Michigan but some­ how has talked his folks into keeping his instruments BY MOLLY YECKLEY for him. Wish I had parents like that! We heard a Marshall & Wendell Ampico "A", 1926 and 5'2" in size; If you thought, as I din, that a Coloma was what is a \~eber Duo-Art, 1925, Model WR 5'3", and a 1927 used part-way through a sentence, you're also wrong. Hampton 88-note pumper and an upright Kimball Welte, It's a city (village?) in Mic~igan quite nearby to 1921. Bennett has the same problem we hAve here ­ Benton Harbor. Where's that? Well, not too far from there are things to admire about each of the instru­ Chicago. Or from South Bend, Indiana, either. Any­ ments but to make the perfect instrument I think I'd way, we all found it sooner or later -I was only a take the delicate pianissimo of the Weber, the action half-hour "later" than most ... of the Hampton, the thunder of the Kimball, etc. Know what I mean? Yet each instrument had something exceptional to offer. The Marshall &Wendell accom­ panied Brenda Leedy and her timing with the roll was exquisite. I'm quite sure many hours of practice went into making it sound so easy and effortless, Brenda, and we thank you for it~ Brenda is Bennet's sister, I almost forgot to mention.

Everyone listens as the Marshall & Wendell "A" plays away. We partied until midnight, feasting eyes, ears, and stomachs on antiques, music, and good food. It's a little difficult to explain, exactly, but Bennett Leedy's instrument collection is housed at his par- AMICA Midwest Chapter officers for 1978-9. L. to r.: President, Bennet Leedy; Board Rep., Bill Eicher; Treasurer, Alvin Wulkekuhl; Secretary, Jim weisenborne. Absent was Jim Prendergast - VP;

The Leedy home is a veritable storehouse of collec­ tions. I especially remember a stunning gilded, painted cabinet just inside the front door and think it was French. Also, I saw my first room "~Jallpa­ pered" wi th pi ano ro 11 s. Over the doorways and from floor to ceiling were a feast for the eyes stacked in the "roll room." The Duo-Art Accompaniment rolls alone made my fingers itch and I even managed to talk Bennet into lending me a Welte accomp. roll for the "Adagio" of Grieg's A Minor Piano Concerto. When I say "accompaniment" roll I mean the orchestral reduction that requires a pianist at another instru­ ment, playing the first piano part. I think I bit off more than I can chew, however. "Adagio" is sup­ posed to mean "relatively slow" but someone forgot to tell Grieg that when he wrote it. I counted 24 notes in one measure! (One at a time, in 64ths.) Three Leedys and a Lyric. Bennet, Bob, and Barry However, later on in the evening I took a bravery plus the Recorda on the right. - 252 - .~,c.. .'

pill and played on the Weber while the Marshall & provide that we elect only some officers each year, Wendell accompanied me on the second part of the and the others have another year to go.) Most of the Mozart Sonata in D K. 448, for two pianos. The Weber talk was of the upcoming Dayton convention in June, was very responsive and I enjoyed myself - probably 1978 - are you all putting dimes away in your piggy much more than did my audience! banks for that Event? We all had a very good time; the Leedys had taken the The Leedys will probably kill me, or at the very time to plan a program for us and the food was en­ least say that I wasn't listening, but I still don't joyed by all. We thank them for all their efforts. understand the explanation of how a Recordo works! We heard a 1921 Lyric Recorda, 4'8" grand, and it has so~ething to do with five steps or ten steps - or maybe it was "The 39 Steps" but I think that's an English movie I saw on TV - but at any rate I did finally get to hear a Recordo. I think it was a very neat piano and it certainly did express itself. While we ate another Luscious Leedy Lunch (I know the evening meal the night before wasn't a "lunch" but I was determined to be alliterate somewhere in this re­ port - note I didn't say "illiterate!"). Where was I? Oh, yes - while we ate, a lovely Duo-Art upright was playing, not exactly in the background, but not intrusively, either. Gee, I hope I have the correct

Brenda Leedy sings to an accompaniment roll.

"So this is a Lyric Recorda" (1. to r.): Bob Foster, Ron Olsen, and Carl Blair seem to be saying.

piano when I say it was the Wheelock. I do love up­ right reproducers having heard four of them now. They have a different balance of sound than grands, but they are every bit as lovable. We in AMICA do manage to spoil each other, though. Sooner or later I'll wind up with an upright piano, you wait and see. L. to R.: Bill Burkhardt, Ron Olsen, and Jim Doheny. Anyhow, I want to thank the whole Leedy family for their concentrated efforts to show us a lovely week­ Next morning at 10:30, we sampled the hospitality of end. Bob and his wife Regina were our host and host­ another branch of the Leedy tree. Again, I understand ess on Sunday; the parents of the Lovely Leedys were that we were viewing Barry Leedy's collection, housed extremely gracious to us all on Saturday night, and at his brother Bob's house! We got the business how any or all of them managed to even get the wea­ meeting out of the way first and elected Bennet for ther to cooperate, I'll never know. The trees were chapter president for 1978-79. Bill Eicher will at their awesome autumnal peak and I recall how Bill again serve as Board Representative. (Our bylaws Eicher startled us all when he leaped to his feet, - 253 - cfKounfain

dashed to a large picture window, and pointed outsloe, saying, "Look at those geese, flying in a V!" Bob Leedy explained that Coloma is part of a flyway for migrating geese (oh-oh, do I mean ducks?) and it would seem that we were fortunate enough to have a fine time, gorgeous scenery, excellent hosts, and another delightful AMICA get-together to add to our albums. Our guest-coming-the-farthest this time was

T. Lichtmann surrounded by Roy Gorish, Don Belshaw, Rich Marshner, Bruce Belshaw, Pete Levine, Larry Kerecman, Dick Hull, Jeannie Reblitz, Art Reblitz and guest David Boyajian. Seated behind T. Licht­ mann is Toni Hart.

Listening to the Kimball Welte are (1. to r.) Lawrence the Beethoven piano duet, (DA 7213) "Sonata in D Frazer, Bill Ackman, Ron Olsen, Ai Wulfekuhl and owner Major, Opus 6" with H. Bauer on the Weber 1925 ~/R Bennet Leedy (seated). Duo-Art grand; on the Mason & Haml in 1925 AAR he was assisted by Mme. Sturkow-Ryder for Brahm's "Hungarian Ron Olsen, all the way from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dance No.5' in F Sharp Minor" (Ampico 65651-G). The And our thanks to Stan Favret for his excellent pic­ program was finished with Mozart's "Sonata in D Major tures! If I only had a camera like his ... but it K. 448," (Ampico 68233-H) for two pianos. Teddy would probably cost a piano to get it. Besides which, the talent that goes with his pictures can't be bought.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER BY J. BRATTON This report from our chapter wi I 1 cover two meetings. From now on, with a new reporter, Jere DeBaker, re­ ports will be a bit more prompt.

In May we met at J. Bratton's home to hear., again, a program presented for the group before the chapter was formed. A turnout of 16 members and 4 guests proved an enjoyable occasion. We were treated to the fine playing of Professor Theodor Lichtmann, head of the Piano Department at University of Denver's Trying to get a business meeting going are: Hostess Martin, Jere DeBaker, Anita Johnson, R. Kroeckel and School of Music. He performed, among other works, B. Moore's leg. - 254 - cfT(ounfain

played on the superb, but gutted (before Jim found the piano), Steinway Duo-Art AR with Maurice Dumesni I playing the M & H Ampico "A."

A punch "wi th punch" was consumed by a II and another fun get-to-gether meeting was completed on a beauti­ ful May afternoon.

On Sunday October 2nd, the group motored to Estes Park to the home of Mrs. Lorraine Martin, better and affectionately known to us as "B.J." (You'll have to ask her to translate it!)

David Boyajian, guest of Larry Kerecman looking over some of the rolls. After the usual business meeting, which included discussion of the Christmas party and a meeting in Grand Junction at Steve and Anita's new well-travelled home, we adjourned for a del ightful program.

Not only is "B.J." a super-great hostess, she is also a fine and well-trained mezzo-soprano. She sang, accompanied by each of her instruments: Cadman's "At Dawning" (DA 1054-S) played by the composer on the Steinway Duo-Art. Calvin Abbott accompaniment ~ on the Chickering for "Homing" by del Riego (Ampico • 3046l-G) was too heavy handed for her. But the high- I ight was the lovely "0 Mio Babbino Caro" ("0 My Be­ loved Daddy") from "Gianni Schicchi" by G. Puccini (Ampico 3003l-G) with a sensitive and warm accompani­ ment by Milton Suskind. It was so well sung and deeply appreciated by all of us. Our most grateful thanks to "B.J." for a wonderful afternoon of music. "B.J." singing "Homing." AI I await our Christmas bash!

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capstan screws into keyboards and getting them ready HONORARY MEMBER ELMER H. HUNHOLZ to install into pianos. I stayed in that department some six or eight years until I became a full-fledged Editor's note: A short time ago we asked AMICA's action finisher, which was a trade within the piano honorary member Elmer Hunholz to supply some material making trade. which could be used to prepare a biographical sketch of him. Mr, Hunholz had had a long experience in At that time I felt that one could go nowhere in the several areas in the manufacture of automatic musical trade unless one could tune so I took up tuning on instruments which we felt would be of inte~~t to the side. I spent my Saturday afternoons and holi­ AMICAns. He supplied a well-written story of his in­ days tuning pianos at the factory for free until I teresting career which we print herewith without could do an acceptable job, and then got a job in change. the factory as a first tuner or chipper, earning less 41 than as an action finisher but rounding out my expe­ On January 10, 1911, I graduated from grade school rience. I stayed in the-tuning department for years and the next day started in the Gram Richsteig Piano doing seconds and thirds and finally fine tuning and Factory in the action finishing department putting voicing four or five years later.

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About that time players started to become popular and and Sons of St. Louis, Missouri and put a recording the superintendent was looking for someone who would mechanism on their studio organ and they got some want to try his luck in that department. At first recordings from some of the world's best known or­ only one or two pianos a month were turned out with ganists such as Pedro Yahn (Italian) and Charles players, and with my tuning that worked out all Corboin (French). Our market for rolls and players right, so I volunteered and finally became the play­ was slowly developing for residence organs - we sold er installer and player man. I held that job a num­ to Wicks, Hook and Hastings, Hall-Estey, and Henry ber of years. Pilcher and Sons, Louisville Kentucky, and a few in Canada such as Casavant Bros. It was then that the A few years previous to this, the company had reached government instituted the income tax and large res­ its maximum production of about four or five pianos' idences were out and that stopped the pipe organs a day and then tapered off to less and less until we for homes. About this time we had a disastrous fire produced that many in a week. During this tapering in our factory and our music roll department with off period I became a sort of utility man working its master records was badly hit. Our music roll anywhere in the plant where they needed help. I stock and masters were almost completely wiped out. liked that, and it gave me wide experience in the piano maker's art. My good friend and distant rel­ Shortly afterward the Playrite Music Roll Co. was in ative was factory superintendent and I later became receivership in Milwaukee and the attorney was look­ his assistant. Mr. Gram finally decided to stop the ing for a buyer where he could dispose of the machine­ operation and the superintendent and myself formed ry and special apparatus used in making music rolls. a company doing major repairs and the rebuilding and He gave us a good deal, and we with our organ roll servicing of pianos. That was in 1923 and since experience took it over and started making music that time it was our operating company. As a ser­ rolls for the home player piano. We made rolls for vice company our player experience came in handy. some five years or more and then business tapered We serviced players of any make and also coin oper­ off with the player piano. We junked all the roll ated instruments. (Mills novelty violins, Wurlitzer and master making machinery as well as tools. Mr. coin operated, also merry-go-round organs and cal­ Clark was closing out the factory in DeKalb to retire, liopes, anything that was played with a roll or per­ and the Miesner Piano Co. closed up in Milwaukee. forated sheeL) Mr. Hoskinsij who was superintendent of Miesner, came over to work with us and took charge of the music After a number of years in this operation, we met a roll department unti I it closed shop. About this man whose father had left him a family name of a time, Mr. Roesler made up his mind to retire and rather large operation in the church organ field, moved to Cal ifornia for his health. Mr. Hoskins and we, with our financial set-up and experience, and myself carried on the piano and organ rebuilding decided we could take him into our company and ex­ operation through the years. Mr. Hoskins retired pand it to a piano and organ operation. We tried, and moved to Cal ifornia also leaving me alone with but it did not work and we released him from any the operation and the building which we had purchased connection with us and paid him out. Shortly after during our most prosperous times. The building was this, and with experience in the organ company, we now hard to sell. However, I stayed to manage the felt there was a need for a mechanism to play the building and did a I ittle piano work on the side, al I pipe organ from a music roll for use in funeral par­ the time trying to sell the property. This went on lors and even in large homes. The average organ for then years or more until February 1977 when I builder knew nothing about players, therefore we felt sold out and am now completely retired at 81 years. that if our company built the player and kept a I i­ brary of music, we could sustain ourselves and supply a need in the trade.

In our research of what the trade could supply, we found that the Clark.Orchestra Roll Co. of DeKalb, Illinois, had a small library of organ rolls which had been used for funeral homes and also some for J'ecRnicalifies the large orchestrions made by Seeburg and Operators Piano Co. of Chicago. These instruments were no longer being built. They had been used in the movie theatres to add sound effects for the silent pic­ tures. We contracted to buy the organ roll department of Clark Orchestra Roll Co. and took on their organ VIOLANO TUNING RESPONSE roll editor, Roy Holland, to handle the roll opera­ tion there. The rolls were cut in DeKalb and sent to \ \ BY CHARLES INNES Milwaukee where they were spooled up and boxed and put into stock.. A few weeks~o Mel Locher sent me a copy of an M.B. S. talk where n he had cautioned against tuning the During the time that Mr. Holland was at DeKalb we Violano piano 0 A440 (as was implied in paragraph developed a new roll which could play three manuals 9.5 of the "Violano Service Notes"), and I have just on an organ. We had a connection with George Kilgen finished reading Art Reblitz's AMICA discussion in the same vein.

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January/February 1-29 August 131-155 March 30-52 September 156-179 Apri I 53-79 October 180-207 Both Messers. Locher and Reblitz recommend that the May 80-104 November 208-233 piano be ,tuned not higher than the old international June/July 105-130 December 234-257 standard pitch A435, and in retrospect I agree that this lower pitch is safer. At the time I worked up the service notes, as nearly as I could determine, o Violano fanciers were about evenly split on this "A 1askan" Convent ion Report 241 question, with most piano technicians favoring the Ali ce B. Amp ico 184 modern A440 standard, except as qualified. "American Pianists, Famous or Typical" 100 AMICA INTERNATIONAL Although I have personally tuned my own Violano to AMICA 5th International Convention 180 A440 without harm, I really don't have any good rea­ Carillon to Ampichron 186 son for doing so. As far as personal taste is con­ "First Major Donation for AMICA Museum" 82 cerned, frankly I can't tell the difference, and to "Head'l iners at September Convent ion" 105 my knowledge the only practical reasons for tuning Information Exchange with PPG & NWPPA 131 any piano to A440 are (1) if the piano is played in International Board Meeting at Dallas 54, 80 conjunction with a 440 fixed pitch instrument or, (2) "Iowa Chapter Forms" 156 if the piano was originally designed for 440; neithe~ "Jopl in Amicans Entertain Thousands" 159 ef these reasons are valid with respect to the "Mai 1 Board Results" 53 Violano. "Melbourne's Grainger Museum" 162 Minutes of the General Membership & I wish to express my sincere thanks to these gentle­ International Board Meetings - 1977 54, 80, 236 men for there response and contribution to the state "President's Message" 1 of the art of Violano care and service. The "Service "Public Enjoys Philadelphia Sponsored Notes" do not begin to cover all that should be pre­ Events" 157 sented concerning this remarkable instrument. I "Southern California Begins Restoration of hope'there will be additional response and further McGroarty CuI tural Arts Center Frankl in articles in AMICA. Amp i co" 106 "Texas AMICA At Large" 132 "Writers Award Reciepients Announced" 30 AMPICO "Ampico Pneumatic Action - 1929" 23 "Ampico Pump Thrust Bearing" 178 E1ect ric Ro 11 Drive 129 "Unusual Ampico Grand Layout" 211 Armbruster, Robert 183 ® Blake, Eubie 96, 193, 208 BIOGRAPHIES ALPHA-CYANOACRYLATE TIP "American Pianists, Famous or Typical" 100 Burger, Julius 148 BY CHARLES J, TUCKER Cadman, Charles Wakefield 229 Downey, Dr. Lyle W. Patrick Mullarky's article (Technicalities, October 47 Ell iott. Zo 28, 38 1977, page 206) on Alpha-Cyanoacrylate was very in­ Ganz, Rudo I ph 98 formative. To take the "scare" out of using this Hunholz, Elmer 255 substance, we always keep a bottle of "BOND-SOLV" Lhevinne, Josef & Rosina 72 handy. It is formulated by Tri-R Chemicals, Inc., Mora, Flora 126 120 Northwest Eleventh St., Boca Raton, FL 33432. Munz, Mieczslaw It can be used to dissolve existing cyanoacrylate 72 Novaes, Guiomar 149 bonds or to clean up excess adhesive from bonded sur­ Ornstein, Leo 46 faces (or on skin). We purchase ours from a watch Stewart, Reginald 175 and clock supply house. (The same company supplies Burger, Julius 148 \'Bond-FiX" to clean and prepare surfaces to be bonded.)

I Cadman, Charles W. 229 , " Carnes, Tod 180 CHAPTERS Iowa 156, 228 Midwest 17, 120, 144, 202, 252 New Jersey 44, 174 Northern California 10, 69, 97, 116, 141 171, 199 Philadelphia 18, 41, 97. 147, 173, 225 Rocky Mounta i n 21, 125, 254 - 257 - / Southern California 13, 117, 142, 172, 200, 249 Jop lin AI~ ICAns 84, 159 S.O.W.N.Y. 20, 43, 123, 203, 227 Lafitte, Frank 156 Texas 15, 118, 143, 201, 250 Lawnhurst, Vee 231 Chenowith, Will iam 231 Lester, Edwin 132, 184 Cherkassky, Shura 156 Lhevinne, Josef & Rosina 72 COLLECTIONS "A Passion for Pianos" 86 Mora, Flora 2, 126, 195 '~he Development of an AMI CAN, Part II 168 Munz, Mieczyslaw 72 "Hearst Castle and its Instruments" 32 "The Jackl ing Residence Organ" 135 Novaes, Guiomar Kit Carson County Carousel Band Organ 5 "Melbourne's Grainger Museum" 162 OBITUARIES ,Terry Smythe collection 58, 210 Carnes, Tod 180 Whiteley collection 35 Dawson, Emsee 53 Condon, Denis 196 Ebright, Eugene 180 Schneider, Carl 2 ORGANS ® "First Donation for AMICA Museum" 82 Dawson, Emsee 53 "Gebr. Bruder Band Organ in Florida" 89 Denke, Frank 196 "The Jack1i ng Res idence Organ" 135 "The Development of an AMICAN, Part I I" 168 "Theater Organs in San Diego" 6 DuoArt, Doris 193 Ornstein', Leo 2, 3, 46 DUO-ART "An Explanation of Duo-Art Soft Pedal Compensation - Upright Only" 205 Duo-Art Expression Box Tip 36 Pade rews ki, Ignace 3 "The Duo-Art Piano" 166 Perforator Study 90, 110 Electric roll drive 129 Phi ladelphia Chapter Concerts 3, 157, 226 "The Model B Duo-Art" 88 "Photo Quiz" 63, 87, 108 "The Piano's Reproductive System" 212 Photo Report 38 "Re-doing The Duo-Art, Part IV" 178 PIANOS~ GENERAL "The UI t imate Duo-Art?" 169 Gulbransen ad - 1923 reprint 211a The Ultimate Duo-Art -A Reply" 246 "Have You Seen One of These?" 233a Downey, Dr. Lyle W. 47 "Interfacing Pneumatic Player Pianos" 216 "Nickelodeon Cabinet Research" 4 "The Pros & Cons of the Mechanical Player" 64 "The Piano's Reproductive System" 212 Ebright, Eugene 180 "Rebu i Iding The Schu 1tz Stack" 75 Elliott, Zo 28 Standard Piano Action Regulation 102 "Violano Service Notes" 48, 74, 103, 128, 150 Ganz, Rudo 1ph 98 Godowsky, Leopold 222 Grainger, Percy (Museum) 162 "Rebuildin The Schultz Stack" 75 Hazleton, Thomas 131 , 192 ROLLS & lJSIC "Hearst Castle and Its Instruments" 32 "Bob Bd,'ns and An Evolution of Reproducing Hickman, Clarence 208 Piano Jazz Rolls" 247 Hollinshead, Jeanette 183 "Collection of International Piano Ar­ Hollinshead, Ursula D. 30, 183 chives To Go To ~laryland" 209 Honnert, John 156 "Imperial, Duo-Art, Ampico Perforator HONORARY MEMBERS Study" 90, 110 Armbruster, Robert 183 "Piano Roll Review" 8, 39, 67, 96, 115, 140, Blake, Eubie 96, 193, 208 170, 198, 224, 249 Burger, Jul ius 148 Roll Footage Counter 37 Cherkassky, Shura 156 "Ro II Odd i ties" 224 Dawson, Emsee 53 "Roll Recut Projects" 198 Downey, Dr. Lyle W. 47 "Roll Surver Resul ts" 4 Hickman, Clarence 208 "Story Roll SOl 8,40,67,234 Holl inshead, Ursula Dietrich 30, 183 Tracker Scales 39, 69 "Honorary Members of AMICA (Living 3/1/77)" 61 Roll (tracker) scales 39, 69 Honnert, John 156 Rosencrans, Bob 1 Hunholz, Elmer 3, 255 Lafitte, Frank 156 Schneider, Carl 2 Lester, Edwin 132, 184 Smith, Ruth Bingaman 194, 235 Mora, Flora 2, 126, 195 Smythe, Terry 58, 210 Novaes, Guiomar 149 Stewart,Reginald 132, 175 Ornstein, Leo 2.. 3, 46 Smith, Ruth Bingaman 194, 235 Stewart, Reginald 132 Zucca, Dr. Mana 132 TECHNICALITIES llunholz, Elmer 3, 255 "A Rapid Roll Repa I r Klg" 231 "A Ipha-Cyanoacry 1ate" 206 "Alpha Cyanoacrylate Tip" 257 "Ampico Pneumatic Action - 1929" 23 "The Jackling Residence Organ" 135 "Ampico Pump Thrust Bearing" 178 "An Explanation of Duo-Art Soft Pedal Ronnoc &Mary Ellen Connor 1920 Knabe 5'8" Ampico A; Compensation - Upright Only" 205 147 S. Delphia 1924 Aeolian upr Duo-Art; "An Improved Improved Vacuum Gage" 15 11 Park Ri dge, IL 60068 1924 Mills Violano; Wur­ "Electric Motor Roll Drive for the 312 692 2050 1itzer Harp. Ampico and Duo-Art" 129 referred by Bill Kavouras Electronic Tuning Devices 50 "The Hale Sight-O-Tuner vs. The Conn James Marke 1926 Willis upr plyr; 1927 Strobotuner" 50 477 Trafanor Ave. Coinola CO; 1908 Angelus "Rebu i ld i ng The Schu Itz Stack" 75 Victoria, British Columbia push-up plyr; Carpanter "Re-doing The Duo-Art, Part IV" 178 Canada Missionary reed organ; Rason .Rewind Speed Control On Ampico A 104 604 478 0180 &Hanlin reed org; Thomas Standard Piano Action Regulation - Grand 102 reed org. "Tuning the Violano - 435 OJ:" 440" 205 "Vacuum Diagnostic Tool" 154 Robert F. Russell 1915 Steinway upr Duo-Art "Violano Service Notes" 48, 74, 103, lf8, 150 19 Ledgehill Rd. Themodist. Weymouth, MA 02188 "Violano Tuning Response" I. 256 Torkelson, Roger 30 617 331 0191 referred by Ai Greco

Violano Virtuoso (see Technical ities) Shura Cherkassky Recording artist for Duo­ C/O Ibbs &Tillett Art 1923-1924. WELTE 124 Wigmore St. 1923 ad reprint 123 London England WIH OAX Wilhelmina. Welte 240 "\4 inn; peg News" 58, 210 Robert &Monica McGeary 1928 Knabe Ampico 3418 Shenandoah Dr. West Yeckley, Molly 30 Oravue Park, FL 32073 referred by Bob Rosencrans

Zucca, ~lana 132 Warren R. Deasy 1924 Stuyvesant upr plyr 2510 Jalmia Dr. Pianola; Luis Casali Barrel Los Angeles, CA 90046 piano. NEW MEMBERS 213 876 6770 Terry Hughes John & Nan Flint 1916 Grinnell upr Aeolian; R 3 Sunset Shores 19844 Dod s 191? Wurlitzer 125 Bnd Org. Kendallville, IN 46755 Livonia, MI 48152 313 476 0163 Chicago Public Library Periodicals Division H. Glen &Jean Guyer 1927 Otto Thein 5'5" HUPfeld.t 425 N. Michigan Ave. John G. Bauriedel 1111 S. Ditmar St. Chicago, IL 60602 2437 J. Street Oceanside, CA 92054 ------< Eureka, CA 95501 714 722 4853 Joseph &Barbara 707 442 4115 Connolly John &Mildred Bagley 1913 Seeburg G; 1926 Coinola 116 Bos ton St. Bob Maniaci 540 Power Ave. X; Wurlitzer 150 Bnd Org; Salem, MA 01970 Boman Industries Buford, GA 30518 1904 Wurlitzer 125 Bnd. Org; 000 745 5470 9300 Hall Rd. 404 945 9201 BAB Bnd Org 66 key; Tangley ------< Downey, CA 90241 Callipoe 43A; 1922 Chickering Charles N. Cayo 213 869 4041 referred by Carl Kempf 6'6" Ampico A; 1931 Weber 6' 3378 Benton Center Rd. Duo-Art. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Ted Perrin 616 925 5515 1161 Meadow Lands Dr. unit 15 E.R. &Cecilia Hady 1927 Weber 5'8" Duo-Art WR; referred by Barry Leedy Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 3818 Rio Vista Rd. 1926 Schultz upr Recordo; K2E 6J5 Racine, WI 53404 1925 Shultz upr Recordo pum­ 613 224 424~ 414 639 1646 per; 1893 Newman parlor org pumper; misc music boxes & Phillip Baumgarten 1921 Link 2E w/xylo. phonographs. 277 SW 33rd Ct. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315 REPRODUCING PIANO, AMPICO SYMPHONIQUE, 1929 Transi­ 305 764 7722 tional Model A. Restored &refinished. With bench &30 rolls. $6,000•. James Holden, 373 Kings Rd., Peter &Dorothy Brandon 1915 Empress drum piano; 1912 Brisbane, CA 94005. Phone (415) 468-5192 evenings. 9582 Indian Hills Dr. Armstrong upr plyr std action. Des Moins, IA 50322 WANTED: Aeolian Duo-Art ~ organ rolls - 15~" wide, 515 225 6893 referred by Harvey Roehl reproducing variety. Tom Beckett, 6817 Cliffbrook, Dallas, TX 75240. Phone (214) 239-5019. Philip & Phyllis Kohop, Jr. 1927 Weber 5'8" Duo-Art. Tahanto Trail FOR SALE: WEBER AEOLIAN DUO-ART reproducing grand Harvard, MA 01451 piano #76943, 1926. Possibly one of the finest in­ 617 456 8467 struments available today both in mechanical authen- ~ ticity and beauty of finish. Completely rebuilt by ,. Robert &Mary Lou Shimp 1913 Schaeffer upr plyr; professionals. Send $1.00 for color photos and in­ Box 285 1913 Strohber "built-up" formation. Sale includes 180 Duo~Art rolls, many Dunderton, IA 50626 orchestrion. very rare. George A11en~50 N. Main St., Medford, 319 822 7728 NJ 08055. Phone 609-654~0548. ORIGINAL LITERATURE WANTED: Will purchase or trade for original Ampico, Duo-Art or Welte-Mignon Litera­ About 60 Orchestrion rolls. Make offer. 78 RPM ture. Also want catalogs, service manuals, etc., for records of Hofmann, Hess, Godowsky, Paderewski. Art all types of mechanical musical instruments. Dick Faner, 555 Winter N.E., Salem~ Oregon.

" Howe, 351 North Post Oak Lane 605, Houston, TX 77024. / FOR SALE: P. A. Starck upright with standard action. ~ MUSIC BOX CATALOGUE! Hundreds of music boxes, nickel­ Refinished and rebuilt. $900. (Mich) 517-845-6340. odeons, ban4 organs, phonographs, player pianos. 112 pages. $3 ppd. Satisfaction Guaranteed. American FOR SALE OR TRADE: 1897 Po1yphon 19 5/8 upright coin International Galleries; l802-A Kettering, Irvine Ca operated disc music box, style 104, top pediment miss­ 92714 ; ing, dampers poor, teeth and motor OK, valued at $2100 (U.S.); 40-27" Regina discs valued at $25 each 160 Ampico rolls in large refinished antique music (U.S.). For trade purposes, am interested in an un­ roll cabinet, Rolls are mixed classical and popular, restored reproducing grand (or what offers). Terry 95 percent original and all in good condition. $990 Smythe, 71 Bourmont Bay, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. for the lot. No'separate sales. Ronald White, 5770 Phone (204) 256-2134. McKellar Drive, San Jose, CA 95129. Phone (408) 996­ 3731. FOR SALE: Marshall & Wendell Ampico Grand,S' 0", late model A (1926) with lost motion and loud pedal FREE LISTS: All Types Rolls, Cylinder Records & Machines, compensators. Rebuilt and restrung in 1977. Original ivory keys and dark mahogany finish (slightly checked). Discs, Cobs, Sheet Music, Catalogs & Literature. Mechanical Music Piano's tone and expression both excellent. $3800. & Much More. Our 20th Year . Bill Flynt, 1722 Iroquois Dr., Garland, TX 75043. Vi & Si's Antiques 8970 Milin St., Clarence, N.Y. 14031 Phone (214) 278-8093.

FOR SALE: 1928 5'8" Weber Duo-Art. Restored $4000. FOR SALE: 5'4" CHICKERING M1PICO A. Piano rebuilt 1926 5' 8" Knabe Ampico. Excellent original $2950. by Alex ~eylard. Player restored to perfection. P. Ciancia, M.D., 537 Grand Ave., Leonia, NJ 07605. Photos available or call for details. $5,800 Bob Phone (201) 947-0825. Taylor, 412 N. Evergreen, Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Phone (312) 255-9595. FOR SALE: 1921 Steinway Duo-Art XR series 6'1". Ebony over tiger stripe mahogany, sound board re­ Relive the era of the reproducing player piano finished, new strings, and felt. Ivory is perfect, through a collection of period advertising for these plays great. Collection of 160 rolls goes with it. musical marvels which were capable of duplicating No bench. $5,500.00, Streeter Flynn, Jr., 3237 the human touch so exactly that the virtuosos of the Harvey Pky., Okla. City, OK 73118. (405) 524-4195. day, Paderewski, Busoni, Rachmaninoff, etc., all re- ~ corded for and endorsed them. THROUGH YOU I LIVE ..., FOREVER, 108 pages, soft cover. Beckett Productions, 6817 Cliffbrook, Dallas, TX 75240. $4.95 postpaid. Texas residents add 25¢ state tax.

FOR SALE: Knabe Ampico grand 5'8" in choice restor­ able condition. $3500. or best offer. Send inquIrIes WANTED: Complete Ampico "A" or "B" to: William Marceau, P.O. Box 242, Ludlow, MA 01056. grand Player Mechanism.

WANTED: Old style Duo-Art stack, 88-note with scal­ ing of 20-31-17-20, in restorable condition. James WANTED: NOS and OS rolls. Bratton, 2907 South Sidney Ct. Denver, CO 80231. FOR SALE: Steck Duo-Art grand com­ Reproducing pianos, antique music boxes, nickelodeons, pletely restored $4500. phonographs, slot machines. We ship anywhere. Large catalog $3 ppd. Showroom open Wed. thru Sat. American International; l802-AA Kettering St., Irvine, FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR OR TOWARDS CA 92714. BAND ORGAN: Wurlitzer M-O residence piano/pipe organ combination. 3 rank, FOR SALE; Vacuum gauges, Marshalltown brand, 2 1/2" 2 manual with rank of chimes and ex­ face, 0 to 30 inch H20, with snubbing orifice and 5/32" nipple. New, calibrated, guaranteed. $9.00 tra rank of flute pipes. Restored to postpaid in U.S.: W. E. Flynt, 1722 Iroquois Drive, perfection with NOS, OS and BB-note Garland, TX 75043. rolls, popular and classical. MILLS VIOLANO-VIRTUOSO single, fully restored with 12 rolls. $8500 or offer. Larry Bo¥sen, 1469 - 16th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122. (415) 681-8352.

WANTED: Ampico reproducer in a spinet piano in the ROBERT A. JENSEN California area. A.N. Johnson, P.O. Box 666, Grand Junction, CO 81501. 811 Warwick Avenue Warwick, RI 02888 (401) 781-2037 BUYING: AMPICO, DUO-ART, WELTE & OTHER TYPE Of ROLLS. DESCRIBE AND PRICE. I ALTMAN, 8970 Main St., Clarence, N.Y. 14031. flJll Et1Sfmfl1T MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ANTIQUE - AUTOMATIC

NOW AVAILABLE! The KURT ELBERS COLLECTION OF AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - Recording - 77 - 1 LP Possibly the best recording of ANY collec­ tion to date. Recorded July 4, 1976 at Kurt's home in Mandeville, LA using finest 24 channel equipment available. Includes many photos from Kurt's personal collection. Hear: Weber Otero, Mortier &Bursens Dance Organs, Seeburg "G &K", Artizian band or­ gan. National Calliope & others. Order now for $6.00 each + 1.00 packing &Mail, - ALSO - I have THREE NEW NICKELODEONS - Made by Operator's Piano Company - IN STOCK - coin operated - Priced $5,500 to $8,500. Send for Brochure! - WANTED - AMPICO reproducer mechanism and advice for A LONG·PLAYING PHONOGRAPH RECORD installing such in a 1923 Steinway 9 1 con- 41 SIDE ONE: I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan. Waltz Of My Heart • Too Many cert grand which has never been a player. Tears. Nanette • I've Got To Sing A Torch Song. I'm Building Up To An Awful Let I am very new at this and AMICA and wonder Down SIDE TWO: If I Had A Million Dollars • Serenade To A Skyscraper • They Didn't Believe Me • Whirligig • When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade) if this is feasible. HELP? - WANTED - WIRE, DISC, TAPE RECORDERS - home &profes­ sional dating up to 1960 - also, old TV sets prior to 1957 especially earliest mod­ ".. .Precise, tasty. elegant and lots ofsubtle charm. You wani to dine on lobster and champagne to it." -Fred A. Watkins. Jr els - all for personal collection of record­ ers µphones. "An album for all occasions. . .but mainly as serious listening for anyone who loves American popular music." -Grover Sales - WANTED - ", . .Mintun roams the ivories, never missing, always in perfect taste (and style) and seeming to love every minute ofit. " Book music for BURSENS Dance Organ with ac­ -Philip Elwood cordion &Saxaphone - 78 Key. ".. .adroit. . .playing all the little known songs ofan era he never knew, there in L'Etoile's lounge, the most handsome bar around." -Herb Caen Want to correspond by VIDEOTAPE? I have 3/4" U-Matic system with Akai color camera and would love to swap tapes by mail with interested party. - CONTACT- THIS IS THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT! Lee Hazen, 204 Shoreside Drive, Rt. 2, Hend­ ersonville, TN 37075. Phone (615) 824 2311. Available at many San Francisco record stores, also at L'Etoile Restaurant (1075 California Street, San Francisco) or mail $6.95 to PETER t MINTIIN RECORD, 2647 Pine Street, San Francisco, flJll Et1Sfmfl1T California, 94115. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ANTIQUE - AUTOMATIC •

send for free list today Klavier Music Rolls 10515 Burbank Blvd., No. Hollywood, Calif. 91601 Telephone: (213) 980-8254 .....

PLAYER PIANO OWNERS - RE-CUT YOUR STANDARD POPULAR ROLLS $20.00 PER TITLE ADDITiONAL COPIES $4.00 EACH flor the "ro .... NO MINIMUM ORDER OR QUANTITY Tuned and untuned percussions That's right! Now you may order just Q!lA re-cut of your favorite popular standard roll (20-30 feet). Don't pay for unwanted copies. Frayed edges are no problem for use in all automatic instruments for us. We use a full quality, lint free, 3 pt. dry waxed paper for our re-cuts. All old rolls are returned along your new re-cuts - packaged in new boxes for your pro­ Single and duplex spoolframes tection and storage'. Be certain to include any special instructions for multiple copies. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. No reproducing rolls at this time, please. for A,G,and 0 rolls and all YOU MUST BE SATISFIED!! wurlitzer scales Clip and return with order

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