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Ampico& Duo-Art '~ ~ l' ...': " ~: .t I ••••,1; • $ • t \ --- NEWS BULLETIN of the AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION VOLUME 14 SEPTEMBER 1977 NUMBER 7 OFFICERst INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS CHAPTER OFFICERS PRESIDENT NO. CALIFORNIA Bob Rosencrans Pres.: Howard Koff 36 Hampden Rd. Vice Pres.: Phil McCoy Upper Darby, PA 19082 Sec.: Dick Reutlinger Treas.: Bill Wherry VICE PRESIDENT Reporter: Stuart Hunter Richard Drewniak 191 Capen Blvd. SO. CALIFORNIA AMICA MEMBERSHIP RATES: Amherst, NY 14226 Pres.: Prentiss Knowlton Vice Pres.: Elliott N. Lacy Continuing Members: $15 Dues SECRETARY Sec.: Evelyn Meeoer New Members, add $S processing fee Isadora Koff Treas.: Lewis Troffer 2141 Deodara Dr. Reporter: Bill Toeppe Lapsed Members, add $3 processing fee Los Altos, CA 94022 TEXAS BULLETIN Pres.: Tony Palmer Tom Beckett Vice Pres.: James Guinn 6817 Cliffbrook Sec/Treas.: Haden Vandiver Dallas, TX 75240 Reporter: Dick Barnes THE AMICA NEWS ·BULLETIN MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY MIDWEST (New memberships and Pres.: Milton Cooperman mailing problems) Vice Pres.: Jim Prendergast Anita Nickels Johnson Sec.: Jim Weisenborne Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' P. O. Box 666 Treas,: Alvin Wulfekuhl Association, a non-profit club devoted to the restoration, distribu­ Grand June tion, CO 81501 Reporter: Jim Brewer tion and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper music rolls. TREASURER PHILADELPHIA AREA CQntributions: All subjects of interest to readers of the bulletin Jack & Mary Riffle Pres: Donald Wood are encouraged and invited by the publisher. All articles must be 5050 Eastside Calpella Rd. Vice Pres.: Larry Cornell received by the 10th of the preceding month. Every attempt will be Ukiah, CA 954B2 Sec.: Barbara Ma.cartney made to publish all articles of general interest to AMICA members Treas.: Doris Berry at the earliest possible time and at the discretion of the pUblisher. BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Reporter: Dick Merrill N. Cal: Frank Loob ADVERTISING S. Cal: Dick Rigg Line ad rate: 8~ per word, $1.20 minimum. SOWNY (So. Ontario, West Ny4 Texas: Steve Chapman Pres.: Stan Aldridge Page rate: $12.50 per quarter page or multiple thereof. Phi L.: Larry Cornell Vice Pres.: Chuck Hannen Ad copy will be typeset (at additional cost) only if requested. Midwest: Bill Eicher Sec.: Janet Drewniak Each photograph or half-tone, $5.00 SOWNY: Dave Gaudieri Treas.: Tom Zorn Rky. Mt.: Toni Hart Reporter: Jim Brewer Camera·ready copy that is oversized or undersized will be New Jer.: Dan Schacher changed to correct size at your cost. ROCKY MOUNTAIN Camera-ready copy must reach the publisher by the 10th of COMMITTEES Pres.: Robert Moore the preceeding month. Technical Sec.: Sharon Paetzold Mel Luchetti Cash must accompany order. Typesetting or size alteration Treas.: Carl Paetzold 3449 Mauricia Ave. charges will be billed separately. Make checks payable to Reporter: James Bratton AMICA INTERNATIONAL. Santa Clara, CA 95051 All ads will appear on the last pages of the BULLETIN, at the NEW JERSEY discretion of the publisher. Honorary Members Pres.: Peter W. Brown Alf. E. Werolin Vice Pres.: Francis J. Mayer Publication of business advertising in no way implies AMICA's 2230 Oakdale Rd. Sec.: Jeffrey Mor9an endorsement of any commercial operation. However, AMICA re­ Hillsborough, CA 94010 Treas.: Glenn W. Grabinsky serves the right to refuse any ad that is not in keeping with AMICA's Reporter: Betty Schacher general standards or If complaints are received indicating that said business does not serve the best interests of the members of AMICA, according to its goals_and by-laws. AMICA ITEMS AMICA TECHNICALITIES BOOKS: Volume I AMICA Stationery, $3.20 (letter size), $1.75 FOR SALE (1969-1971), $5.50 postpaid; Volume II (1972­ (note size). including mailing charges. Fine 1974), $7.50 postpaid; or order both sets for quality stationery with ornate AM ICA borders. AMICA BULLETINS, BOUND ISSUES: 1969, $12.50 postpaid. Reprints of interesting techni· Each packet conta.ins 25 letters and matching $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 .Iie 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 AMICA Sterling Silver Pins, $4.25, including by AM ICA members, is again available for loan order sheet, see the April, 1973 Bulletin. Nick mailing charges. Lapel pin or tie tack with to AMICA members and chapters. For more Jarrett, 3622 - 21 st Street, San Francisco, CA AMICA design. Order from Robert Lemon, information write fa Howard Koff, 2141 94114. 4560 Green Tree Drive, Sacramento, CA 94823. Deodara Drive. Los Altos, CA 94022. Jnfernafionaf JlJJrJf8Jl ,fc..,.....---.. TH REE NEW HONORARY ~IEI~BERS ALBERT IMHOF DIES APPROVED BY BOARD David Burke reports that he has received word from Bernadette Heynen that her grandfather, Albert Imhof AMICA's Board of Directors recently conferred hon­ (grandson of the founder of the Imhof and Mukle firm) orary membership status on three recording artists passed away after a brief illness on July 5. He was who have contributed greatly to our field of inter­ 82 years old. est. They are: Shura Cherkassky, Frank ~affitte and John Honnert. Short summaries of these honoraries follow with longer biographical sketches promised for later issues of the Bulletin. IOWA CHAPTER FORMS Shura Cherkassk~ resides iri London and continues to BY RICHARD W, PARKER be active on the concert stage abroad, in the far east, and in the United States. He studied under On a hot Sunday morning in June of 1976, a lone Iowan Josef Hoffmann and was a pupil of Anton Rubinstein. in attendance at the Joplin Mini-convention was asked He recorded for Duo-Art in the twenties and has made if there might be any interest in a local chapter of a number of recent recordings for Deutsche Gramophon AMICA in Iowa and surrounding states. Thus, one year Gesellschaft and HMV. Qecca has released two new later, we present ourselves seventeen strong and grow­ records on their Oiseau Lyre label. He is a constant ing, hoping to become AMrCA's newest chapter, The traveller. Iowa Chapter. Frank Laffitte resides in Berkhamsted, Hert., England. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and made his concert debut at the Queen's Hall at age 19. Af­ ter a tour of concert stages throughout Europe he joined the BBC where he piayed under many famous con­ ductors. He recorded for Duo-Art in the twenties. ~ His favorite recording is Equinox by John Ireland. John Honnert resides in North Miami, Florida where he continues to play professionally. He recorded a number of selections for several player piano roll companies under such labels as: Capitol, Supertone, Challange, American, and is responsible for many of the Capitol A, G and 0 88-note roll arrangements that are a delight of collectors today. The addition of these three artists brings the total number of honorary menbers in AMICA to 39. We are pleased to welcome these new members into our organi­ zation. Lois Snyder handles the voices and expression pedal on the Wurlitzer organ while the recently added roll mechanism does the easy part. The cover design was created from a Chickering Piano advertisement, circa 1908. The original get-together was held in my home on April 24 of this year to see if there was enough interest. Four of the eight Iowa AMICAns attended plus five pro­ spects and letters were on hand from at least ten INTERNATIONAL AMICA 156 others, both members and prospects, all of whom were Philadelphia Amicans show 157 definitely in favor. At this meeting we elected Joplin Amicans show 159 temporary officers, selected a Bylaws study committee Melbourne's Grainger Museum 162 and generally had fun. Yours truly was elected to Development of an Amican II 167 serve as temporary President - which just goes to AMICA FORUM 169 show, Mother, that anyone can still become President ROLLS & MUSIC 170 by having the only coffee pot and pan of brownies in NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 171 the vicinity. Dale Snyder and Al Johnson, our two SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 172 real member-hunters, were elected Vice President and PHILADELPHIA 173 Secretary Treasurer respectively. NEW JERSEY 174 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Highlights of this day had to be Al's very expressive Reginald Stewart 175 playing of the Norris &Hyde upright pumper and Stan TECHNICALITIES 178 Peter's talents (much required) on the TanzBar play­ er accordion. Stan also brought along several of - 156 - Jnfernafionaf JlcJ!(J(8Jl his own transportable instruments such as a Celestina very delicious, but one meeting too late. More sto­ Organette, the incomparable Rollmonica, some siging ries were told, music played and technical problems birds in a cage and the cutest little 10" high alco­ discussed until time to leave. holic whistler I ever saw. The 1917 Aeolian baby grand Duo-Art received a round of applause on its own By the time you read this we hope to be an officially talents despite not having had a professional tuning recognized chapter of AMICA and want to extend an since being restrung a few months ago - and proving invitation to anyone within driving distance to be­ it. The day ended with the promised bribes of coffee come a member of the Iowa Chapter. Won't you join and brownies. us next time? P.S.
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