THE AMICA NEWS BULLETIN Published by the Automatic Mu.icel Instrument Colleeto"' Associetion, I non-proflt club dll\/Oted to the restoration, distribution and enjoyment of musicel in.truments u.ing perforated peper mu.ic roll•• Contributions: All subjects of intlrast to rude" of the bulletin ere encouraged and invited by the publi.her. All articles must be received by the 15th of the preceding month. Every Ittempt will be made to publish all articles of general interest to AMICA membe" OFFICERS It the earliest pOssible time and et the discretion of the publisher. Advertisements: Pe"onel lid. by membe" ere accepted Ind inserted in the Bulletin Board section It a rIte of 6t per word, $1.20 INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER minimum. Bu.inesses and p8"Ons wl.hing more space may use the OFFICERS OFFICERS following guidelines: PRESIDENT NO. CALIFORNIA - Advertising rate is$12.50per quarter page or multiple thereof. Bill Mintz Pres.: Maury Willyard - Camera-reedy copy must reach the publisher by the 15th of VICE-PRESIDENT Vice Pres.: Nick Jarrett the preceding month. Bob Rosencrans Sec.: Tom Hawthorne Treas.: Bob Bartlett - All ads wilt appear on the last pages of the Bulletin, It the SECRETARY Reporter: Dick Reutlinger discretion of the publisher, Isadora Koff SO. CALIFORNIA Publication of busi.- lIdvertislnll in no WIlY impl. AMICA'. BULLETIN Pres.: Richard Rigg ....do,.,....t of eny commereW operetlon. However, AMICA Ginny Billings reserves the right to refull Iny lid that is not in keeping with Vice Pres.: Bobby Mintz AMICA's genera' standards or if complaints are received indiceting 661 Chapman Drive Sec.: Julia Riley that said business does not IIrve the best interests of the membe" Campbell CA 95008 Treas.: Jim Christopher of AMICA, according to its goals and by..faws. MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Reporter: Evelyn Meeder (New Memberships and TEXAs Mailing Problems) Pres.: Tom & Carol Beckett Anita Nickels Johnson Vice Pres.: Wade & Becky Newton P.O. Box 666 Sec.fTreas.: Jim Meadows Grand Junction, Reporter: James Guinn Colorado 81501 TREASURER MIDWEST Jack and Mary Riffle Pres.: Bill Ackman Vice Pres.: Bob Fortier AUCTION Treas.: Molly Yeckley Sec.: Al Theil BOARD REPRESENTATIVES PHILADELPHIA AREA Bill Johnson, N. California Pres.: Bob Rosencrans Sally Lawrence, Alternate Vice Pres.: Jesse Macartney Cecil Dover, S. California Sec.: Mrs. Lawreie Cornell Jim HoUinsworth, Texas Charlie Johnson, Alternate SOWNY (So. Ontario, Jim Weisenborne, Midwest West N.Y.) Alfred C. BUsse, Philadelphia Pres.: Rick Simpson SOWNY Pending Vice Pres.: Al/m Mueller Acting Sec.: Mary Lou BOSTON Pending Mattioli Treas.: Richard Drewniak Reporter: Edith Aldridge BOSTON CHAPTER Pending THE AMICA BULLETIN MAY, 1975 PAGE 69 NIAGARA FALLS TOUR ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: CONVENTIOi~ SCHEDULED FOR JUNE PLAN TO ATIEND BY FELIX KLEMPKA THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL EVENT! BE PREPARED! =_=a::=_====-== AMICA COf~VENTION As part of the shuttle bus arrangements for the Convention I have scheduled a Niagara Fal Is tour which LAST WEEK IN JUNE Involves entering Canada. (The only way to really see the Falls properly is from the Canadian side.) We must 1975 be sure that all AMICAns taking this tour carry proper DETAILS IN COMING BULLETINS Identification and some proof of U.S. residence. Almost anything bearing a name and address is acceptable. A SEE YOU THERE--SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO! voter registration card is ideal. Aliens, and other non~resldents must show a passport or visitor's visa. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Also, because of the shortness of the visit, those returning w'lll only be allowed $6.00 in purchases. More complete details will be provided at the time of the tour. GSA\~ PLEASE PREPARE FOR THIS TRIP BEFORE YOU REACH MUS ICAL JI BUFFALOI BY RUTH BINGAMAN SMITH Convention arrangements are almost complete and all AMICA HONORARY MEMBER looks great. You'll be proud of usl The answer to the March Musical Jigsaw is Tschaikowski's SYMPHONY NO.4, OPUS 36, First Movement. Did you guess it? * contr. by IT'S HERE! Edgar Purdy .,,,,;-,/\(7 ,,;/" \\', "c?)":""/ -77 '\""./ AMICA TECHNICALITIES VOLUME II . ~ !I./ \ . t~<,~~~---:c--\\= \ 1972-1974 ='''=~'~'=;'j : Ii I $7.50 post paid :-~~.,:if·· ._ ~ technicalities vol I (1969-1971) is still available $5.50 post paid ;:"1:( ORDER BOTH FOR $12.50 POST PAID . 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Angeles, CA 90043. bound to lie flat. Send orders to Howard Koff, This sound and color super-8 movie, 2141 Deodara Drive, Los Altos, CA 94022. produced by AMICA members, Is again ROLL LEADERS: DUO-ART, Authentic. For available for loan to AMICA members and order sheet, see the April, 1973 Bulletin. Nick AMICA Sterling Sliver Pins, 54.25, including chapters. For more information write to Jarrett, 3622 - 21 st Street, San Francisco, CA mailing charges. Lapel pin or lie tack with Howard Koff, 2141 Deodara Drive, Los Altos, 94114. ~MICA design. CA 94022. PAGE 70 MAY, 1975 THE AMICA BULLETIN FROM THE PUBLISHER BY GINNY BILLINGS I hope you are all planning to go to the Buffalo con­ This Bulletin (in case you hadn't noticed) is late vention. I've been in touch with the planners, and agaifro Please bear with us, AMICAns. This publication they have everything planned perfectly. You will really is a volunteer effort, and requires the cooperation of enjoy it! Be sure to let them know you are coming, several Board Members in addition to the Publisher. If just as soon as you can, so they can be prepared for anyone of them falls behind, the rest of us can do the right number of attendees. nothing but wait, albeit impatiently. Cant. by Bob & Ginny Billings, SF Chronicle, 13 April, 1975 HADDORFF RlCH­ :TONED •~ • AValuable Piano for Music Teachers The music teacher will find her in­ terests best served by a rich-toned piano becau~~ of the grc.1tcT expression that it yields. For not only is such a piano an inspiration to hcr!'C'lf, but also it produces a finer appreciation of musical expression in .the pupil. The HAD DORff Piano i, pre­ eminent for its tone richness. Owing to its special sounding board - the "Homo" Vibrating Sounding Board­ it possesses a great wealth of tonality. equally bCMutiful in loud and in 80ft passages of music. Thc HADDORfF tonc is aloo notably pure, S\\o'Cct and of good 5U$­ taining quality. The I IADDORff is excellently made, of the best piano materials, and mar be had in a ,num. ber of charming case designs. .y I:) / '7~- Valuable catalog on = application Bottled Music Haddorff Piano Co. I115 Ethel Street, Rockford, III. Comes now Justin Kromer of Los an organ that uses 88 water-filled GRANDS· UPRIGHTS· PLAYERS Angeles, who is by profession 0 bottles, which he did. Above is a = builder of pipe organs. A few years spinoff of that effort, the eight­ ago, his eye falling upon a pile of bottle mouth organ. BIP.photo empty bottles, he decid~ to build THE AMICA BULLETIN MAY, 1975 PAGE 71 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!illtr••J!!!!!·····!·llli: To sum it all up we here are attempting to salvage NOTES FROM ANEW MEMBER a 11 the old players we can find and though a lot of them BY RICHARD PARKER can never be like new, if they can look decent and hold a tune for a reasonable length of time, someone will ! I! Take note, AMICAns. I agree wholeheartedly with get a lot of fun out of them. And we need advice; LOTS this member, and I hope some of you will come forth of advice. Perhaps my feelings stem from memories and with fun-oriented articlesll! --Ginny regrets about a Melvi 11e Clark IIApollo" we had years It has been just one year since I became a member ago. It appeared unfixable and was dismantled. The' of AMICA, having like many others I suppose first read spring wind mechanism somehow or other was converted to about it in the QRS Bulletin and being delighted to a system to rotate our new TV antenna. I have sinned. discover there were others who enjoyed this world of I repent! mouse nests .and decayed leather dust. An appl ication [*1 had the same feelings when I joined AM1CA, with my went in immediately. "inferior" li"'::tle Recordo, and that's why I tackled the If the application form itself was not sobering, Bulletin--in order to try to stimulate the idea that the first issue of the AHICA Bulletin was! Having never our hobby is fun. We've had roll lists, Pete Wendling owned a reproducer, band organ, orchestrion OR swimming lists (I still have a few for you new members who want pool it came as quite a shock to learn that there might one), the Cook autobiography, and whatever else I have be pianos in the world that were NOT full of mouse had time to cook up.