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I "'~.'" j News Bulletin of the AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION / MARCH 1978 VOLUME 15 NUMBER 2 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.: David Fryman Treas.: Bob Wilcox VICE PRESIDENT Reporter: Stuart Hunter Richard Drewniak 191 Capen Blvd. SO. CALIFORNIA Amherst, NY 142~6 Pres.: Francis Cherney Vice Pres.: Mary Lilien SECRETARY Sec.: Greg Behnke 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.: Haden Vandiver Tom Beckett Vice Pres.: Bill Flynt New Members, add $5 processing fee 6817 Cliffbrook Sec./Treas.: Charlie Johnson Lapsed Members, add $3 processing fee Dallas, TX 75240 Reporter: Dick Barnes MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY MIDWEST (New memberships and Pres.: Bennet Leedy mailing problems) Vice Pres.: Jim Prendergast Anita Nickels Johnson Sec.: Jim Weisenborne P. O. Box 666 Treas: Alvin lIlIulfekuhl THE AMICA NEWS BULLETIN Grand Junc tion, CO 81501 Reporter: Molly Yeckley TREASURER PHILADELPHIA AREA Jack & Mary Riffle Pres.: Mike Naddeo Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' 5050 Eastside Calpella Rd. Vice Pres.: John Berry Association, a non-profit club devoted to the restoration, distribu Ukiah, CA 95482 Sec.: Dick Price tion and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper Treas.: Claire Lambert music rolls. BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Reporter: Allen Ford N. Cal.: Fran.k Loob Contributions: All subjects of interest to readers of the bulletin S. Cal.: Dick Rigg SOWNY (So. Ontario, West NY) are encouraged and invited by the publisher. All articles must be Texas: Carole Beckett Pres.: Chuck Hannen received by the 10th of the preceding month. Every attempt will be Phil.: Bob Taylor Vice Pres.: Jeff Depp made to publish all articles of general Interest to AMICA members Midwest: Bill Eicher Sec.: Mi ke Walter at the earliest possible time and at the discretion of the publisher. SOWNY: Stan Aldridge Treas.: Gerry Schmidt ~ ADVERTISING Rky. Mt.: Toni Hart Reporter: Jim Brewer Line ad rate: 8q per word, $1.20 minimum. New Jer.: Jeffrey Morgan Page rate: $12.50 per quarter page or multiple thereof. Iowa: Alvin Johnson ROCKY MOUNTAIN Pres.: Robert Moore Ad copy will be typeset (at additional cost) only if requested. COMMITTEES Sec.: Sharon Paetzold Each phot09raph or half-tone, $5.00 Technical· Treas.: Carl Paetzold Camera-ready copy that is oversized or underSized will be Mel Luchetti Reporter: Jere De Ba ker changed to correct size at your cost. 3449 Mauricia Ave. Camera-ready copy must reach the publisher by the 10th of Santa Clara, CA 95051 NEW JERSEY the preceeding month. Pres.: Peter Brown Vice Pres.: Richard Dearborn Cash must accompany order. Typesettin9 Or size alteration Honorary Members Sec.: Jeffrey Mor9an charges will be billed separately. Make checks payable to Alt. E. Werolin Treas.: William Dean AMICA INTERNATIONAL. 2230 Oal<.dale Rd. Reporter: Francis J. Mayer All ads will appear on the last pages of the BULLET IN, at the Hillsborough, CA 94010 discretion of the publisher. IOWA Pres.: Dale Snyder Publication of business advertisln9 in no way implies AMICA's Vice Pres.: Stan Peters endorsement of any commercial operation. However, AMICA re Sec./Treas.: Alvin Johnson serves the fl9ht to refuse any ad that is not in keeping with AMICA's Reporter: Richard Parker general s1t... rds or if complaints are received indicatln9 that said bUSiness es not serve the best interests of the members of AMICA, ac ordin9 to its goals._ond 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 Quality stationery with ornate AMICA borders. 1974), $7 .. 50 postpaid; or order both sets for AMICA BULLETINS, BOUND ISSUES: 1971, Each packet contains 25 letters and matching $12.50 postpaid. Reprints of interesting techni 1972, 1973 .. bound sets at $15.00 each set. envelopes. Send orders to Robert Lemon, 4560 calities articles which have appeared in the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 at $18.00 each set. Green Tree Drive, Sacramento, CA 94823. AMICA Bulletin, arranged and indexed into PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE AND appropriate categories, spiral bound to lie flat. "They All Laughed When I Sat Down At The HANDLING. Spiral bound to lay flat. Send Send orders to Howard Koff, 2141 Deodara Piano, But When IT Began To Play ..." ~ orders to: Mary Lilien, 4260 Olympiad Drive, Drive, Los Altos, CA 94022. Los Angeles, CA 90043. This sound and color super-8 movie, produced ROLL LEADERS: DUD-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 to Howard Koff, 2141 94114. Deodara Drive, Los Altos, CA 94022. Jnfernafional JlcJJrJf8Jl with their write-up in the past Bulletin - a semi 1977 WRITERS AWARDS ANNOUNCED legitimate "complaint" not unnoted by this editor. I would like to make a point - and this applies to in Continuing with a program started in 1976, ballots coming reports from ALL chapters of AMICA - that there were sent to a member of each chapter of AMICA for is a matter of balance in the Bulletin for appearance the selection of best Bulletin articles for the sake. Photographer and Reporter must give me suitable year 1977. The following were chosen the best of proportions of material. 177 and are listed in alphabetical order by author. That I am not prejudiced agai~t lengthy chapter Jim Crank - "The Jackling Residence Organ" {August) reports would be evidenced by past issues of~ulletins containing the Midwest reports by Molly Y~~ Charles Innes - "Violano Service Notes, Parts I-V" Indeed, there are lots of photos and lots oflte~t (March to August) to place them in. The formula is easy: More text al lows more photos. For the balance of your photos, Dan Tuttle - "Piano Roll Review" - (December 1975 - if your budget can stand it, you can try the nifty to date, all issues) method of the So. Cal. group. Award placques for these writers will be presented at the Ar~ICA Concenti on in Dayton thi s June. Those unable to attend will be mailed their awards after the convention. WILL THIS BE YOUR LAST BULLETIN? A special honorable mention and notice of apprecia OR - RED SLASH LABELS tion is expressed to Mr. John F. Morse who is not a member of AMICA and who allowed us to reprint his Do you have a red slash on your Bulletin perforator study of 1956. The article was entitled, mailing label? If so, this means the "Imperi a1 - Duo-Art - Ampi co Perforator Study, Part Membership Secretary has not received I & II" repri nted in the May and June Bull eti ns. your 1978 renewal dues - as of February 10 - and this will be your last Bulleti~ Many excellent articles were submitted to THE AMICA After March 1 there is a late fee of ,I last year and the voting indicated a varied interest. $3.00. This means the regular membership AMICA would like to express a special "Thank You" to fee is $18.00 and the first class and everyone who contributed to the Bulletin and to our overseas memberships are $24.00. Don't collective education and enjoyment in 1977. delay - send Anita your check today! NEW SOUTHERN CAL NEWSLETTER DAYTON CONVENTION COMMITTEE Congratulations are in order to the Southern Cal ifornia Chapter on their improved newsletter. The FINALLY MEETS AGAIN! first issue of 1978 includes 2 full pages of photos! For anyone just returned from that desert island, with with this newsletter there ~ a sly reference to the no update on what's been happening, Ohio had three fact they were providing photos that hadn't gotten in devastating snowstorms, the last a blizzard with 80 mph winds. We were forced to postpone our committee meeting three weekends in a row, but thanks to Ma Bell This month's cover was created from a and the U. S. Snail, it's EXCELSIOR all the way. Chickering piano advertisement of 1908. Contributed by Mark D. Zahm. On another page you will find a pretty-well-completed hour-by-hour description of our plans for you. It isn't as frantic a schedule as it looks at first glance, because we have everything, including travel INTERNATIONAL AMICA . 24 time, listed and there will be options and alterna AMICA FORUM 28 tives you may want to try. All meals and transpor Convention Schedule 32 tation are provided wi~h the exception of Sunday's ROLLS & HUSIC 39 open houses and the "Oregon District" tour which is NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 39 within easy walking distance of convention hotel PHILADELPHIA 41 headquarters if you choose the full registration of ROCKY llOUNTAIN 42 $100.00. The partial registration is explained on BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES the registration form elsewhere in this Bulletin. Egon Petri 43 Remember, too, that full registration doesn't have TECHNICALITIES 44 to cost you $100.00, but only $80.00 if you get it in before the cut-off date! - 24 - Jnfernafional JlJJrJeJl Oh heck, I'm wrong already: the farewell breakfast by the same Link company that made the musical in is C.O.D. on Sunday (I've been told that means you struments? We have planned just a short tour of pay for it yourself) but it is more of a brunch than ~his museum and think it will whet your appetite for a breakfast - we've sampled it for you! - and it in a return trip on Sunday on your own.