NEWS BULLETIN OF THE VOLUME 13 APRIL 1976 NUMBER 3 / THE AMICA NEWS BULLETIN Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' AMICA MEMBERSIDP RATES: Association, a non-profit club devoted to the restoration, distri­ bution and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated Continuing Members: $15 Dues paper music rolls. New Members, add $5 processing fee Lapsed Members, add $3 processing fee Contributions: All subjects of interest to readers of the bulletin are encouraged a~d invited by the publisher. All articles must be received by the 10fh of the preceding month. Every attempt will be made to pUblish all articles of general interest to AMICA members at the earliest possible time and at the discretion of the pUblisher. OFFICERS Advertisements: Personal ads by members are accepted and inserted in the Bulletin at a rate of 8¢per word, $1.20 minimum. INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER Businesses and persons wishing more space may use the following guidelines: OFFICERS OFFICERS - Advertising rate is $12.50 per quarter page or multiple PRESIDENT NO. CALIFORNIA thereof. Bo.b Rosencrans Pres.: Frank Loob Vice Pres.: Howard Koff Camera-ready copy must reach the pUblisher by the 10th of VICE-PRESIDENT the preceding month. Bill Johnson Sec.: Dick Reutlinger Treas.: Bill Wherry Ad copy will be typeset (at nominal additional cost) only SECRETARY Reporter: Diane Lillibridge if requested. Isadora Koff SO. CALIFORNIA - All ads will appear on the last pages of the Bulletin, at the BULLETIN discretion of the publisher. Pres.: Prentiss, Knowlton Tom Beckett Vice Pres.: Elliot Lacy Publication of business advertising in no way implies AMICA's 6817 Cliffbrook Drive Sec.: Evelyn Meeder endorsement of any commercial operation. However, AMICA Dallas, Texas 75240 Treas.: Jim Christopher reserves the right to refuse any ad that is not in keeping with MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Reporter: Bill Toeppe AMICA's general standards or if complaints are received indicati"ll (New Memberships and that sai d business does not serve the best interests of the members TEXAS of AMICA, according to its goals and by-laws. Mailing Problems) Pres.: Dick Barnes ~ Anita Nickels Johnson Vice Pres.: Doyle Cassel P. O. Box 666 Sec./Treas.: Tony Palmer BULLETIN ADVERTISING ·IS CASH IN ADVANCE Grand Junction, Reporter: James Guinn Colorado 81501 MIDWEST TREASURER Pres.: Milton Cooperman Jack and Mary Riffle Vice Pres.: Jim Prendergast Sec./Treas.: Jim & Sue Worgull Reporter: Molly Yeckley BOARD REPRESENTATIVES PHILADELPmA AREA Pres.: Larry Cornell Nick Jarrett, N. California Cover design created from an Estey Vice Pres.: Ron Swanson Haden Vandiver, Texas iResidence Pipe Organ advertisement Sec.: Barbara Macartney Ron Swanson, Philadelphia submitted by Haden Vandiver. Treas.: Doris Berry Alan MueUer, S.O.W.N.Y. Reporter: Bill Pilgermayer Jim Weisenborne, Midwest . International AMICA 50 SOWNY (So. Ontario, West N.Y.) Pres.: Richard Drewniak MICA Forum 51 Vice Pres.: William Hatzenbuhler Rolls & Music 54 Sec.: Janet Drewniak Southern California 55 Treas.: Stan Aldridge Texas 56 Reporter: Edythe Aldridge Philadelphia 57 Felix Klempka SOWNY 58 ROCKY MOUNTAIN Instruments 58 Pending The Player Residence Organ 59 Biographical Sketches 67 ,,~~ ~ IrII Jnfernafional JlcJJ(Jf8Jl MEMBERSHIP CARDS SPECIAL REQUEST Somewhere in this issue of the BULLETIN you should Henry Gerlach writes hoping that some Amican can find hiding an AMICA membership card for 1976. help in his desire to honor a request by close The Club hasn't furnished these for several years friends - "they are very old and their mother was a realizing that multitudes of association cards and concert pianist. They have a QRS solo apollo auto­ credit cards tend to clutter wallet and purse, but graph roll and would love to hear a tape of it we decided to give them another try. before they pass away. Can anyone help? The roll is IS!:i" wide, 9 perforations to the inch, 3/16" - square on right hand spool drive. The title is "NIGHTINGALE" by Liszt, roll #580216 by Hadam Lord­ MINI-CONVENTION REPORT Wood. If someone would tape either 8 track or cas­ BY LI NDA KOEHLER sette, they would be able to hear it at last." A group of ten Am icans has been meet i ng fo rover I can only assume that Henry can send you the roll two years o Perhaps before long we will have enough members to organize a chapter. I think it inter­ for taping if you have the necessary player but not esting that a city of our size has more AMICA mem­ this particular roll. Please contact him for bers than either Kansas Ci~y or St. Louis. details: Henry A, Gerlach, 414 State Rd., Upper Darby. PA 19082 During the past several months we have been meeting frequentl~ planning for the mini-convention. The picture (below) was taken at the last meeting on LI NE ADS GO UP February 22, 1976. As much as it pains me to do this in this day of The Jopl in Amicans hope to see all of you at the ongoing inflation, I find that line ads are now at mini-convention this summer! the point where they no longer even cover cost of production. With this in mind, the line ad rate is hereby adjusted to 8¢ per word beginning with the May BULLETI N. As before, I still must request cash in advance with your ad copy as it often costs nearlY-as much to prod delinquent accounts into action as the cost of the original ad. TRANSLATORS APLENTY I had a very nice response 'to my request for volun­ teers to translate and transcribe a tape interview provided by Werner Baus. Mrs. William Malone made first offer and is presently processing the inter­ view. I would like to thank Mrs. Malone as well as the From left, Gene Ebright, Daryl Bopp, Gerold following who also volunteered: Anne Saul, David Koehler, Bill Pohl admiring the 1920 Chickering Burke, and Mrs. George Perzel. Ampico at the home of Ron and Daryl Bopp. AMICA ITEMS AMICA TECHNICALITIES BOOKS: Volume I AMICA Stationery, $2,00 (letter size). $1,75 FO~-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 contains 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; 1'£174 bound sets, $18; AM ICA Bulletin, arranged and indexed into Green Tree Drive, Sacramento, CA 94823. 1975 bound, $18, PRICES INCLUDE appropriate categories, spiral bound to lie flat. POSTAGE AND HANDLING. Spiral bound to Send orders to Howard Kof!, 2141 Deodara "They All Laughed When I Sat Down At The lie flat. Send to Mary Lilien, 4260 Olympiad Drive, Los Altos, CA 94022. Piano, But When IT Began To Play ..." 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 AM ICA design. Order from Robert Lemon, information write to Howard Kof!, 2141 94114. 4560 Green Tree Drive, Sacramento, CA 94823. Deodara Drive, Los·Altos, CA 94022. - 50 - / Jnfernafional JlJEJ8Jl ·t' Mll. A.I. WiROLIN, While it was a very unique and successful stunt, we 22}O Oakdale Road were not allowed by the music union to supplant live Hillsborough, Oalif. talent. l 1 Dear Friend In my 80 s 1 m still enthralled at the renditions and fine reproductions of my recordings of the 1 I received your letter 1920 s. containing the honor you confer on HeYl!Ly W. Lan.g e me and I wish to thank you. I have enclosed 8 short note hoping to give my whole-hearted response to a very interesting endeavor -IAMICAI. Jlmica Jorum I wish you and the membership of this beautiful venture great SOOCESS and hope my contribution to the Society WELTE THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS IAMIOA- and Player Rolls I recorded BY ROBERT R. PERRY will be one ot my happiest rewards. Sincerely yours Will someone please answer a few questions regarding " -,:/]L-~ ~-~:-/~* the Welte Library of recorded music? .. [ c/ Henry 'i.Lange After hearing two superby rebuilt and regulated 2259 Emerson Ave Welte Licensee reproducing pianos I am convinced Dayton,Ohio that the Welte Licensee mechanism out-performs both 45406 the Duo-Art and Ampico in "human-like" reproduction of music. Along with his letter of acceptance as an honorary The first was a 6' Baldwin standard case Welte Li­ member of AMICA, Mr. Lange sent Alf an interesting censee rebuilt by Craig Everett of Leonard's Player anecdote which he has contributed to THE AMICA. Pianos. The second was a beautiful Louis XVII Haz­ elton 5'8" Welte Licensee restored by Dana Huff of In 1920, Paul Whiteman was already established and the Tip Top Piano Shop. Both pianos were for the a most popular musical favorite to the world in most part in excellent unrestored condition with general. His Victor recordings were the talk of the regard to the manual piano action. By this I mean lovers of good music. that neither piano had been played to death so there was plenty of felt left on the hammers; however, I had been at the U.S. Roll Company as editor and in neither had had their actions regulated. This only Chicago, recording now and then for player rolls and leaves to the imagination what a well regulated, also with Paul Biesels Orchestra.