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~. @!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIil1.1111"11111111"111111111"1111111111111111111111111'IllllIllYU]llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllml!JjllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllUIlIIIIIIIIlIIIIrnl'~IIII~III~lIImlll~IIII~III~II!mllli~lIIfiDlII[jj1ll1 I . New . e MICA Th A s Bulletm of the AutomarIC MUSical Instrument Collectors' Association March 1983 Volume 20 Number 2 AMICA International AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION AMICA MEMBERSHIP RATES: NEWS BULLETIN Continuing Members: $20 Annual Dues Overseas Members: $26 Dues PUBLISHER New Members, add $5 processing fee Dorothy Bromage (Write to Membership Secretary, P.O. Box 387 see address below) La Habra, CA 90631 USA Change of Address: If you move, send the new address and phone number to the Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' Membership Secretary, Bobby Clark. Association, a non-profit club devoted to the restoration, dist".ibution and enjoyment of musical instruments using INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS perforated paper music rolls. AMICA was founded in San Francisco in 1963. PRESIDENT Terry Smythe (204) 452-2180 Contributions: All subjects of interest to readers of the 547 Waterloo St., Winnipeg, Manitoba Bulletin are encouraged and invited by the publisher. All Canada R3N 012 articles must be received by the 10th of the preceding PAST PRESIDENT Robert M. Taylor month. Every attempt will be made to publish all articles of (215) 735-2662 general interest to AMICA members at the earliest possible 1326 Spruce St. #3004, Phildelphia, PA 19107 time and at the discretion of the publisher. VICE PRESIDENT Molly Yeckley (419) 684-5742 Original Bulletin articles, or material for reprint that is of 612 Main St., Castalia, OH 44824 significant historical quality and interest, are encouraged and will be rewarded in the form of AMICA membership SECRETARY Richard Reutlinger (415) 346-8669 dues discounts. (Chapter reports and Forum inquiries are 824 Grove St., San Francisco, CA 94117 excluded.) PUBLISHER Dorothy Bromage (213) 697-1545 ADVERTISI NG P.O. Box 387, La Habra, CA 90631 Classified: 10¢ per word, $1.50 minimum. MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Bobby Clark • All copy must reach the publisher by the 10th of the (New memberships and mailing problems) preceding month. Payment must accompany order. (803) 738-0567 Make checks payable to: AMICA INTERNATIONAL. P.O. 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However, AMICA reserves the right to refuse any ad that AUDIO-VISUAL, Howie Koff is not in keeping with AMICA's general standards or if 4271 No. First St., #1, San jose, CA 95134 complaints are received indicating that said business PUBLICATION, Dorothy Bromage does not serve the best interests of the members of P.O. Box 387, La Habra, CA 90631 AMICA according to its goals and bylaws. ilMICillnternotionol ......"".·.·.""· ~,,,..·9 •. ·W ·· ev• , • ••••••w••• •••••• ""'•••••••••••••''''''' .............,. ,..••;..,•••••" •••,;'••••••••~••• ,e, f·..• ..·"•••·.·.·.·;.,..,.·~.·.,.",.9·.·.·.·.·. The Warragul Parade ments' whilst I, dressed up in dinner suit and bowler hat, did the conducting. by Albert Fox The temperature was around 110°F and you can imagine how hot we were, but it raised so much In Australia, the district of Warragul, in which the applause from the crowd we didn't really feel too bad. At Damum Musical Village is situated, celebrated its cen­ one stage, the road was so rough that it made the chain tennary in 1982. As proprietors of the local music business and the musical village attraction, we were invited to enter a float in the centennary procession that was organized by the centennary committee. On our musical museum property are two fine horse drawn wagons, so we thought we would put a player piano on one of them and tow it down the street. Band organs and orchestrions are hard to come by in Australia, but with a little thought we came up with the most curious machine. We placed an old German Zim­ merman foot pump player piano on the wagon and be­ hind it a foot pumped toy counter, i.e. with drum, cym­ bal, sleigh-bells and a visual display, turned by an old player air motor. Two local lads who help us from time to time with odd jobs were booked to treddle and play the 'instru- ""' + A, VA, ,.,...••••••••• we, •••••,"¥'\Io '•• .,•••••••••••••••• we"....,., •••••A •• fA , •••••••• , ••••••" . CHAPTER OffiCERS AMICA International News Bulletin FOUNDING CHAPTER NEW JERSEY Volume 20 Number 2 March 1983 Pres: Phil McCoy Pres: Edward Freyer Vice Pres: Isadora Koff Vice Pres: Oliver Vitakis CONTENTS Treas: Bob Wilcox Sec: Marge Vitakis Sec/Reporter: Jack and Dianne Edwards Treas: Lenny Finkel AMICA International 31 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Reporter: R. F. Groman Rolls and Music .... 33 Pres: Roy Shelso IOWA People . 39 Vice Pres: Warren and Rosemary Deasy Pres: John Parker News from the Chapters 41 Sec: Holly and Peggy Hollingsworth Vice Pres: Bob Shimp Treas: Les Cordell SeclTreas: Mary Lou Shimp Technicalities 50 Reporter: Bill Toeppe Reporter: Jack Niewoehner The Forum 51 TEXAS BOSTON AREA Pres: Dick Barnes Pres: Barry Kasindorf Vice Pres: Bob Smith Vice Pres: Charles Hazard SeclTreas: Betty Plonien Sec: Bill Koenigsberg The Cover: On the occasion of Eubie Blake's 95th Reporter: Tom Beckett Treas: Philip Konop birthday, The San Francisco Chronicle carried this MIDWEST Reporter: Donald Brown marvelous picture of him. Pres: Edwin Ward NORTHERN LIGHTS Vice Pres: Ruth Owen Pres: Steve Leppa Sec: Lawrence and Margaret Frazer Vice Pres: Terry Goepel Treas: Alvin Wulfekuhl Sec: Barbara Leppa 1983 Convention Reporter: Sue Ricca Treas: Robert & Katheryn Dumas Chicago PHILADELPHIA AREA SIERRA-NEVADA •• •• July 14-17 Pres: Bob Rosencrans Pres: Ken Winters Vice Pres: Barbara McCartney Vice Pres: Sonja Lemon Sec: Frank Basil SeclTreas: Audrey Winters Treas: Mac Taylor Reporter: Mel and Karen Locher Reporter: Bill Pilgermayer CHICAGO AREA SOWNY (SOUTHERN ONTARIO, Pres: Jim Edwards WESTERN NY) Vice Pres: Carol Dayton and Mabel Zivin AFFILIATED SOCIETIES Pres: Jim Brewer Sec: Bob and Gloria Taylor The Player Piano Group (England) Vice Pres: Jan Drewniak Treas: Bill and Dee Kavouras The North West Player Piano Sec: Alice Guhlow Reporter: Wynette Edwards Association (England) Netherlands Mec,hanical Organ Treas: Jim and Chris Barley HEART OF AMERICA Society - KDV " Reporter: Fred Buchwald Pres: Ron Connor Australian Collector~echanical ROCKY MOUNTAIN Vice Pres: Tom Hellstein Musical Instruments Pres: Jere De Backer Sec: Leonard Railsback Dutch Pianola Association Vice Pres: Bill Arthur Treas: Margaret Taylor Society of Friends of Mechanical Sec: Rae Burdette Reporter: Craig Brougher Musical Instruments (Germany) Treas: Art Tarr Reporter: Deane and Patty Fehrman <> 31 <> Founding Chapter Sponsors Roll Auction by Jack Edwards /" During the January meeting of the Founding Chap­ ter, it was decided that we would sponsor a roll auction for members of AMICA International. Because the by­ laws say that the club is responsible for assisting in the dispersal of recordings, and it has been a long time since AMICA held a national roll auction, we decided to leap into the breech. Howie Koff will serve as head of the auction com­ mittee. Serving on the committee with Howie will be his wife Isadora, Tom and Ida Fryer, Bill Wherry, Chapter President Phil McCoy, his wife Phyllis and his son Paul, jump off the player piano transmission, but having Jack and Dianne Edwards. We met not too long after the watched so many American westerns I was able to climb January meeting to set up procedures for the auction. around the end of the piano, which took up the entire Since the chapter is sinking a large portion of its treas­ width of the wagon, and refit the chain. ury into printing, mailing and sundry expenses, we, of A great time was had by all. My wife, Barbara, re­ course hope that many AMICAns have rolls to sell, and ceived the prize for best dressed lady [in period costume) we hope
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  • Czech Music in Nebraska

    Czech Music in Nebraska

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  • Sara Davis Buechner

    Sara Davis Buechner

    Sara Davis Buechner Pianist Sara Davis Buechner is one of the leading keyboard artists of our time. She has been praised on four continents for her “intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess”(New York Times), “fascinating and astounding virtuosity”(Philippine Star), and “thoughtful artistry in the full service of music”(Washington Post).“Buechner has no superior” says Japan’s InTunemagazine. Winner of a bouquet of prizes at the world’s great piano competitions -- Reine Elisabeth of Belgium, Leeds, Salzburg, Sydney and Vienna -- she established her early career with the Gold Medal of the 1984 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and a Bronze Medal in the 1986 Tschaikowsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. Now residing in Canada, Ms. Buechner enjoys a vibrant international performance and recording career. With an active repertoire of over 100 piano concertos ranging from A (Albeníz) to Z (Zimbalist), she has appeared as soloist with the world’s prominent orchestras: New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Montréal, Vancouver, Victoria; the CBC Radio Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic, City of Birmingham (U.K.) Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Kuopio (Finland) Philharmonic, Slovak Philharmonic and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León (Spain). Audiences throughout the world have applauded Ms. Buechner’s recitals in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the Hollywood Bowl, Prague’s Dvorák Hall and Kyoto’s Alti Hall; and she enjoys a special following throughout Asia where she tours annually. Ms. Buechner’s numerous recordings have received prominent critical appraisal. The New York Times greeted her Koch International CD of piano music by Rudolf Friml as a “revelation,” and devoted the front page of its Sunday Arts & Leisure section to her world première recording of the Bach-Busoni “Goldberg” Variations.
  • Rudolph Friml

    Rudolph Friml

    AMICA International Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' Association Honor Roll (Charles) Rudolf Friml ( 1879 -- 1972 ) Pianist, composer; born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic). He studied under Dvorák at the Prague Conservatory and as a pianist and composer he settled in the U.S.A. in 1906 (becoming a citizen in 1925). His completion of The Firefly (1912) for Victor Herbert initiated his long series of highly successful Broadway operettas (1912--34) containing such standards as "Indian Love Song" from Rose Marie (1924), "Some Day" from The Vagabond King (1925), and "The Donkey Serenade" from the film version of The Firefly (1937). He also contributed to the Ziegfeld Follies (1921--25). After settling in Hollywood (1934) he scored numerous films, and at age 92 he became an original member of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. Composer Rudolf Friml, above, with his wife, Kay Ling, at the piano in their Richmond District home in 1967. Right, a postal employee cancels Mrs. Frimi's own version of a stamp to commemorate 100-year anniversary of her late famed husband ================== Music man: His time has come again S.F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, Dec 9 1979 By Lynn Ludlow Examiner Staff Writer Kay Ling Friml, who wanted to mail some letters, paused for a moment to predict a change in America's musical tastes. "I think people are ready," she said, "to listen to some songs with music." Rudolf Friml, who lived here during the melancholy years when operettas gave way to what he called "crooning and drums," would have been 100 years old Friday.