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Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' PUBLICATION DEADLINES FOR 1986 Association, a non-profit club devoted to the restoration, For January/February issue January 10 distribution and enjoyment of musical instruments using per­ For March issue February 10 forated paper music rolls, AMICA was founded in San Francisco For April issue March 10 in 1963. For May/June issue May 10 For July issue June ·10 For August issue July 10 For September/October issue September 10 For November issue October 10 For December issue November 10

CHAPTER OFFICERS FOUNDING CHAPTER IOWA Pres: Gene McGraw Pres: George Apland Vice Pres: Diane Lillibridge Vice Pres: E.H. Breckenfelder Treas: Lou Klein Sec/Treas: Marjorie Apland Sec/Rep: Pat Stutts Reporter: Jack Niewoehner ADVER'rlSING Classified: 10a: per word, $1.50 minimum. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOSTON AREA • All copy must reach the publisher by the 10th of Pres: Jerry Pell Pres: Judy. Welsh Vice Pres: George Baker Vice Pres: Michael Potash the preceding month. Payment must accompany Sec/Rep: Susan Stricker Sec: Bill Koenigsberg order. Make checks payable to: AMICA Treas: Pat Hodge Treas: Philip Konop INTERNATIONAL. Reporter: Donald Brown

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'NlFRNAnONAL Off,aRS 1986 CONVENTION PRESIDENT Terry Smythe (204) 452-2180 PHILADELPHIA, PENN. 547 Waterloo St., Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3N on JUNE 19 - 21 PAST PRESIDENT Robert M. Taylor HOST: Philadelphia Area Chapter (215) 735-2662 1326 Spruce St., #3004, Philadelphia, PA 19107 • Do you wish to become a member of AMICM via PRESIDENT Molly Yeckley '3 (419) 684-5742 Annual fee for U.S. members $22 612 Main St., Castalia, OH 44824 Canada and Mexico (air) $28 SECRETARY Dorothy Olds Other non-U.s. countries (surface) $28 (218) 326-2488 New and lapsed members add processing fee $5 1327 Crystal Springs Rd., Grd Rpds, MN 55744 PUBUSHER Dorothy Bromage • Has your address changed! (207) 767-4446 Write to Membership Secretary. P.O. Box 275 Cape Cottage Branch, • Do you have a contribution for the Bulletin! Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 All subjects of interest to readers of the Bulletin are MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Will Wild and Y.llerie Anderson New memberships encouraged and invited by the Publisher. All articles must (803) 758-8846 be received by the 10th of the preceding month. Every P.O. Box 172, Columbia, SC 29202 attempt will be made to publish all articles of general TREASURER Tom Olds interest to AMICA members at the earliest possible time (218) 326-2488 and at the discretion of the publisher. 1327 Crystal Springs Rd., Grd Rpds, MN 55744 See Bulletin deadlines on previous page BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Founding Chapter: Howie Koff Original Bulletin articles, or material for reprint that is of Southern California: Dick Rigg significant historical quality 'and interest, are encouraged Texas: Haden Vandiver and will be rewarded in the form of AMICA membership Midwest: Vincent Ricca dues dis~ounts. (Chapter reports and Forum inqiJires are Philadelphia Area: len Wert SOWNY: Rick Drewniak excluded.) Rocky Mountain: Dick Kroeckel New Jersey: John De Paris Iowa: Alvin Johnson Boston Area: Sanford Libman AMICA Intemational News BuRetin Northern Lights: lowell Boehland Sierra-Nevada: Volume 23 Number 1 April 1986 Chicago Area: Jerry Biasella CONTENTS Heart of America: Ron Bopp Southeast Area: John O'loughlin mtures Gateway: Del Sewell Traveling Workshops " , .. 40 An Ossip Gabrilowitsch Autograph 42 COMMITIIES Piano Signing in New York .42 TECHNICAL, Melluchetti AMICAn Ford and Wichita State University 43 3449 Mauricia Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051 The Themodist. 43 ARCHIVES, Jim Weisenborne A Comprehensive Roll Catalog 51 73 Nevada St., Rochester, MI 4llO63 Piano lover Keeps Great Music Rolling 52 PUBLICATIONS, Dorothy Bromage Morton Gould: On Music and the Player Piano 53 P.O. Box 275 Cape Cottage Branch, Halley's Comet 61 Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 Depubnenls AMICA International 39 AUDIO-VISUAL, Bill Blodgett That Special Rol 43 73 Nevada St., Rochester, MI48063 News from the Chapters 57 Classified Ads 63 AFFILIATED SOCimES 1he Cover: The cover photograph shows Eugene O'Neill with the instrument The Player Piano Group (England) he called, "Rosie." This issue of the Bulletin contains two references to Eugene The North West Player Piano Association (England) O'Neill. See article on page 40 and also the Philadelphia Area Chapter report. Netherlands Mechanical Organ Society - KDV ./ The Eugene O'Neill photograph is used with the permission of the Australian Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instruments Collection of American Literature, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Dutch Pianola Association Library, Yale University. Society of Friends of Mechanical Musical Instruments (Germany) AMICA 1986 ANNUAL MEETING The Eugene O'Neill Foundation, The Philadelphia Area Chapter of AMICA looks forward to having TAO House you attend the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia June 20-21. This by Virginia Rei mini-convention will include a visit to Longwood Gardens which was one of the highlights of the 1979 Meeting. At Longwood Gardens we The Eugene O'Neill Foundation is searching for a player piano will hear the Aeolian Organ with 10,010 pipes played by concert which has disappeared. organist Vernon de Tar. For your visual enjoyment we have In preparation for the centennial celebration of O'Neill's birth in scheduled adequate time to explore the gardens and view the 1988, our Foundation is working with the National Park Service, colored light fountain display at the conclusion of the organ recital. which now owns Tao House, to restore the furnishings at Eugene On the way to Longwood Gardens we will visit the home of O'Neill's former California home. Duo-Art recording artist Josef Hofmann and an will be impressed by In 1933, the O'Neills purchased from Wurlitzer in New York an the extraordinary music room with carved panels of scenes from his electric piano, vintage 1890-1910. It was described as being a sickly life. The Friday schedule also includes a visit to the Wanamaker green color, painted all over in red roses. Apparently it had come department store which houses the largest concert pipe organ in the from a New Orleans bordello. This player piano, which Mr. O'Neill world (originally installed in the 1904 Saint Louis Exposition). called "Rosie," was a great favorite of his. When the O'Neills left Other events will include: a mart at which space will be provided at California in 1944, the piano was stored in California and was to have no additional cost; technical sessions; a presentation on the been shipped East in 1948. We have no further information on this historical importance of reproducing piano rolls with particular player piano. Recently we have heard about a piano resembling reference to Enrique Granados' works; and open houses to view "Rosie" being in a Tacoma, Washington area home in the 1950s, but members' collections. Of course there will be the Annual Meeting of have no confirmation. members, with election of officers. We do not know that the O'Neills' piano was a Wurlitzer. Through There will be one optional event: a concert of the Philadelphia correspondence with the Wurlitzer Company we have found that Orchestra on Thursday evening June 19 at their summer home in pictures we have of O'Neill's piano most closely resemble Wurlitzer Fairmont Park's Mann Music Center (also known as Robin Hood Style I. Case Design 23, copies of which are enclosed. Dell). An additional $5.00 per person will be charged for this event, We are appealing to anyone connected with player pianos in the and only registration received by June 7 can be included. The hope of somehow finding the original piano that O'Neill so enjoyed. program will include a piano piece. One warning: we will be sitting We will appreciate any ideas or suggestions you might have to aid our outside, and the program goes on even if it rains, so come prepared. search. Virginia Rei, Chairman Restoration Committee The Eugene O'Neill Foundation ~&t1~~~&t1~~~~~ POB402 Danville, CA 94526

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This contribution from Evelyn Schaller indicates the existence of an unusual piano accessory. Does anyone "TRAVELING WORKSHOPS" have a photograph of a "Piano Baby?" -APROPOSAL

Q: I have a big bisque figure of a by Tom Beckett baby iD a white ruffled Digbtsbirt. It Considering the popularity of Technical Sessions at AMICA is 11 iDcbes high. OIl tbe back it is conventions and the fact that they are basically only available to marked "Heubacb." How old is it? A: You own a "piano baby." The those who are fortunate enough to attend these conventions, I piano in the parlor of the 1880 home wonder if some thought could be given to putting these technical i was decorated like a table. A pais­ sessions (or "workshops") on the road for a broader exposure. o I propose the above (more detail to follow) because my wife, . ~ ley or a Spanish shawl with hanging '~5'" t fringe was draped on the top. and Carole, is presently attending a workshop in spinning, presented . .... the piano baby was' placed on the locally by an out·of·town fiber artist who has been brought in by the . . ~ .... shawl to hold it in place. Dallas Handweaver and Spinners guild. Carole is active in this group ~as oil Gebruder Heubach of Lichte, Ger­ and has attended several workshops on weaving and spinning in the i. many,. made dolls and the piano past year. By bringing in professionals and semi-professionals from ·.·.·~··.·.-·=...... baby figures. Many of the piano .. ··-8 ~'.' across the country, the local guild furthers the education of its :;J<. '..- babies have been reproduced. Turn members with programs that bring refined techniques and updated ~~: your figure upside down: If there is information in a fun format that keeps local interest in the hobby f~ a pencil-point-sized hole in the bot­ high. tom it is probably old. The new Why couldn't AMICA do the same? copies have large holes in the base. A little more information on how the Weavers and Spinners Guild makes this system work. Obviously they have to have volunteers -people who will be willing to go on the road at least part of the time

* 40 * to pass on their knowledge. Since many of their workshops are given Then the chapters need to decide when they might like to take by professional artists, they are paid (roughly $150 per day) for their advantage of some offering and get in touch with the workshop knowledge. I suspect that in the early days of their program, the leader and work out some arrangements. It should be understood volunteers weren't given this bonus. Also, the workshop leader has that the chapter, either from fees charged its attendees or from the ~ their travel expenses paid) and food and lodging is usually provided local treasury, is expected to cover the travel, food and lodging by a local member. When several guilds in a geographic area can be expenses of the workshop leader as well as provide transportation served, often the leader can make sort of a "loop" and cover several while on the scene. Of course, workshop leaders can always decline cities on one tour and thereby reduce the travel expenses for the some or all of these services if they feel that generous, but it should individual chapters or guilds. be expected that they would be provided by the host chapter. I think to get such a program started in AMICA the workshop The potential workshop leaders need to provide, in reasonable leaders would have to be content with their travel, room and board detail, to the AMICA Bulletin (through a central source for now) just being provided by the local chapter. A willingness and eagerness to exactly what sort of workshop they can deliver, whether or not they share their expertise plus the advantage of a special trip to another will be giving hands-on type demonstrations that require attendees city at vastly reduced cost would have to be the prime motivating to bring supplies of their own, the time length of the workshop (this factor. Perhaps in time, some of the truly expert restoration should be of reasonable length - probably one day (4-6 hours) professionals in AMICA could be encouraged to go on the road for a minimum if you want people to pay your way) and what days of the small daily fee in addition to the aforementioned expenses. I should week and time of the year they would be willing to perform. mention here that the Weavers and Spinners Guilds do charge a fee Well, the fellow who proposes some grand scheme usually is for their local members to attend these workshops and that 3-day elected to take care of it sol duly allow as how I will be willing to workshops are not uncommon. A lot of information changes hands, compile lists of workshop volunteers to submit to the Bulletin unless personal contact is made with experts, and it is a lot of fun for the someone else would like to handle this program. Once underway, attendees as well as an additional bond to keep local guilds members' potential new workshop leaders should just be able to submit their interest up. name to a "Workshop" column in the Bulletin and then deal directly How to start: Obviously, we need people who will give "work­ with local chapters. Volunteers - don't be shy! Yes, you take the risk shops" and will be willing to go on the road with them at least every that no one will jump at the chance to hear what you have to say, but I now and then. And, the workshops don't necessarily need to be expect, that like any new program, early demand will be slow until technical in nature. They could be live performances at the piano (I local chapters see how much interest this can generate in a group know that in some chapters this type of "workshop" with guest that may have become somewhat stagnant. Also, if there are any AMICA Honoraries is already a reality), lectures of a historical other suggestions as how to get such a program going, I am more nature, or perhaps a visuals presentation (videotapes, slides, audio than willing to listen to them. tapes) of some major collections or museums that many of us have Should you be inclined to be enthusiastic, write me at: 6817 .... never seen. I am sure there are other categories that could be Cliffbrook, Dallas, TX 75240. From about mid-May to mid-June Iam covered as well and Idon't think one should have to be considered an going to be involved in a major move. Hold up for awhile at that time "expert" to contribute. I offer myself as an example. and then write me at 1111 Via Malibu, Aptos, CA 95003. Ido not in any way claim myself asanorgan expert, but Ido have a fair amount of experience. Ioriginally built my own pneumatic chest to add a rank of pipes to a nickelodeon. Then I restored a Seeburg Mortuary (piano/pipe) organ. I expanded the capabilities of that instrument to include the playing of "A" and "G" rolls. I acquired a ~ ~ defunct 10 rank church organ, converted it to play with direct Tip of the Month electric magnets, and added that to the Seeburg. I acquired an Aeolian Duo-Art reproducing organ console and 10-roll Concertola, rebuilt them, expanded the organ ultimately to 20 ranks with harp, chimes, and piano and added a digital recording system to copy the A Helpful Hint organ rolls. The organ got too big so I sold it and acquired a 49 stop by Don Teach Allen 705 digital computer organ. I talked to the Allen factory and Past issues of the AMICA bulletin have covered the subject of hot with their approval (to keep from voiding the guarantee), I added glue very well. Everyone should be using hot glue for all player repair simple electronic devices (I am no electronic genius, either) and work by now. Iplug in an electric light every time I use my glue pot so turned their organ into a player! Using the digital recording system, I it does not get left on all night. Hot glue should be covered while you can record a live performance and make reproducing "tapes" - the are using it so that it does not require the addition of water, which organ plays itself from a live performance, it is NOT an audio tape. I tends to dilute it. can make reproducing "tapes" from "A," "G," and 6S-note rolls by adding my own stop registrations to the music and I am about to bring on line a Moller Artiste that I have just finished restoring. Repeat, I am not an expert but in several years I have learned a lot about residence self-playing organs whether bought to restore or worked up a great deal from scratch. Ifsome group was interested, I would think I could make up a program, complete with videotape In Memoriam -./ visual aids for the bigger stuff that isn't portable, and go on the road once or twice a year and I think there are many others in AMICA that The Publisher has just received word of the death of could do the same. Honorary Member Eddy Hanson in Wisconsin, on To get such a program going we need to make a list of volunteers February 22, 1986. to lead workshops that we can publish for AMICA chapters to study.

* 41 * New Yorkers Take Note An Ossip Gabrilowitsch Autograph From an article in the Oregonian, sent by Joe Bogle, it is noted r that Kathrin Cawein was awarded the Talcott Prize from the Society by Terry Banister of American Etchings. This interesting paragraph also occurs in the article: Concerning the article in the November 1985 Bulletin on auto­ Working at first as an editor of player piano record for such graphed plates, Irecently tuned the Ossip Gabrilowitsch Mason and famous artists as Rachmaninoff, Prokofieff and Hoffman, Hamlin here in Riverside. I had not tuned this piano for several years, she succeeded at that career until the advent of radio so took camera with me. As you can see the piano is in poor destroyed the player piano market in the 1920's. "I was one condition. The owner didn't know the strings were broken! I of the few who could interpret the little black dots in the replaced them after the photo was taken. The piano is a 1919 Mason score to the slits in the paper," she said. "Their minds and Hamlin 5'8" Model "A". weren't attuned to mechanics like mine was." From the autograph, it looks like Gabrilowitsch used the piano the According to Linda Cargill, author of the article, Kathrin Cawein is summer of 1923 in Santa Barbara. The present owner doesn't know a native New Yorker, currently living in Pleasantville, NY Joe Bogle the history of the piano_ The piano needs rebuilding and, as Henry notes that there may be a further story here. Perhaps some Steinway stated, to do it properly you would re-bronze the plate and AMI CAn living nearPleasantville, NY could contact Mrs. Cawein for the autograph would be lost. an interview. There is also a 5'8" Baldwin Grand in Riverside with an E.R. Schmitz autograph. Duo-Art rolls are a good way to authenticate signatures.

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Printmaker Kathrin Cawein takes down her painting called Ossip Gabrilowitsch Autograph: A fine instrument "NatilJity" at conclusion ofherexhibit at Pacific UnilJersity in Forest Santa Barbara - May-September 1923 Groue, Oregon.

Piano Signing In New York by Henry Steinway

Steinway had a sort of celebration in the New York Store at 109 West 57th, on October 17, and they dragged by brother, John, and me out of retirement to do the piano signing thing. I am no photographer, but [ brought along my idiot proof camera, and here are the results. r-

Henry Steinway signing the piano with Mrs. Hanson, buyer, watching.

* 42 * AMICAn Ford and Wichita State University

Memorabilia ofThurlow Lieurance is on view in the Durksen Fine Arts Center of the Wichita State University. The showing is of his piano rolls, American Indian flutes, statuary, photos, music and records. Thurlow Lieurance was Dean of Music at the University for many years. He spent his early life living with the American Indians and recording their music. The piano roll is Duo-Art No. 67347 of Mr. Lieurance playing his piano arrangement of his famous song "By the Waters of the Minnetonka." Emmett M. Ford, owner of the roll shows the leader to Larry D. Edwards, Interim Dean of College of Fine Arts. An article about the display will be in a forthcoming issue of the magazine, HORIZON.

John Steinway signs as the purchasers of the piano, Mr. Hoffman and family, witness the event.

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Duo-Art Lesghinka (Liapunov) Played by Dai Buell Molly Yeckly 612 Main Street Castalia, OH 44824 "The Themodist" Paramount #5561 You Brought a New King of Love to Me by Mark Reinhart Dan Kastler I was recently looking through some back issues of the AMICA 300 Atlantic Ave Bulletin and noticed a query about the origins of the themodist. The Syracuse, NY 13207 article mentioned conflicting statements as to who the inventor was. f did not see a response to the article, so ( thought I would respond QRS#1O-089 with a somewhat timely answer. Tijuana Taxi The texts of the period generally cite Skinner and Crooks as the Tim Passinault inventor of the themodist. Iam submitting both the Skinner 637,736 105 Hemlock patent and the Crooks 663,118 patent. The granting of patents to Munising, MI 49862 both men recognizes each as inventor of a particular aspect of the art. The Crooks patent has the earlier filing date yet each has laid Marche Heroique" (Saint Saens) claim to what was considered patentably distinct inventions. Reward for this roll The Skinner Figure 3 shows the music roll which controls the Randolph Herr theme and accompaniment. The Crooks Figure 7 shows its music 111-07 77th Ave roll control. All of the Crooks drawings have been are included here Forest Hill, NY 11375 to define the environment of the invention. The answer to the query is that both men are inventors and each has made significant Paramount #5561 contributions to the art. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me The Pain 980,555 patent is also included here. The Pain reference Dan Kastler is what most people associate as themodist. The Pain citation is the 300 Atlantic Ave earliest reference showing the "snake bite" concept that I have Syracuse, NY 13207 found. It is important to note that the Pain application for a patent was filed nearly a decade after the Crooks patent application. Is there a special roll that YOU want? Send as Themodist, like so many things, was not the effort a single individual, much information as you can to the Publisher. rather it bears the mark of effort by many men. The themodist is the , Dorothy Bromage sum of its parts and not the single inventive concept of one man. POB274CCB Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107 * 43 ., 84. MUSIO. EXAili.li~EKS ROOld. 43

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*50 * which closet or other area he has commandeered over the years. It is A Comprehensive Roll Catalog theoretically possible, in a giant comprehensive roll listing, to include by Dorothy Bromage where each known roll "resides." The problem with putting the theory into practice is that the list could never be accurate, given the From time to time, the subject arises concerning the creation of a constant ebb and flow of collections. comprehensive roll catalog. Those who are interested in this have An actual roll catalog is not practical at this time, but an "issued varied requirements. The most frequently mentioned wish is for a rolls" listing, (perhaps with Elaine Obenchain's Ampico catalog as a complete catalog that includes all known Ampico, Duo-Art and model) is worth pursuing, in my opinin. A recent "find" in Portland, Welte reproducing piano rolls. Other AMICAns would like to include Maine, is a business with a working system that takes 5-y-! disks from rolls for other expression pianos, as well. any of about 90 different hardware configurations and translates Even if it only includes the three major systems, how feasible is a them to the resident system (Macintosh) for printing out according data compilation? To begin exploring this, [ request suggestions be to the typesetting requirements of the customer. sent to me. (It may turn out that such a catalog is already in the works When Ivisited G & G Laser Typesetting in Portland and described somewhere!) an automatic musical instrument roll catalog, they immediately If I were to start from square one and begin a comprehensive understood the possibilities. I felt that AMICAns interested in the catalog, I would look at computer generated roll listings that people project could be anywhere in the world and contribute, provided the have shared with me. Ahti Petaja, AU Werolin, the Koffs, and Sandy format and certain limitations were adhered to. Libman are examples of people who have well·developed formats for The G & G Laser Typesetting is an outputting service for their personal collections. These formats are all quite similar to each documents (text and graphics) created on the Apple Macintosh other and to my own. This makes me believe it would not be hard to computer, or text generated on IBM compatibles and numerous devise a format, publicize it, obtain a consensus and get going, either other PC's. Output is available on either the Apple LaserWriter or as a Chapter project or AMICA International project. the new Allied (Mergenthaler) Linotronic LlOO Typesetter. The Data [t never has been found feasible to create an AM[CA archive of Transfer Configuration is as follows: actual rolls, in spite of persuasive arguments for doing so. If it were Ideas sent to me will be summarized in a future issue of the possible at least to know where rolls are, in private and public Bulletin. Perhaps there can be some dialogue on the matter at the collections, then one would know where to begin looking when June mini-convention in Philadelphia. borrowing or taping was desired. When you read Alf Werolin's list, you can tell the physical location of the roll in his house ~ that is,

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* 51 * 2C THE WICHITA EAGLE-BEACON Sunday, January 5, 1986 Piano Lover Keeps Great Music Rolling at Home

lillie about the exteriot of the "I USED to drive around during Other guests have caused Ford modest frame bome hints at the the '40s and '50s before there was esthetic distress. musical and artistic wonderS to be tbis big rage for antiques that sent "I used to Invite people to bear found Inside, but tbere is one clue tbe prlcers sky bigh. I got some the pianos," be said, " .,. but al· - the stained glass windows. pretty good things, some to keep, most everytime 1 start the piano "I found them at a junk dealer's some to sell.' But I got out of an­ roll, people listen for a While and place in Wellington," said Emmell tiques years ago. Tbere were too then they begin to yak." Ford, who owns tbe tlOuse. "He many fakes.'" said tbey came from a fine old Ford's house gleams with the bouse but he had them so long he furniture and antique art objects FORD HAS made plans for tbe couldn't remember wbere it had the special quality of his pianos. he kept. disposal of his treasures. been or wbo owned it. 1 bought They are player pianos. The grand "Tbis is a fine piece of Sevres "I've made my will," be said. DU~ tbem and had them installed. is an Ampico; the upright is a porcelain," he said. "It's a patch "~Pianos and tbe rolls and They give privacy and still let the Art. Piles of piano rolls are near box." eve bing about the plano will go light in." each. Stacks of rolls are kept in a "Patch box?" to th Ampico Archives in Roches­ Ford bough t the house in 1953, small room at the rear of the "Wben sypbilis was common In ter, Minn., wbere they plan a mu· 15 years after he came to Wichita house. Eac.h ts cataloged on file Europe 200 years ago many peo· seum. Then I've set up a scholar' .. from Englewood to stUdy piano cards kept in drawer after drawer pie had lillie sores on their faces. ~SbiP at WSU for plano stUdents. 1 en with Stanley Levy at Friends Uni· after drawer. They covered them with patChes bad lunch with Paul Reed (a r-:> versity. He has remodeled the cut in tbe sbape of stars, moons or member of the plano faculty) who .. bouse extensively. One of his first "I'VE GOT more than a tbou· other decorations and pasted them is a real nice fellow, and he .changes was remove the wall sep. sand rolls," FO~ said. "Rolls. over the sores, Tbe patches were helped me set it up." araling ~ ~the two r~r!22..ms made by Padere ski, .Horowitz, kept on tbeir dressing tables in Ford's home companion is an from the living room. blS gave Debussy, Gershwin; HUbie Blake. AnlI10ny Reed/Staff Photographe, boxes like this." aristocratically aloof cat, a big, h~O pianos. . I've got" a roll made by Tburlow Longtime Wichitan Emmett Ford maintains an extensive collec­ Ford bas other examples of tougb animal named Buddy. • Lieurance (first dean of the Wicbi· tion of music for the two player pianos in his home. Sevres and many pieces' of Wedg­ "Buddy runs thing; bere," Ford ONE ~a grand. It Is in the ta State University College of Fine wood cbina, most of it framed and admitted. bapplly. "He tbinks 1am liVing roOm'\"ihe otber is an up- Arts) playmg a speCial arrange­ are framed and displayed on the "I got them by writing for displayed on his walls. here just to let him in and let him right. It is in the space tbat was ment of his composition, 'Tbe Wa· wall over his typewriter. tbem," he said. "Sometime I :\ out and prepare his meals. 1 found once a bedrhQllJ. But Ford doesn't ters of Minnetonka.' And rolls by would like to have a display of i)\,..- N him in the parking lot at Beecll in play either on~He lost he use of\. Hoffman, Levitsky, RUbenstein, THE WALLS of the living room them in the Wichita Art Associ· / WI HAD to do that because of 1973, a little thing just about fro­ his.kft ann, so far as piano p II .,,:;'1 Enescu." are filled with portraits of musi· ation or some appropriate place." people like tbe man who mashed zen. He developed into a terrible ing"TsCOiiCerned, many years ago. 1 The pianos are a major part of cians. Most are pbotographs, with Until tben, the pictures are safe­ out a cigar in a Wedgwood bOWl," fighter, and hl! runs tbing; in this . "It gives me a lot of pain in cold Ford's involvement with music the name of each artist on the ly stored. Eacb has a label on the be said. neighborhood as far as cats.are weather and somellmes it swells," and art, but there is much more. back in Ford's neat typing. Some back prepared by Ford. Each is Unthinking visitors have been a concerned. he said. "I think 1 damaged a He writes book reviews and stories are pastels. The most magnificent wrapped in heavy paper and kept problem for Ford. "The vet told me Buddy nerve when 1 was riding in a Mod- about musicians, mostly pianists, is of an unidentified singer. It in an indiVidual heavy paper sack. "I used to let ladies clubs tour wouldn't fight so much if 1 had el T Ford with some kids in Engle- for Amica, the journal of tbe Auto­ dominates the wall near the grand . All(! there is more, much more. tbe house," he said. "But 1 quit him neutered. 1 had him neutered, wood and the driver drove into a matic Music Institute Collectors piano. Ford,~ 72, is a bacllelor who after a lady threw a purse With a and be fOUght twice as mUCh. The ditch. I was tbrown forward and Association, a national organiza· Pbotographs. Ford has stacks of worked in the inspection depart· lot of sequin things on it rigbt on last time I took bim to the vet to hit my head on tbe da,sh board. I tion dedicated to instruments actio pictures, all pbotos of famous per­ ment of Beecb Aircraft Corp. from top tbe grand. I took it off and put get blm sewed up after a fight, It think it pinched a nerve to my vated by perforated materials. formers, stored in the small room 1940 until his retirement in 1979. it on the "oor and told her tbat if cost me S58 - which is more than arm." He has received two certificates where he types his stories and This provided time and money for the finish was damaged I was the it costs me wben 1 go to tbe doc­ Ford's ann InjUry helps explain of appreciation from Arnica. Tbey keeps some or the piano rolls. another hobby, antiques. one Who had to pay for it." tor.'" Al and Pat De Lancey contributed the following, from a publication Comments on the Beacon Article of the Aeolian Music Foundation. by Emmett Ford

A newspaper reporter called me, and expressed an interest in pianos and rolls and wanted to come and talk. Here is the article he finally put together. How can a man stand in my 12 x 15 ft. living H MORTON GOULD: where there are one Geo. Steck Duo-Art 5'8 and a J & C Fisher Ampico 5Ygrand and write that the Ampico is an upright! He tells of ON MUSIC AND separating one of two bedrooms and this is untrue, plus he magnified THE PLAYER·PIANO the condition of my left hand, which is not useless. There are days when I may drop my coffee cup, pencil or cigar, and cold weather Few contemporary American composers haue won the respect and creates pain, but not like he describes it. He mispelled George acclaim accorded Morton Gould. As a composer-artist, he has Enesco's name, no one mashed a cigar in a piece of Wedgewood (I successfully spanned the realms of classical, semi-classical and had bought a tray in Houston that had a cigarette burn, but one popular music. One of the foremost composers of our era, he has removes the black with a soft toothbrush and toothpaste) and then made a lasting contribution to the American musical scene. he zeros in on the cat. He left out so much valuable information. Concerning his lengthy item on the framed photos - all Idid was put them in paper bags, write the name of the person and put them on Morton Gould was born in Richmond Hill, New York, on shelves - he writes like Ispent hours storing them. Irecall a famous December 10, 1913. By the age of four, he was already playing the person said he never gave interviews, as things were distorted. Once piano and composing, and at six, had one of his compositions the paper asked me to write an article so I did but somebody published. Through his ability to improvise on a given theme, he changed it all around, and a distorted result was printed. Regardless, gained early critical attention as a child prodigy. Ireceived many calls about the article, and Iguess it created interest. Mr Gould's talents have incompassed the entire scope of music. His creativity has made its impression on symphonic band literature and Broadway musicals, including "Billion Dollar Baby" and "Arms and the Girl". He has also been active in movies with scores for "Cinerama Holiday" and "Windjammer"; and has earned musical Setting Record Straight credits for such special television programs as "Turn of the Century" for CBS-TV and "The Secret of Freedom" for NBC-TV. On Piano Roll Article Currently writing a full-length ballet in conjunction with chore­ I have received II telephone Therese Tietjens (1831·77). ographer George Ballanchine, Mr. Gould still finds time for a series calls and one letter from read· My age is incorrect; birthdaY' of articles and lectures on the place of music in our time, in addition ers of Don Granger's Jan. 5 arti· come around fast enough with­ cle, "Plano Lover Keeps Great out an increase prior to my to extensive recording sessions. A member of ASCAP for many Music Roiling at Home," telling birthday. years, he is presently on their Board of Directors. of their interest in reading the I never had a cigar smashed Mr. Gould's works have been widely performed and recorded article. I appreciate their inter· in a Wedgwood bowl. I had re­ est. ferred to a small tray bougbt in both here and abroad, and today he is acknowledged as one of the At Mr. Granger's· request, I Houston that had a cigarette most prolific and versatile artists of the musical world. had him visit me and discuss bum which was removed by tile history of the reproducing using a toothbrush and tOOUl­ Among his compositions are: three symphonies, "Foster Gallery", pianos, the rolls and pianists paste. The small Wedgwood "Cowboy Rhapsody", "Spirituals for Orchestra", "Interplay for who made the rolls. I do re­ trays are gifts 8JId not at my search and write for the month· collecting, and they are put, In Piano and Orchestra", "Concerto for Orchestra", "Fall River Iy AMICA News Bulletin, and shadow boxes to prevent 'any Legend Ballet", "Serenade of Carols", "Symphony for Band", "Tap realize that with the amount of damage. Dance Concerto", "Dance Variations for Two Pianos and work Involved and regardless of My pianos and rolls will not care, errors can occur. go to the Ampico Ar~ves; Orchestra", and "Jekyll and Hyde Variations". Commissioned I did study piano with Stanley there is no such organization.. works include: "Declaration Suite", "Inventions for Four Pianos, Levy, but not at Friends Univer­ The framed photos of pianists sity. Mr. Levy had a studio on who made plano rolls and cer­ Wind, Brass and Percussion", "St. Lawrence Suite", "Rhythm the fourth floor of the Winnie tain books will go to the AMlCA Gallery" and "Dialogues for Piano and Strings". Building. (Automatic Musical Instrument In my 12-by-15-foot living Collectors' Association, world­ room, I have a George Steck wide membership club,. whose THE MOUNTING INTEREST IN THE COMTEMPORARY Duo-Art 5-1oot 8-lnch grand, and members find and restore musl· PLAYER-PIANO RAISES THE QUESTION OF ITS IMPORTANCE at the other end Is the J&C Fish· cal Instruments using paper er 5-foot 6-lnch Ampico grand. I rolls) Archives. AND VALUE IN OUR PRESENT SOCIElY TO APPRAISE THE don't know where Mr. Gl'!lnger When I bad my will made, it ROLE OF THE MODERN PLAYER-PIANO, AND TO EXPLORE saw a Duo-Art upright; there Is was listed that my estate would THE REASONS BEHIND ITS GROWING POPULARITY, THE an extreme difference between go to an Emmett'M. Ford Plano an upright and a grand plano. Scholarsllip at WSU.. I was inVit­ AEOLIAN MUSIC FOUNDATION VISITED THE EMINENT The trouble with my left hand ed to a lunch attended by Dean AMERICAN COMPOSER, MORTON GOULD. MR. GOULD'S did not begin until 10 years ago. Edwards, Paul Reed, Murry I stopped plano playing when I Blackwelder and Monica Hart. FAMILIARITY WITH THE PLAYER-PIANO IS OF LONG began to work for an aircraft It was Monica Hart who worked STANDING, AND HIS CANDID, UNABRIDGED COMMENTS factory. in 1940. The war effort 'with me to establish the endow· ARE HEREWITH REPRINTED IN FULL. created a work schedule of 10· ment. to 12·hour seven-days, which I am not critical of Mr. eliminated any activity in piano Granger's efforts and know Interviewer: In a recent television program, you spoke of your study. many enjoyed the artlcle, but experiences as a child with the player-piano. It· was Euble Blake and errors are often accepted and George Enesco Who made piano quoted as truths, and I feel such Mr. Gould: Yes, nostalgic memories. Ido believe I'm reaching that rolls and their names are mis­ should be corrected. spelled. age where I can recall my youth with painful or pleasurable detail. The 35-by·58-inch pastel is EMMETT M. FORD Yes, I remember that old-fashioned upright with affection. Identified as the great singer 1/14/1986 Wlclilta

* 53 * Interviewer: As you look back, do you feel that this old-fashioned Interviewer: You mention today's wide availability of music. player was a help in your early musical development? Would you also say that the appreciation of music has kept pace with Mr. Gould: It was a decided factor in launching my interest in other art forms? ' music, and was, as a matter of fact, the source of the first music Iever Mr. Gould: A good question ... so let's take a look. There has been heard. They tell me that as a baby, Isat in my high-chair listening and a phenomenal developing of reading habits ... if more than three and observing the action of the keys as the piano rolls reeled off the a half billion books now sold each year is a fair barometer. And today, repertoire of the day. Then too, my father, who was an amateur statisticians confirm that over fifty-five million people continue their violinist, would often play while accompanying himself on the player­ education through the higher grades. All this, of course, is impressive, piano. This involved playing while pumping continuously with his but even more outstanding - to my mind - is the growth of musical feet-no mean feat in coordination! audiences and amateur musicians! Last year, the total classical music box office outdrew baseball by Interviewer: Iunderstand that you were known as a child prodigy. more than five million dollars. To me, this is a gratifying statistic -not Mr. Gould: I'll agree with your terminology if I may be allowed to that I love baseball less; merely that I love music more. Our split it up. I definitely was once a child ... and Isuppose you would combined community and professional orchestrs represent sixty say that I was "musical" since I started to play the piano and percent of all such groups in the world ... not to mention the myriad compose when I was about four years old. I had no previous number of small neighborhood bands and institutional ensembles. background or tutoring, and my family history contained no this year, more than ten million children will be receiving musical professional musicians. So you see, the player-piano was my first instruction, both through their schools and privately. To anyone who authentic aural and visual entrance to the world of organized sound loves music, it is dramatically exciting to watch this interest pyramid. which civilization calls music. Through this medium, I heard some of And the calibre of material performed! I've seen concerts, operas, the great piano literature ... as well as transcriptions of the popular workshops ... productions done by students that surpass many a and orchestral literature. Indeed, to this day, perennials such as "The professional effort on the concert stage. Poet and Peasant Overture", "The Light Cavalry Overture" and so many others remain so imbedded in my mind that hearing them Interviewer: Let me ask this question: how do you think the immediately recalls the player-piano. player-piano fits in with today's world ... or to phrase it bluntly, do you think the player-piano has a place in current society? Interviewer: Would you say that the player-piano was actually an Mr. Gould: I admire your candor in taking the "bull by the horns" influence on your musical growth? attitude. But you can breathe easily; the answer or answers are Mr. Gould: An influence, yes. How important is difficult to assess. twofold, and both are positive. Each answer, by the way, would Obviously, it's impossible to make an accurate estimate of the actual appear to be a product of our accelerated pace of living. First, I learning Imay have gained from observation and imitation. However, believe that there is a genuine resurgence of family ties and family life. in my case, the player-piano served as a means of exposure to the Today, families are looking for things to do "together". And the world of music. player-piano, as a live centerspot of family entertainment, offers Interviewer: To what "status" would you assign the player-piano exactly this. Certainly it provides a warm, happy setting for all today? members of the family to share in each other's company, creating Mr. Gould: I believe you will first have to remember the era in their own recreation. If it did nothing else, this alone would make it which my own experiences took place before we can evaluate the important. And, as we both know, it does many other things. importance of player-pianos in today's world. What chance did the Interviewer: You said there were "two" answers. child in the nineteen-twenties have to hear music? If he lived in a Mr. Gould: Yes, there's another part to the problem of accelerated metropolitan city, he might have had the opportunity to hear a living: the need for immediate success. How many people really want symphony orchestra. If he were doubly lucky, he was able to take to devote the time to learn to play an instrument: music lessons, or perhaps his family was one of the few who owned a Take the businessman who enjoys music, but has never learned to phonograph. Possibly he had, as I did, a plyer-piano in the living play. Or the wife who took piano lessons as a child but now has room. Otherwise, his knowledge of music was most likely limited to forgotten practically everything ... much as high-school French. the local band concert, popular songs and a smattering of the Here are people who honestly don't have the time for practicing, but classics. who sincerely want to make music in one way or another for the Today all has changed ... and for the better! Music, like every pleasure of themselves and their listeners. And it is here that the other art form, is available at the touch of a dial, the push of a button. advantages of the player-piano are readily seen. For the player gives Radio, television, tape, records ... why today, the average listener them the opportunity to create music without sacrificing the time can hear more great music in a month's time than his counterpart of and energy which practicing and lessons consume. And, personally not too many years ago could hear in a lifetime of concert-going. speaking, I feel that whether or not the player-piano is a nostalgic Even the word "concert" has lost much of its rigid categorical throwback to the "good old days", the image of a family and friends meaning. A concert can mean most anything today ... jazz, classics, grouped around the player-piano is awarmly human sight. a solo performance by a popular recording star. Our present concept of music is now one of familiarity and acceptance, and in this Interviewer: Fine for the adult, but what about the child? Can the light we should appraise the present place of the player-piano. player-piano actually contribute to the child's musical education? Formerly, the player was both a means of education as well as Mr. Gould: First of all, I can't imagine any child not receiving the entertainment. Look at the artists who cut music rolls - Rubenstein, same thrill from the player-piano that I received as a child. True, to ( Rachmanioff ... incidentally, Ieven cutseveral myself. The music for the older child, the player-piano becomes less of a magic toy and· the player-piano encompassed a wide range of musical literature, more a means of learning. Here of course, is the nub of it ... the and for many, this was the sole source of great music. Now we must "learning". Is or isn't the child going to take music lessons? It's the look at the player as one of many means of home entertainment, and perennial question that parents have to decide. Naturally, I'm in - when used with discrimination - as an introduction of the favor of letting as many children as possible be exposed to music. musical world to the child. These are our future audiences! And ... as a composer as well as a

* 54 * conductor and pianist, [seek ideal listeners who have an understand­ Musicians often have a sense of pitch - commonly known as ing of what Iintended in writing a particular composition. Education, "perfect pitch". Most people have to learn to develop this gift ... then if you will, is simply the means to knowledge and appreciation. begin to utilize it. The player-piano affords an easily identifiable realtionship between key and pitch. The student is thus able (if Interviewer: Well put ... but where does the child start for his taught to look for it) to develop this "pitch association" with a little education? concentration. Mr. Gould: "Where" is a matter of opinion. Secondly, if you ever took piano lessons, you'll probably remember Interviewer: But your opinion is ...? learning a piece of music in which the right hand had all the work and Mr. Gould: ... that the piano is the best introduction to the wealth the left was relegated to playing chords and keeping the beat. of music, that it's the most basic and satisfying instrument insofar as Compare this to the player's action. Both hands are used almost music training is concerned. equally - and, to the student, this realization can be a considerable help when he or she becomes more involved with advanced work. Interviewer: What do you mean by "satisfying''? And - the importance of the "linear" or horizontal movement? The Mr. Gould: Fun. student gains a visual sense of playing "across" the entire range of Interviewer: "Fun',? the keyboard. Mr. Gould: Yes, fun. Let me probe for a moment. Most of us are Thirdly, the musical phrases that make up a compositon and that born with some inherent ability to distinguish between sound, noise differ with each composer are apparent, both aurally and visually. and music. But to develop this ability in a child, we necessarily turn to Interviewer: That was brief ... but a very illuminating explanation. music lessons. At first, music is a wondrous game of tone and rhythm Now, you're allowed to the later advancement of a student. How ... an instinctive response to the tempo and beat. The child has no many would you say actually go on? conception of the complex apparatus of writing, arranging or Mr. Gould: How man choose music as their profession? I would performing. Nor should he have. The child genuinely enjoys music say - about as many who have the necessary qualities (assuming for music's sake alone - and just so long as this pleasure continues, that they are talented) to withstand the competition, the arduous he learns and absorbs with avidity. How important is this joy of hours of practicing, the low pay, the hundred and one problems that learning? Very! present themselves to the professional musician. And this, I'm afraid, Interviewer: Then you feel that "joy" is the incentive factor in the boils down to a very small percentage. I would venture that the learning process? quality most necessary would be an unwavering compulsion to make Mr. Gould: Exactly. Dictatorial discipline for its own sake is music. Without this, there can be no drive. As for talent, I believe nonsense. Let's keep music, on the introductory level, as a game, some "flair" must accompany it. Perhaps you would call this Before music becomes an impersonal art form or a difficult task, "personality". In any case, the flair or personality allows the artist to introduce the child to the fun of making music. For this, the player­ sell his talent to his audience, and this may well be the determinant of piano can be an excellent means. It presents an effortless way to his success. make music without inhibiting the creative or "fun" incentive. You Interviewer: I notice that you have paid little mention to the know, the child between the ages of four and eight has a decidedly teacher. limited span of attention, as ['m sure any parent will delight in Mr. Gould: Only because the teacher has really been the confirming. But watch the child at the player-piano. He won't stay at underlying thread for all of this. it forever ... but while he's there, it's a fascinating, magical toy. Strangely enough, it's equally fascinating - on another level, of Interviewer: Then you don't think the player-piano can "replace" course, to the adult. Truly, the player-piano is an ingenious the teacher? combination of music, activity and movement. Mr. Gould: No more than the automobile will replace walking. The teacher, of course, is absolutely basic and necessary. The relationship Interviewer: Again, however, what happens to the child? Is there between the teacher and student is fundamental. Obviously, the any possibility that as the child learns to discover music as a game child learns better and more easily from the teacher whom he likes. through the player-piano - that it might retard his learning to play Now - qualified music teachers today are well versed in their art, manually? aware of the latest techniques in teaching, new materials, new Mr. Gould: Idon't believe so. Igather you're overly concered that compositions, new concepts. The question begging is the child's "Johnny" will find it too easy to play the piano as a player, thus reaction to music lessons. forsaking practicing. In the first place, "Johnny" will learn a great deal more if he gets a kick out of learning. Secondly, no one like drudgery, Interviewer: You mean interest? and there is no present way (nor will there likely be one) to eliminate Mr. Gould: I mean interest. Let's say the child has been taking the practice which does, indeed, make for perfection. With the lessons for some time. If, after this period, he shows practically no player-piano, you stir the child's appetite by letting him see how he interest in his lessons, little curiosity or is not eager to continue ... it's could play, hear how he could sound. And plain curiosity and time for the parents to evaluate the worth of the music lessons and competitiveness will impell him to practice. When the child gains the try to discover the causes of the problem. Possibly, the child is not desire and determination to activate his listening experience into a yet ready for such concentrated l'xposure to music, or, at the playing one ... then you'll have a music student. moment does not have the desire or "motor" ability. These are the variables that have to be determined by both the parent and the Interviewer: I appreciate these long-range effects. However, are music teacher. Perhaps he needs a little more "play time" with the ther more immediate aids that the player-piano offers a child? piano to arouse his interest to the point at which he is willing to work /' Mr. Gould: Three basics: an association from the key beign at his lessons. In any event, no music lesson is ever really wasted ... depres~d . . . and a certain tone resulting; exposure to the for the child has gotten something ... a sense of accomplishment (or horizontal movement of the keys; and a resulting sense of phrase the experience of non-accomplishment); an exposure to discipline patterns. and concentration; and a beginning introduction to the world of music.

... 55'" Interviewer: How do you feel about a typical family investigating in a player-piano? Mr. Gould: Ownership ofjust about any product is best decided by the individual needs of the particular family .Ifthe Player fits into your way of life . .. there's your answer. Perhaps, for your family, a Console or Spinet ... or a Grand piano would better serve. The home-loving family which plans to spend (or would like to spend) more time with each other may well be better off with a player, in that it allows everyone to participate. But, in short, what I feel to be the MUSIC major criterion in selecting a piano is simply to choose one that will I;) ERVANT and master am I: servant of complement your way of living and your family activities. those dead, and master of those living. Interviewer: I'd like to thank you for your personal comments Throul::"h me spirits immortal speak the about the player. From your remarks, the giant revival of the player message that makes the world weep, and is easily understandable. One last point: would you personally laug·h. and wonder and worship. recommend the player-piano for the family? Mr. Gould: In a general sense, yes - or rather the idea of the I tell the story of Love, the story of Hate, player-piano as we have discussed. It has certain unique attributes the story that saves and tl:e story that damns. and can be enjoyed in a number of ways. Let me remind you again that today we have so many means of entertainment. They have I am the incense upon which prayers float their individual importance ... but the real enjoyment of music, to Heaven. I am the smoke which palls over however, comes from being a part of making or producing it. On this the field of battle where men lie dying with point, the modern player-piano can offer both fun and involvement me on their lips. - a "two-in-one" contribution. Although the reproduction aspects have limitation - and all reproduction does - the instrument can be I am close to the marriage altar, and when played "live", a virtue in itself. Does that answer your question? the graves open I stand near by. I call the Interviewer: Yes, thank you ... it does indeed. wanderer home, I rescue the soul from th~ depths, I open tl:e lips of lovers, and through me the dead whisper to the living.

One I serve as I serve all; and the king I make my slave as easily as I subject his slave. I speak through the birds of the air, the insects of the field, the crash of wate18 on rock-ribbed shores, the sighing of the wind in the trees, and I am even hea.rd by the soul that knows me in the clatter of wheels on city streets.

I know no brother, yet all men are my brothers; I am father of the best that is in them, and they are fathers of the best that i. in me; I am of them, and they are of me. For I am the instrument of God.

I AM MUSIC

The Academy of Modern Music Room 202, Mt'tropole BuildinJt Sh('rbr(K)ke, Qut'. Phone 111:'.

Contributed by Arthur Galwin

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GATEWAY Reporter: Marilyn M. Gartland

The Gateway Chapter's annual Holiday party was "over the River and past the farms" to Deane and Carole Wiley's house in nearby Glen Carbon, Illinois. A visit to view their collection and experience their hospitality is a Christmas gift for any AMICAN. The genesis of the Wiley's musical collection was probably a music box given Deane by a family member. For over twenty years he has collected Edison phonographs and cylinders, 4,000 pieces of sheet music, 78 r.m.p. records, tapes of 43,000 tunes of jazz and Big Band music and piano rolls, all titles cataloged and computerized. An Autopiano built before 1905 plays 65-note rolls. Next to it stands a 1910 Wurlitzer reed organ and an electrified upright player. A 1922 Fisher 5Y2" Ampico played Christmas music from a 200-roll-selection. During the business meeting new officers were elected: President - Paul Stelzner, Vice-President - Roger Wiegand, Secretary­ Bob Taylor, Frank Basil and Paul Woelbing with cast of "Ah Treasurer - Mary Wilson, Historian-Reporter -Marilyn McGartland Wilerness!" A gavel was given to out·going President Del Sewell in appreciation for his efforts in starting the Gateway Chapter. The Hedgerow Theater, the country's first reperatory theater, The calendar for 1986 was arranged with members deciding to turned to AMICA for assistance in locating a suitable instrument and meet quarterly in the new year. specific rolls. These six musical pieces were important to the development of the plot and they set the mood for each act. At the conclusion of the performance, several cast members specifically mentioned how much they enjoyed the piano, as few of them have had the opportunity to experience a player piano before.

PHILADELPHIA AREA Reporter: Paul Woelbing

On Saturday, March 22, Philadelphia AMICAns had the opportun· ity to attend a performance of "Ah Wilderness!" a play by Eugene O'Neill presented by the Hedgerow Theater. This play is of particular interest to AMICAns because the set directions specifically call for a player piano, to evoke the feeling of the era. SOWNY Reporter: Bill McCleary

On October 26th, Canadian hospitality beckoned AMICANs from S.O.W.N.Y. to Esther and Walter Pinchin's in Port Colborne for their Halloween meeting. Business consisted of plans for members to attend the recital of Robert Wolfe at Shea's in Buffalo on November 3rd. and the formation of a nominating committee to select officers for 1986. As usual, everyone enjoyed Walter's Haines Bros. Ampico as well as his various projects underway in his basement workshop. One item of particular interest was his Wurlitzer band organ under complete restoration. After a scrumptuous buffet supper, members reluctantly pulled themselves away after having enjoyed a very pleasant evening.

Duncan Pollitt back stage with cast.

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Walter Pinchin beside his Wurlitzer band organ which is under complete restoration.

Josie Woodbridge's music box.

Esther and Walter Pinchin at their Haines Bros. Ampico * * * * * The November meeting of S.O.W.N.Y. chapter was hosted by Josie Woodbridge, assisted by Betty Walker at Josie's historic home Laverne Griffith and Dr. Saari, a prospective new member, in deep in Lockport. This home built in 1830 exceeds the opulence of a discussion. bygone era with its wrought iron fence, gate house, thick stone walls and parklike grounds. As we toured the inside, we could not help but be impressed with the many outstanding features of the various rooms from the

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Stan Aldridge at foot pumper. Stan Aldridge, Jim Brewer and Jim Barley admiring Josie's disc player. ... 58'" Phil Konop's treasurers report is obviously acceptable.

Holly Walter, Jan Drewniak, Mike Walter and Chris Barley enjoying luncheon. intricate hand carved panels and the winding stairs to the beautiful party room at the lowest level whose wood-tiled ceiling is supported by huge carved pillars. Josie's musical collection consists of some small music boxes, an Olympian disk player, a foot pumper, and a beautiful. sounding Steinway grand. As is usual when AMICANS get together, we not only pumped away at the player, but also removed panels so the curious experts could peer and probe inside. Although the Steinway was not a player piano, we were fortunate to have Betty Walker as a piano player. Betty certainly gave us some .../ delightful music on a superb instrument. After taking care of the sumptuous lunch - an important part of any S.O.W.N.Y. meeting - a short business discussion concluded the evening with everyone going home determined to accept Josie's invitation to come back again when the trees are green and the flowers are in bloom.

Ken Volk presenting Fair Organ Slide Show

BOSTON AREA Reporter: Don Brown

The winter meeting of the Boston Chapter was again held at the home of Pat & Joe Lavacchia. This time there were TWO band organs playing as we arrived! Our members brought rolls & rebuild materials for sale, yummies to eat, and stories to tell. Some members down from Maine, and some up from Rhode Island, to share the pleasures of the Lavacchia's hospitality. We played a Telectra and a Mills Double Violano, and we gaped at the three-cabinet Photo Player that was soon to be gutted for a complete rebuild, as a joint project by Joe, Ken Volk, and Alan Pier. .-/ Duripg our business meeting, we discovered a new reproducer- piano group in California that was forming with music, rather than Joe's newest band organ, finally assembled and playing social or technical aspects of AMICA meetings to be their prime interest. Bill Koenigsberg demonstrated a brass polish which contains oxalic acid and does an excellent job cleaning up piano

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Judy Welsh notes mixed feelings from group.

parts. It is made under the "Colonial" brand by Virginia Metalcrafters of Waynesboro. It is available locally. Bill also informed us that during a Chickering Ampico-B rebuild, all valves were B variety except one. He cautions that in dis-assembly, one must watch out for a valve mix, and be sure to replace in exact order removed, or the performance will be affected. Our President Judy Welsh will rent the QRS video for a future meeting. Dorothy Bromage reported on the Pianola Institute group in Britain, that covers all instrument types and that ,'" they hope to have concerts ... $15 to join the Institute. ' The feature of the,afternoon was a slide show, with stereo sound accompaniment of fair organs at the Great Dorsett Steam Fair in England last September, presented by Ken Volk. The fair organs shown were both vintage and brand new! The sound heard with each instrument as the actual sound of that instrument, recorded on site, or 'borrowed' from cassette sold by its owner. The fairground was large and the locals came equipped with Wellington boots to cope with the mud which soon formed. The only power available on the Judy Welsh - in action. field was generated by the dynamos on the beautifully restored steam vehicles. All steam equipment were fully operational, and some in competition as well as for show. Our group responded to the show with interest in going to England to see the fair for themselves next fall.

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Herbert Magidson, lyricist and who wrote the song "The Continen­ A Little Whimsy tal" (movie "The Gay Divorcee) died in the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, 1/2/86 at the age of 78. The song won the first best­ On leaving the doctor's office, a man asked for,his cardiogram so :­ song Oscar in 1934. Magidson had collaborated with Conrad. The he could examine it at home. Returning from work the next day, he ; song was recorded on piano rolls, and the one1recall is the Arden & asked his wife if she had seen it. She said she found it on the kitchen Carroll Duo-Art 0990. table, and not knowing what it was, tried it on the player piano and - Emmett M. Ford heard a nice arrangement of "Nearer My Goo to Thee." (Contributed by Don Breen)

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This is the year-and the month-of the comet! Thanks to Phil and Hazel Wenker for the sheet music covers, copyright dates 1906-1911, saluting the comet. According to a note inside one of the pieces of music, piano rolls were available. Does anyone have knowledge of the existence of such rolls?

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FOR SALE FISCHER AMPICO "An - Gorgeous Florentine Art Case - Restored - plays great. Bench & rolls included $6,900 or B.O. Rolls: Welt Licensee, 29 for AMPICO, DUO-ART, WErrE parts for sale. Large quantity available. Please $200.00; Artecho, 24 for $230.00; Hupfield Helios, 4 for $70.00; QRS played send SASE & $2.00 for list. Jim Brady, 5259 Tacoma #14, Indpls, IN 46220. by Pete Wendling 19 for $90.00. Scopitone films (10 different for $60.0 ppd.) Bill & Dee Kavouras, 2740 Lighthouse Ct., Lynwood, 11.60411 (312) 474-8787. MASON &HAMLIN OR STEINWAY REPRODUCING PIANO with art case unrestored also music box from old slot machine and coin operated STEINWAY 7' PLAYER GRAND PIANO, DUO-ART system, Mod AR, Ser. singing birds. Mike Gorski, no Dover Center, Westlake, Ohio 44145 (216) #235908, Ebony, good unrestored condition, original ivories, $8,900.00 871-6071 H.W. PERLMANN 4'9" player grand piano, Recordo system, Ser. # 41681, PlAYER PIANO ROLLS for sale at super discount. SASE for catalog and Player was rebuilt in 1970, Comes with 50 Recordo rolls, $1950. BECHSTEIN 6'6" GRAND PIANO, #90792 (1909), very elegantly styled, price list. Baley's, 310 Grandview, Kalamazoo, MI 49001. unrestored, $4100. DEVILBISS SPRAY GUNS for refinishing pianos. Model JGA with quart cup WE RESTORE PIANos, REPRODUCERS. PLAYERS. contact us for quoted. only $140.00 ppd. Frostner bits all sizes for building player components. Lieuwe DeHaas, 11 Maple Street, Weston, CT 06883. Phone (203) 544-8750. These are not the cheap imports but are American made. They are for W' drill press. Six inches long, no tip out bottom. These are the BEST. Write CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY, SUNDAY, APRIL 27 - LARGEST SHOW AND Shreveport Music Co., 3019 Highland Shreveport, LA 71104. SALE of vintage phonographs, music boxes and automated instruments in the eastern United States. One day only, 8am-4pm, no early buyers fee. HAINES AMPICO GRAND unrestored $2,500. Knabe 5'8" Ampico Grand Visit us at the best Western Coachman Inn, adjacent Exit 136, Garden State unrestored (a really good piano) $4,500. Louis XVI Marshall and WendaII Parkway. Hundreds attended our fall event, come see why. Whatever you Ampico grand unrestored $4,000. Seeburg "G" wanted. Shreveport Music are looking for, you will find it at Cranford: restored and unrestored Co, 3019 Highland, Shreveport, LA 71104. machines, parts, memorabilia, records, supplies, literature, repairs, etc. The LINK STYLE C lYLOPHONE COIN-PIANO with traps, restored, $9,500.00; motel offers room discounts and pick-up service to nearby Newark MOLLER ARTISTE RESIDENCE PLAYER PIPE ORGAN in mint original Airport. L. Bilton, Box 25007, Chicago 60625. playing condition, self-contained in gothic walnut lumber case with 41 1924 STEINWAY, AR, 7' (Ser. #226465) Duo-Art grand, dark brown Artiste organ rolls, $10,500.00; mahogany, with bench, excellent condition, $18,750. 92-KEY MORTIER CAFE ORGAN, baroque facade, hand-carved, complete 1928 KNABE,6'4" Ampico A, Louis XV grand, (Ser. #103371) matched, except for topmost finial, $48,000.00; original shaded walnut case, mint restored condition with matching bench. WURLITZER LODGE PIPE ORGAN, 2 manual, 3-rank, ideal for keyframe $26,000. Pianos are from the estate of Robert Moore. Contact: Mrs. Evelyn operation, complete, partially restored, $1,500.00; Moore or Jack Moore, 2985 Idlewild Drive, Reno, NV 89509, (702) 323-1864. MORTIER/GAVIOLl84-key Cafe Organ Main Chassis #663, no pipework, / $5,000.00 excluding 2 unoriginal Mortier side-cabinets. AMPICO 1922 FISHER 5'8" GRAND. Refin/Rebuilt - excellent condition, CAFE ORGAN PlPEWORK and chests from DeCap Fiesta, including dark mahogany, 70 rolls. Family SAC $60000 ($6K) OBO. K. Boka, 1380 Univox; Dunning Dr., Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (714) 494-6066. ABECO ORGAN-ROLL PERFORATOR with paper cutter, $2,500.00; CHICKERING AMPICO A. 5'4", Florentine Art Case, similar to style 52, p. MELVILLE CLARK APOLLO UPRIGHT PlAYER PIANO, partially restored, 286 in Encyclopedia, including gold leaf trim. Professionally rebuilt, $750.00 restrung, refinished, regulated, detailed to a very high standard. Must see PAUL LOSCHE SOLO FLUTE, VIOLIN, CLARINET ORCHESTRION with and hear. $13,500. Digital Player System and cassette changer, prof. refinished and completely CONOVER (CABLE CO.) RECORDO 5'2", Nice older refinish, restrung, restored and playing, over 8 hours of programming, with original Losche player thoroughly rebuilt. $3950. 69-note rolls; best offer over $30,000.0, will consider partial trades. STEINWAY OR DUO-ART, 6'5". First-class restoration to finish in late '86. DIGITAL PLAYER SYSTEMS for Band Organs, Cafe Organs & Orchestrions. Photos and video available of all. Tim Wheat (612) 574-5972 weekdays, Above prices are Exclusive of crating and shipping. Robert L. Baker, Electric 780-5699 evenings and weekends. Orchestras, Inc., 29962 No. Terre Drive, Libertyville, IL 60048 (312) 367-7996 I HAVE 6 SETS OF GENUINE IVORY, $250.00 a set, includes glue wafers. day or evenings. (915) 445-5150 - Jim Blanchard. RECUT WURLITZER STYLE 17 PIANORCHESTRA ROLLS, also known as Philipps Pianella (P) or Regular PianOrchestra (RPO). Easily adaptable on WANTED PhilippslWuriitzer style 88-hole tracker bars, i.e. photoplayers or instru­ WELTE ROLLS - Dick Howe, 9318 Wickford, Dr., Houston, TX n024 (713) ments that play PM or PC rolls. 150 tunes - classical, ragtime, show-tunes -all 680-9945. pre-1915 with excellent arrangements. Brad Reinhardt (209) 226-1332. WANTED: Any information (history, technical, personal experience etc.) 1927 MASON & HAMLIN AMPICO A GRAND.s'4" mahogany case, concerning Vose and Sons upright players and actions. Schematic diagram original unrestored instrument (drawer tubing, control switches, roll of circa 1916 or similar model would be ideal. Robert Bonn, 338 Duncan Ct., transmission, twill hoses, have been replaced), Serial No. RT 36041. Ampico Loring AFB, ME 04751. (207) 328-7158. plays, piano in excellent condition, original ivories, a collector's dream! PIANO ROLLS OR STEREO RECORDINGS of rolls by Wm. Edward Berge. $6,950.00 Bill Koenigsberg, n High Pine Circle, Concord, MA 01742, (617) He played for Ampico, Artrio Angelus, Voltem & Rythmodile. Please call 369-8523. collect (512) 656-8547, George Berge Bernier. 1929 MASON & HAMLIN AMPICO GRAND 5'8" Model A with B pump. Ser. # RA39262 in cherry fruitwood. Original ivories, fully restored $8500.0 MISCELLANEOUS for quick sale. AI Novak (313) 541-43n Detroit. SELL OR TRADE OLD GRABER OAK CABINET, accordion with pneuma­ 1920 WEBER DUO ART UPRIGHT MOD. 59P Mahogany case, original tics, small cylinder box (basketcase), 12" Regina (nice), Cremona pump, ~ ivories, player restored. Magnificent tone. $3800.00. AI Novak (313) 541­ Coinola vacuum resevoir, large Swiss chalet music box, 15 note pipe chest c/ 43n Detroit. (2 rank), band organ rolls (6W' wide Artrean), toy counterfor large organ; I WEBER UPRIGHT DUOART, mahogany case. Fully restored and playing want 2 G roll machine, a band organ or other pipe organ, Coinola bells, beautifully. $3000 or best offer. Autopiano, foot pumped upright, maho­ xylophone and/or violin pipes, 15V2", 27" Regina discs, 150 Band organ gany case. $1200 or best offer. Henry Bruning 3880 NW 48th Place, rolls. Will trade brass band organ trumpets or 18V2" Mira discs for wooden Gainesville, FL 32606 904-3n-n14 violin pipes. A. Jabson, 500 Sansome St., 7th floor, San Francisco, CA 94111. RED WELTE VORSETZER and 125 Red Welte rolls. Restored by noted Call eves. (415) 783-5068. technician. Asking $7995.00. Randolph Herr, 111-07 nth Ave., Forest Hills, NY 11375 (718) 520-1443. ~ }--u~'-G?-~~~~...----~ I ~------~ NEW ADVERTISING SERVICE MUSICAL ANTIQUES See your business card printed in the AMICA News .,1:(..\ specializing in Reproducers, all grands, Bulletin! The cost is as follows: refinishing, and all player pianos. 'i' 1 issue $10 COMPLETE RESTORATION 2 issues 18 FACILITIES 3 issues 25 ~\!,~ 4 issues 32 OWNER OPERATED 5 issues 39 17 years of experience in each related field 6 issues 45 of restoration. 7 issues 51 CASE AND VENEER REPAIRS 8 issues 56 any carving can be duplicated 9 issues (1 yr.) 60 FINEST HAND-RUBBED MIRRORS FINISHES • A reminder will be sent prior to expiration, if OR SATIN FINISHES AVAILABLE multiple issues are requested. ART CASES RESTORED • Make check payable to AMICA International. Concert Quality Regulation • The card will appear on VB page in the ad section of the Bulletin. A card with dark print on a white '1 Lowest Prices, Known References, or very light background is best. Please note that Guaranteed Work. some colors, such as light blue, do not reproduce ~ only the worlds finest known grades of materials are well. If in doubt, make a photocopy of the card to used. They are always fresh and continually checked. check this aspect, before sending. ;1 Hot glue and original materials used throughout • Send to: Publisher, AMICA News Bulletin wherever possible. P.O. Box 275 CCB ~ Craig Brougher Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 3500 Claremont Independence, Mo. BULLETIN DEADLINES ARE PRINTED ON THE INSIDE (816) 254-1693 64052 OF THE FRONT COVER. Ir4;~$~II~§$*HI~~'~

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AMICA BULLfTINS, BOUND ISSUES: 1971, 1972, 1973 bound The Automatic Music Company Bulletins at $15 each. 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1979, 1980 bound Bulletins at $16 each. 1981, 1982, 1983 bound Bulletins at $21 each. Sales and Restoration 1984 and 1965 bound Bulletins at $24 each. PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE AND HANDLING. Spiral bound to lie flat. Send order to Mary Lilien, 460 Olympiad Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90043. Orchestrions Reproducing Grands AMICA TECHNICALITIES BOOKS: Volume I (1969-1971), $9.50 postpaid Volume II (1972-1974), $7.50 postpaid &nd Organs Volume III (1975-1977), $6.50 postpaid Volume IV (1976-1960), $6.50 postpaid Player Pianos Reprints of interesting technical articles which have appeared in the AMICA News Bulletin, arranged and indexed into appropriatE' We rover the full scope of restoration. Lifetime categories. Brian Meeder, 1206 Miramonte Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. experience with a commitment to quality and ariginality. Your instrument is our pride and reputation.

Roll Leaders: Duo-Art, AM PI CO and Welte: Excellent replicas. For order form, see mailing cover of Bulletin or write to Brian Meeder, Tim]ackson 1206 Miramonte Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Send order to Brian. Box 752 Quitman, TIC 75783 AMICA STATIONERY: $3.50 (letter size), $3.20 (note size), including mailing charges. Fine quality stationery with ornate AMICA borders. Each packet contains 25 letters and matching envelopes. ( 214) 763-2 918 Send orders to Tim Passinault, 105 Hemlock St., Munising, MI49862.

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