THE www.amica.org Volume 51, Number 4 AMICA July/August 2014 AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS’ ASSOCIATION BULLETIN ANNUAL CONVENTION ISSUE FRESNO, CALIFORNIA: MAY, 2014 ISSN #1533-9726 THE AMICA BULLETIN AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors’ Association, a Visit the AMICA web site at: http://www.amica.org 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax exempt group devoted to the restoration, distribution, to enter the “Members-Only” portal, Current User Name: AMICA research and enjoyment of automatic musical instruments. AMICA was Password: Bellows@1963 founded in San Francisco, California in 1963. 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Rep: Carl Dodrill [email protected] Board Rep: Gary Craig Secretary: Janet Tonnesen [email protected] Bulletin Reporter: Ken Long [email protected] Board Rep: John McCall j-mccall@sbcglobal .net AFFILIATED SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS) Friends of Scott Joplin Northwest Player Piano Association President/CEO – Ken Double 1217 St. Croix Ct. Everson Whittle, Secretary 1815 DeFoors Walk, NW Kirkwood, MO 63122-2326 11 Smiths Road, Darcy Lever, Atlanta, GA 30318 Website: http//stlouis.missouri.org/fsjoplin Bolton BL3 2PP, Gt. Manchester, England Phone: 404-790-5400 E-mail: [email protected] Home Phone: 01204 529939 E-mail: [email protected] International Piano Archives at Maryland Business Phone: 01772 208003 Theatre Organ Performing Arts Library,University of Maryland E-mail: [email protected] Co-Editors – Mike Bryant and Don Feely 2511 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Reed Organ Society Editorial Office College Park, MD 20742 Jim Tyler, Editor, 3111 NE 165th Pl. Phone:301-405-9224 E-mail: [email protected] Vancouver, WA 98682 Fax: 301-314-7170 Organ Historical Society Phone: 206-619-6645 E-mail: [email protected] Rollin Smith, Editor, The Tracker E-Mail: [email protected] International Vintage Phono & Mechanical Music Society E-mail: [email protected] Associazione Italiana Musica Meccanica C.G. Nijsen, Secretaire General Pianola Institute Villa Silvia - Via Lizzano, 1241 19 Mackaylaan Clair Cavanagh, Secretary 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy 5631 NM Eindhoven, Netherlands 43 Great Percy St., London WC1X 9RA, England Phone: 0039-547-323425 Musical Box Society of Great Britain Fax: 0039-547-661264 Player Piano Group Alison Biden Duncan James (Secretary), E-mail: [email protected] St Giles Hilltop, Northbrook Close Website: www.ammi-italia.com 9 Christy Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex, Winchester, Hants. CM1 2BG, England. Australian Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instruments SO23 0JR, UK E-mail: [email protected] Peter Phillips - Editor E-Mail: [email protected] Smithsonian Institution 26 Alice Street Musical Box Society International Padstow, NSW 221, Australia Division of Musical History Russell Kasselman, Editor Washington, D.C. 20560 Phone: (612) 9773-4734 3420 Edgewood Drive E-mail: [email protected] San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Society