http://www.amica.org The Volume 48, Number 3 May/June 2011 AMICA B U L L E T I N Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors’ Association contributed by Peter Mintun ISSN #1533›9726 ThE AMICA B ULLETIN AU ToMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CoLLECToRS' ASSoCIATIoN Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors’ Asso - Visit the AMICA web site at: http://www.amica.org ciation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax exempt group devoted to the to enter the “Members-Only” portal, restoration, distribution and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper music rolls and perforated music books. Current User Name: AMICA AMICA was founded in San Francisco, California in 1963. 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While the AMICA Bulletin offers accurate and historic information to its members, the bulletin, its publisher and the AMICA Board cannot be held responsible for contributions that may be considered by some as inaccurate, speculative, or of an OP/ED Format Entire contents © 2011 AMICA International Printed by Engler Printing Co., Fremont, OH • [email protected] 117 AMICA INTERNATIoNAL - International officers - PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT EDIToR Tim Baxter John Motto-Ros Terry Smythe 939 Briarcliff Rd NE 110 Allen Ranch Road 55 Rowand Avenue Atlanta, GA 30306-4664 Sutter Creek, CA 95685 Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3J2N6 404-377-1220 209-267-9252 204-832-3982 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Alan Turner Joe Orens 148 Kingsway Avenue 8917 Wooden Bridge Road Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3M 0H1 Potomac, MD 20854-2448 204-489-3075 301-340-6664 [email protected] [email protected] SECRETARY MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Bob and Bonnie Gonzalez Lyle Merithew & Sandy Swirsky 26 Foremast Cove 416 Colfax Drive Corte Madera, CA 94925 San Jose, CA 95123-3403 415-924-6834 408-227-9284 [email protected] [email protected] - Committees - AMICA ARCHIVES CoNVENTIoN CooRDINAToR Tom hutchinson Frank Nix 15361 Hopper Road 6030 Oakdale Avenue Sturgeon, MO 65284 Woodland Hills, CA 91367 573-442-6675 818-884-6849 [email protected] [email protected] AMICA MEMoRIAL FUND AMICA Honor Roll Ray Dietz Thomas & Donna Stengel 1250 Lanier Road 46 Court St. Martinsville, VA 24112-5212 Lancaster NY 14086-2302 276-638-8563 716-683-5309 [email protected] [email protected] AUDIo-VISUAL & TECHNICAL WEBSITE MANAGER harold Malakinian Karl Ellison 2345 Porest Trail Drive 6 Lions Lane Troy, MI 48098 Salem, MA 01970-1784 248-528-3111 978-740-5680 [email protected] [email protected] AMICA ENDoWMENT FUND Richard VanMetre 1506 South Courtland Avenue Park Ridge, IL 60068-5333 847-318-7310 [email protected] 118 AMICA Bulletin - May/Jun 2011 AMICA INTERNATIoNAL Chapter officers FoUNDING CHAPTER Board Rep: Vincent and Maryam Morgan Vice Pres: Ken Hodge Pres: John Ulrich - 510-223-9587 Newsletter Editor: Bill Maguire Sec: Louise Lucero [email protected] Treas: Barry Weiss Vice Pres: Karen Simons LAND oF DIXIE Reporter: Larry Emmons Sec: Jack & Dianne Edwards President: Walt Gerber - [email protected] Board Rep: Jere DeBacker Treas/Bd Rep: Lyle Merithew & Sandy Swirsky Vice President: Robert Soule Reporter: Bob & Bonnie Gonzalez Treasurer: Tim Baxter SoWNY (Southern ontario,Western New York) Secretary: Danita Gerber Pres: Glenn Roat BoSToN AREA Board Representative: Tim Baxter [email protected] Pres: Phil Konop [email protected] Vice Pres: Bob and Kathy Singer Vice-Pres: Bob Hunt - 207-985-2308 Sec: Shirley Roat Sec: Kirk Russell [email protected] Treas: Dorothy Bromage MIDWEST (oH, MI, IN, KY) Treas: Holly Walter Reporter: Don Brown Pres: Don Johnson - 248-650-1840 [email protected] Board Rep: Bob Hunt - [email protected] [email protected] Reporter: Audrey Cannizzaro Vice Pres: Liz Barnhart [email protected] CHICAGo AREA Sec: Hilda Merchant Board Rep: Pres: Jerry Biasella - 708-756-3307 Treas: Alvin Wulfekuhl Photographer: Bill Lukasiak Vice Pres: Richard Van Metre Reporter: Christy Counterman Sec: Carol Veome - 773-338-1042 Board Rep: Liz Barnhart SoUTHERN CALIFoRNIA [email protected] Pres: Jerry Pell - [email protected] Treas: Joe Pekarek NoRTHERN LIGHTS Vice Pres: Mike Choate Reporter: Curt Clifford Pres: Paul Watkins - 763-421-0672 Sect/Reporter: Shirley Nix Board Rep: TBD [email protected] [email protected] Vice Pres: Mark Kraabel Treas: Diane Reidy HEART oF AMERICA Sec: Michael LuBrant Board Rep: Frank Nix Pres: Bob Stout - 816-833-1556 Treas: Barbara Watkins [email protected] Reporter: Jerrilynn Boehland TEXAS Vice Pres: Dan Davis Board Rep: Paul Watkins or Mark Kraabel Pres: Rich Clayton - 972-369-0470 Sec: Trudy. Moffitt [email protected] Treas: Brian Graham PACIFIC CAN-AM Vice Pres: Michael Barisonek Reporter: HC and Marlene Beckman Pres: Bill Mote - 360-403-1970 [email protected] Board Rep: Gary Craig [email protected] Treasurer: Janet Tonnesen Vice Pres: David Goodwin [email protected] LADY LIBERTY Secretary: Judy Mote Secretary: Suzanne McCall Pres: John Dousmanis (646) 638-2201 Treas: Mark Smithberg [email protected] Vice Pres: Vincent Morgan - 718-479-2562 Reporter: TBD Bulletin Reporter: Ken Long [email protected] Bd. Rep: Dan Brown [email protected] Sec: Bob Stuhmer Board Rep: John McCall Treas: Maryam Morgan RoCKY MoUNTAIN j-mccall@sbcglobal .net Reporter: Martin "Buzz" Rosa Pres: Jere DeBacker - 303-367-1493 [email protected] Affiliated Societies and organizations American Theatre organ Society (AToS) Carousel organ Association of America Netherlands Mechanical organ Society-KDV President/CEO – Ken Double Editor/Publisher: Ron Bopp A. T. Meijer 5705 80th Street North (918) 527-0589 Wilgenstraat 24 St. Petersburg, Florida 33709 4725 Montrose Dr., Bradenton, FL, 34210 NL-4462 VS Goes, Netherlands Phone: 281-798-6205 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Northwest Player Piano Association THEATRE ORGAN Co-Editors – Friends of Scott Joplin Everson Whittle, Secretary Mike Bryant and Don Feely 1217 St. Croix Ct. 11 Smiths Road, Darcy Lever, Editorial Office Kirkwood, MO 63122-2326 Bolton BL3 2PP, Gt. 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Nijsen, Secretaire General Instruments 19 Mackaylaan Smithsonian Institution Peter Phillips - Editor 5631 NM Eindhoven, Netherlands Division of Musical History 26 Alice Street Washington, D.C. 20560 Padstow, NSW 221, Australia Musical Box Society of Great Britain Phone: (612) 9773-4734 Alan Pratt, Editor Society For Self-Playing Musical Instruments email: [email protected] P. O. Box 299 Gesellschaft fur Selbstspielende Waterbeach, Cambridge CB4 4PJ Musikinstrumente (GSM) E.V. Netherlands Pianola Association England Ralf Smolne Nederlandse Pianola Vereniging Emmastr. 56 Att. Jan van Hulzen, Member of the Board Musical Box Society International D-45130 Essen, Germany Chopinrode 25 Rosanna Harris, Editor Phone: **49-201-784927 2717 BH Zoetermeer, Netherlands 5815 West 52nd Avenue Fax :**49-201-7266240 email: [email protected] Denver, CO 80212 Email: [email protected] Phone: 303-431-9033 Fax: 303-431-6978 Email: [email protected] AMICA Bulletin - May/Jun 2011 119 Vice-President’s Message Greetings one and all, summer is upon us here in the north and everything is green and in bloom, splendid after a cold and dreary winter! I am enjoying throwing my windows open to let the music spill into the street for the enjoyment of my neighbours and passers-by.
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