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TheAMICA
News Bulletin of the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' Association
e
March 1985
Volume 22
Number 2
AMICAlnternational JVews BuBetin
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Published by the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors'
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distribution and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper music rolls, AMICA was founded in San Francisco
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AMICA International News Bulletin
March 1985
Volume 22 Number 2
CONTENTS
Features
Organ Historical Society
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Silver Dollar City, MO
30
Duo Pianists
30
Touring New Zealand with a
Duo-Art What?
31
George Frederic Boyle
36
Basic Hook Up for 0 Roll
37
Ampico in the Mason and Hamlin
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Departments
AMICA International
New Recording
Book Review
News from the Chapters
Classified Ads
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TECHNICAL, Mel Luchetti
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AMICA GOALS, Robert Moore
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AUDIO-VISUAL, Howie Koff
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PUBLICATIONS, Dorothy Bromage
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AFFIUATB> SOClmES
The Player Group (England)
The North West Player Piano Association (England)
Netherlands Mechanical Organ Society - KDV
Australian Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instruments
Dutch Pianola Association
Society of Friends of Mechanical Musical Instruments
(Germany)
'rhe Cover: Here portrayed, from the record jacket of a
recording, is the Taj Mahal, measuring nearly 26' wide by 20'
high. It was completed in 1924, and is now in storage after
the closing of American International Galleries where
owner David Bowers had it playing for thousands, from its
debut there in 1977.
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Idea of the Month: Accessories
by Dorothy Bromage
by Dorothy Bromage
On the cover of the January/February issue of the Bulletin was a
display of roll cabinets. This is one example of accessories in our
hobby (and business) field. When visiting various collections, Ifind
it is often accessories that cause excitement in addition to the
instruments themselves.
I believe that articles on different types of accessories would be
of interest and certainly will be included in the Bulletin if some of
you will take pen in hand and write up what you have (pictures
would be quite welcome), what you woiJld like to have, what you
have seen in museums, etc. Early examples would be interesting as
well as items that have been developed in more recent years.
Articles need not be lengthy to be considered for Bulletin use.
Please keep in mind that variety makes it more likely that there will
be something to appeal to each reader. The Bulletin is provided
through the membership dues, and contributions come from the
members themselves. In the last few years, contributions have
tended to come from fewer and fewer people. So many AMICAns
have knowledge to share. The pages of the Bulletin are a great way
to do this. We could have an issue featuring accessories!
I want to ensure that the Bulletin continues to be something
more than ads and Chapter reports. Please consider writing for the
Bulletin if you have never done so, or if you have taken a long break
from it.
As Publisher, I receive information from time to time about
organizations that deal with subjects of interest to many AMICAns.
In the event that this information has not found its way to all the
rest of you, I will be including some of it in 1985 issues of the
Bulletin. This issue features the Organ Historical Society. Here are
parts of their brochure. You may wish to contact them - or
reoroduce this form and, as they invite. "Join the ranks."
The Organ is surely
some sort of pedestal
on which the soul
poises for a flight forth
into space ...
Honore de Balzac
A Word on the 1984
Membership Directory Package
Anyone who has attempted to perform a task which contains a
certain quantity of unknowns realizes how people in general thrive
on overcoming challenges. So it is when renewing AMICA
memberships. We have been challenged with the unknown and
mysterious workings ofthe U.S. Postal Service.
We understand that a number of you have not received your
1984 membership directory package. This package was mailed at
the beginning of December and included the directory as well as
the membership renewal reminder for 1985.
Some of you sent us your dues without returning the renewal
form. Most of these had a note or two explaining that the form had
been misplaced or that it was never received. We have already
mailed directories to those of you who let us know they never got it.
Unfortunately, however, we have received some payments with no
renewal form and no note that the directory was never received.
We are asking those of you who have not received a 1984
membership directory to let us know. We are proud of this
publication and want all our members to get their copy. You can
send a post card to us at ...
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... or call us at (803) 758-8846, 758-3123, 359-4493, or 791-1487.
We will mail your copy the same day with crossed fingers for its
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Will Wild and Valerie Anderson
Membership Secretaries
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Love for the organ and its music. That's the only re,
quirement for membership in this society of friends of
the organ. We are a national 9rganization that seeks
members from all levels of interest in the organ.
Whether you simply listen enthusiastically or you play,
build, or study the organ as an avocation or profession,
the Organ Historical Society invites you to join.
The Society pt:Omotes a widespread musical and his,
torical interest in American organbuilding through col,
lection, preservation, and publication of historical infor,
mation, and through recordings and public concerts. As
a member, you.will
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• Receive the Society's quarterly magazine
Individuals are invited to be voting members, institutions and
businesses are invited to become non-voting members at the same
rates. Please indicate:
Personal Membership, or
Institutional or Business (non-voting) membership
• Receive the Society's annual Organ Handbook
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• Meet others who share your love for the organ and its
music
• Receive special invitations to attend the annual Na,
tional Conventions of the Society, which are usually
held in June in places where there are interesting and
historic organs, many built during the 19th century.
NAME
ADDRESS
• Learn of recordings and publications produced by the
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Society and other sources, and special prices for mem,
bers
CITY, STATE, ZIP
Enclosed are dues as follows
(if you are paying due5 for
longer than one year, please
indicate the number of years
here):
• Through your membership, help preserve and docu,
ment the American organbuilding heritage.
From a modest beginning in 1956, the Society has
grown steadily in membership, and is now a large group
of music lovers, musicians, organ builders, historians,
and scholars. This growth, which has spread to other
countries, is evidence that a significant step forward in
musical culture and historical scholarship has been fos,
tered since the Society's founding.
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In addition to the national organi.
zation, there are 16 chapters which
invite your membership. Member.
ship in the national organization
does not require membership in any
chapter, and members may join as
many chapters as they wish. We
will inform the chapters you mark
below of your interest in chapter
membership:
D Boston Organ Club
D British Columbia
D Central New York
D Chicago.Midwest
D Eastern Iowa
D Greater New York City
D Greater St. Louis
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Silver Dollar' City, Mo
To Host 4th Annual AMICA
"Heat of America"
Chapter Band Organ Rally
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by Billie Pohl
June is "Music Month" at Silver Dollar City, MO, USA! The
music featured on Saturday, June 29, 1985 will be something
special, when Silver Dollar City plays host to the AMICA "Heart of
America" Chapter 4th Annual Band Organ Rally. Silver Dollar City
is a popular "Theme" park tucked away in the heart of 2,000
tree-shaded acres overlooking Table Rock Lake. Their theme,
which is centered on the Ozarks in the 1890's, boasts a delightful
variety of good-time shows, old-time crafts, fun-time rides and
play-time adventures for adults and children to enjoy together.
NEWSWEEK magazine called the city "One of America's ten most
outstanding off-the-beaten-path attractions." The city has an
average daily attendance of between 16,000 and 18,000 people.
The 1890 theme fits in real well with the history and popularity of
the band organ, which dates back as far as the 1700's or even
before. Research tells us the keyframe and folding cardboard
music were introduced in the 1890's. When will you ever have a
better place or chance to display your instrument, than at this
organ rally?
Final details are now being assembled. For all the exciting details
when they are complete, write to Bill and Billie Pohl, 5715 S. Clay,
Springfield, MO 65807. Remember, you do not have to own or
display a band organ to join in on this fun.
Duo-pianists Anthony and Joseph Paratore have become the first
classical concert artists to record for tlie Pianocorder reproducing
system. The brothers' recording of the Schubert Fantasy, Op. 103,
and other works is the first major program of classical music
recorded for any reproducing piano system in over 50 years.
Since 1974 when Anthony and Joseph Paratore won first prize at
the Munich International Music Competition, the brothers have
performed throughout the United States and abroad in recital and
orchestral appearances and as frequent guests of music festivals.
It was while Anthony and Joseph Paratore were preparing for
solo careers as scholarship students at Jui11iard that the late Rosina
Lhevinne suggested that they become a duo-piano team. Mme.
Lhevinne, herself renowned as a duo-pianist teamed with her
husband Joseph, observed that "their unity in playing gives the
impression they are breathing together."
The Paratores' program for Pianocorder includes the Chopin
Polonaise in A, Op. 40, No.1, the Hungarian Dance No.6 by
Brahms, four Waltzes from Op. 39 by Brahms and the Fantasy in
F-minor, Op. 103 by Schubert among other works. The tape will be
included in the Pianocorder tape catalog of over 300 cassettes.
Other artists who have recently recorded for the Pianocorder
system rnclude Peter Nero, Oscar Peterson, Roger Williams,
George Shearing, Liberace, Steve Allen and Floyd Cramer.
For more information of the Pianocorder system or its tape
library, contact Marantz Piano Company, Division of Superscope,
Inc., P.O. Box 460, Morganton, NC 28655, or phone toll-free (800)
438-7023.
Duo-Pianists
Anthony and Joseph Paratore
Record for Pianocorder System
Duo-pianists Anthony and Joseph Paratore have recorded a
program of four-hand piano music for the Pianocorder reproducing system, the computerized piano-playing system by the
Marantz Piano Company of Superscope, Inc. The new full-length
cassette recording marks Pianocorder's entry into the field of
recording contemporary classical pianists. It also represents the
first time a major program of serious music has been recorded for
any reproducing piano system for over 50 years.
Directing the Pmnocorder recording activities is Mr. Joseph S.
Tushinsky, president and chairman of the board of Superscope,
Inc. Tushinsky was producer and commentator for the long-time
fixture of classical radio programming, "The Keyboard Immortals
Play Again." According to Tushinsky, "We're taking over where
Ampico and Duo-Art [the largest makers of pneumatic piano
reproducing systems, dissolved in the 1940's] left off. One of the
last great classical reproducing piano rolls ever made, if not the
last, was Joseph Lhevinne's performance of the Marche Militaire
by Schubert which was recorded in 1932. Now, 52 years later,
these brilliant young artists Anthony and Joseph Paratore chose to
open their Pianocorder recording with that same work. The
historical connection is even more remarkable because the
Paratores studied together under the tutelage of Lhevinne's
widow, the late Mme. Rosina Lhevinne, at Juilliard."
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AMICAns world-wide are cordially invited
to attend a special gala concert Sunday
evening, April 28, 1985 at 7:30 p.m. in
Orchestra Hall, Chicago. Dr. Rudolph Ganz
will perform the liszt Piano Concerto in E
Flat. The Piano will be a 9' Duo-Art Weber
Concert Grand. Orsenith Smith will conduct
the 120 member Chicago Youth Symphony
Orchestra.
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RSVP CHICAGO AMICA
1-312-879-5460
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Touring New Zealand
With a Duo-Art What?????
in a huge, modern, barn. We are slightly amused at the 4 chickens
that accompanied us as we viewed the collection, particularly
when they all responded to being called when we all left the barn.
by Peter Phillips
Our first concert was given in a town called Dunedin. Dunedin is
located almost at the southern most point of the South Island, and
has a huge Town Hall, as large as any in New Zeland. The hall was
filled to about three quarters capacity, and the concert proceeded
without a hitch. The audience was very enthusiastic and enjoyed
the encore of Grainger playing Country Gardens. The machine
was then carefully packed away, to be transported to Christchurch. The Town Hall at Christchurch was a very modern
building,. suffering, in our opinion from a slightly dead acoustic.
Again the hall was about three quarters full, the audience receiving
the concert with great enthusiasm;. It was during this concert,
however, that the pump decided to reduce its output, resulting in
the final few bars of piano being drowned out by the orchestra.
There was no time to do anything at this stage, as, after being
packed up again, the machine, along with the orchestra was
transported back to Wellington.
Denis and I now parted company for 6 days, to do some
sightseeing of the South Island. We re-united at Christchurch, and
returned to Wellington by plane. The next day saw us on our way to
Wanganui, a fairly large provincial town some 200 Kilometers from
Wellington. The concert was to be held in the Wanganui Opera
House, a building constructed in 1899, complete with a fairly small
(6'6") Bluthner piano, of a similar vintage. ~y this stage ~e/had
come to the realization that all the travehng was CaUSll)9 the
vorsetzer to come to bits. Thus, the whole day was spent doing
maintenance and modifications to try and recover the lost power
that had troubled us at Christchurch. Despite the piano, the
resulting concert was excellent, with Percy pounding the Bluthner
in what must have been true style. The audience, though below
capacity for the hall, was again enthusiastic. By now we had
become very adept in packing the instrument away in its 2 crates,
and soon the machine and orchestra were off again back to W.W.
Wellington.
Our next, and perhaps most important concert was at Wellington. This concert was to be broadcast nationally, and even
required a rehearsal. Although, again, the audience was below the
capacity of the hall, it was generally agreed that the concert was the
best so far, with the balance between the piano and the orchestra
being excellent, and the general performance being tight and
exciting. To just explain one point about each concert, the
programme was made up generally of popular pieces, with the
Concerto being after interval. A further orchestral piece, The
Sorcerers Apprentice, then followed the Concerto, to end, after an
encore, the entire concert. Thus, Denis and I would work
feverishly to have the machine packed away before the end of the
concert. It was during the packing up procedure that interested
people would visit us backstage, and forego listening to the rest of
the concert. Amongst the many people who came backstage this
evening was Harvey Roehl. It turned out that Harvey and Marion
Roehl were in Wellington on their way for a bus trip of the South
Island, and by sheer coincidence, had been able to attend the
concert.
The following evening, as a result of an invitation by Michael
Wolfe, with whom the Roehls were staying, became our third visit
to a collector. Michael's collection was large, and included a DuoArt reproducer, not restored, a barrel piano, a Wurlitzer pipe
organ, a range of music boxes, and other such like. Of particular
interest was the Mills Violano. Although not restored, this
instrument was in excellent condition, and showed great promise
as a restorable instrument. Harvey showed his expertise as a
pianist, and took many photographs of us all. For those who don't
The decision to plan a tour involving the Duo-Art vorsetzer and
the New Ze'aland Symphony Orchestra was brought about by
insistance of John Hopkins, the go ahead being given May 1981.
John Hopkins, a well known conductor, is best known for his
involvement with the music of Percy Grainger, and it was John's
idea to have the Duo-Art vorsetzer, built by Denis Condon and the
author, play the Grainger interpretation of the Grieg Piano
Concerto with the N.Z. Orchestra for a tour involving 6 performances at various centres in New Zealand.
Negotiations thus commenced May 1981, and continued throughout the year. The tour was to commence 26th January 1982, and
conclude 21st Feb. The story thus commenced some few weeks
prior to the start of the tour. Anyone who has ever tried to export
anything will know that lots of paper work is involved. But, when
the export item is a "Machine That Plays a Piano", confusion runs
rife. In attempting to ensure that plain sailing would occur, I made
many phone calls endeavouring to find out the necessary procedures in exporting an item. After much buck passing Ieventually
reached a person, who, on being asked the question "What is
involved in shipping a machine that plays a piano to another
. country?", replied, "Is it Duo-Art of Ampico?" Stunned, I listened
very attentitively to the advice this Demi-God offered. It was
unfortunate that his knowledge of vorsetzers was not equalled by
his knowledge of export requirements, and we werE! caught
unawares by people from all sections of Customs and various
other departments. Our good humour evapotated when we finally
had to pry apart the crates that contained the machine, in order
that a Customs official could "view" the contents. When she
briskly asked the name of the machine, we equally as briskly
replied a "Duo-Art vorsetzer". After this, she mellowed slightly,
and eventually, after many hours of effort, we were able to leave
the airport, secure in the knowledge that the machine would arrive
in New Zealand the next day.
Denis and I arrived in Wellington, leaving heat wave conditions
in Sydney, and being greeted by wind, rain and cold in Wellington.
Tourist pamphlets list Wellington, the capital of New Zealand as
"Wonderful Windy Wellington". We, at this stage, were not too
sure about the "Wonderful". The following day saw the start of
rehearsals, and Denis and I were able to view the sight of an
orchestra hearing its first reproducing piano. To a man (woman)
the orchestra members were fascinated, and quite happy to
accompany this wierd machine that played so well. For our part,
Denis and I were immediately impressed with the quality of the
orchestra, and were not surprised when one complete days
rehearsal was cancelled as it was not necessary.
Whilst in Wellington, we made contact with 2 collectors. One
collector owned an upright Steinway Welte (Red), that he had
bought whilst in Argentina, along with 90 rolls. The Welte
responded to some mild coaxing, involving 2 repairs I was able to
give it, and played, if not brilliantly, at least sufficiently to let us hear
the tone of the piano. This collector then took us to meet another
dedicated individual who described himself as a gentleman farmer/
collector. At this place we saw what must surely rate as one of the
biggest collections in New Zealand. The owners name was Mr.
Leon Clemmens, who has promised to become a member of
ACMMI since meeting us. His collection comprised various
reproducing pianos, 88 note players, reed organs, music boxes,
phonographs, automata, juke boxes, lawn mowers (yes, lawn
mowers) old radios etc. etc. The bulk of the collection was housed
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know, Harvey Roehl can perhaps be accredited with being the
person who contributed most, in the early days, of getting people
interested in reproducing pianos. His book, the Player Piano
Treasury, was responsible for getting many people interested in
the hobby. Harvey now owns Vestal Press, a firm he started many
years ago.
A few days later came another invitation to visit another
collection. Denis had met the collector some 15 years before, and
made himself known by phone contact during our stay in
Wellington. Of all the places we visited, this particular visit proved
to be the most interesting. The collection was restricted to a 9'
Concert Grand Steinway which had been converted to a Duo-Art,
and an incomplete Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. However, the house
containing these items must surely represent everyone's dream.
Built on the Roman style plan, the huge house was built around a
heated swimming pool, with the main room being over 40 feet long,
with 12' ceilings, all magnificiently decorated. The piano was
unique in itself. The instrument had been purchased from the N.Z.
Broadcasting Company, and was only about 20 years old. An
Amphion stack was fitted beneath it, and conventional Duo-Art
regulators had also been installed.
A set of electrically operated pneumatic valves were then
incorporated, these valves being the sort used in Pipe Organs. The
spool box was located at the opposite end of the room, and a small
Aeolian stack, fitted with contacts was used to provide the signals
necessary to make the instrument play. The end result was
excellent, although some minor work was still necessary to make
the instrument perfect. It was planned that the Wurlitzer organ,
upon completion could also be operated by roll, using the same
spool box as for the piano, this being the main reason for the idea.
Of particular interest to me (although all of the preceeding was of
extreme interest to me) was the sound system also installed in this
fabulous room. Huge speaker boxes were located at one end of the
room, one either side of the piano. The speakers contained therein
were Altec Lansing, having being built for picture theatre work.
The speakers were over 50 years old, and had a sound that was as
fresh as anything available today.a
However, our stay in Wellington was over, and on Tuesday 16th
of January, we joined the Orchestra in a chartered flight to
Rotorua. This flight, in a Fokker Friendship, was made more
interesting by the pilots invitation for us to visit the flight deck.
Naturally we accepted, and were able to see the various volcanoes
that dot the North Island, as well as the various mountain ranges.
Rotorua is a very popular tourist centre, as it is here that one can
see the various geysers, bubbling mud pools and other natural
phenonema that remind one of how new the county is. Denis and I
had a free day at Rotorua, which we spent cycling in order to see as
much as possible during our stay. Neither of us had been on a
tandem bicycle, but we can recommend this mode of transport.
Apart from the afore mentioned natural phenomema, Rotorua also
has the blessing of being blanketed with clouds of rotten egg gas.
We found out from a local that the corrosive nature of this gas
makes ownership of a piano, or anything electrical quite problematical. A nice place, but we decided we wouldn't want to live there.
Our visit to Rotorua ended the next day, and we headed for
Hamilton, a large town some 100 Kms from Rotorua. We commenced setting up the machine as soon as we reached the place,
and were delighted to meet a local who wandered in carrying a
Duo-Art piano roll. We eventually played his roll, this roll being one
of three that he owned. It was interesting to note that Denis, who
owns over 3,000 Duo-Art rolls, did not own 2 of the 3 rolls owned by
this local collector. We had more problems this day, and the entire
day was spent in repairs and adjustments. Following the concert,
as usual, we packed the machine away, and stood around waiting
as the carriers loaded the machine into the truck. We were both
mortified when we witnessed the crate containing the vorsetzer
being dropped, accidentally, a distance of over 2 feet onto a
concrete floor. We decided that as soon as possible, we would set /"
the machine up and see what damage had resulted.
Our final venue was Auckland. Auckland is the largest city in
New Zealand, with a population of nearly 1 million. When you
realize the entire population is only 3 million, it can be seen that
Auckland is a very popular city. Thus, the next day, and a day
before the concert, was spent setting up the machine and testing it
to see how it had survived its drop. All was well, and we were set up
ready at around 2 pm. I then contacted Les Stenersen, who is a
member of ACMMI, and whom I had met when he had visited
Australia. Les invited Denis and I to dinner, and we were treated to
one of the nicest evening so far. Apart from having a wife who
cooks divinely, Les has one of the best collections of phonographs
probably in the Southern Hemisphere. Les demonstrated the pick
of his collection, and Denis and I were amazed at the quality of
sound these early instruments made. We also played numerous
rolls on the Duo-Art Steck upright. This instrument was a very late
(193?) model, and was in excellent condition, considering it was all
original.
But; perhaps the most exciting part of our visit to the Stenersens'
came when Les took us to the theatre where he and a band of
helpers have installed a Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. Although the
resident organist was unavailable, we were able to observe the
installation;, and to hear it briefly. Les contributed an article some
months ago about this organ, which appears in the October issue
of the Bulletin. I can only say that I admire Les' tenacity, as the
installation, although not quite complete, is first class, and will
become an attraction in Auckland.
Les also took us to visit a place that perhaps defies description. ./
The owner of the establishment, who describes himself as a
collector, has not only collected an amazing amount of collectibles,
but has built a complet Old English Pub to house his collection. The
property, in an outer suburb of Auckland is probably about an acre
in size. The "Pub" was filled to over flowing with all kinds of
priceless, and not so priceless items. Old jars, mugs, bottles,
phones, pictures, gramophones, entertainment machines, magazines, etc. etc, were everywhere. The second story of the Pub was
filled with similar items, augmented with a huge collection of items .
of sporting interest. Old guns, along with a huge collection of
autographed cricket bats, cricket outfits, jockey outfits, a stuffed
horses head, etc. etc., made movement in the room almost
impossible.
As if this isn't enough, there were sheds in other parts of the
property that contained old cars, and old steam engine, complete
with carriage, an old fire engine, even a tram. There was,
unfortunately, evidence to suggest that the collection had become
too huge to be manageable, and its future was somewhat in doubt.
The concert was held on Saturday, 20th, again to a below
capacity audience. We were interested to meet a lady who had,
amongst other Grainger memorabilia, a newspaper cutting giving
brief details of a performance of the Grieg concerto with a Duo-Art
piano in England in the 1960's. The article did make the point,
however, that the sound of the instrument was not all it could be, as
the instrument was an original piano.
The next day was departure day for us, an event that had mixed
feelings for us both. Living in hotels, and out of a suitcase is /'
something everyone probably gets tired of, and, of course, there is
no place like home. New Zealand is a country where the pace is
slower, the standard of living perhaps slightly below that of
Australia, and a country, it seems, filled with the most hospitable
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people. Another feature of the country is the ice cream. Denis and I
never let a day go past that we didn't have at least one of the vast
varieties of ice cream.
In general, we felt that the tour had been a success. We had one
poor review, the reviewer suggesting that the whole excercise was
a waste of time, but all other reviewers were unamimous in their
praise. A dissappointing aspect was the fact that at no stage did we
have a full house. This could be due to a lack of publicity, and also a
reluctance in people to hear a "pianola" play with an orchestra.
This was unfortunate, as the usual comment made by patrons was
"I didn't realize it would be that good", after the concert.
At the time of writing, some 4 days after the tour, the vorsetzer
was still not been returned, due, we believe, to the New Zealand
Customers. However, apart from this hitch, the entire tour was
relatively free of major problems, and was a great experience for
both Denis and I. We both agree that we wouldn't like to do it for a
hving, but we are both glad that Percy Grainger made a Duo-Art
roll of the Grieg Piano Concerto in 1921.
New Recording
Hats off to AMICA member Denis Hall, of England, who wrote
the following material for a recording titled, "The Ampico Record·
ings, Sergei Rachmaninov Volume I" This is L'Oiseau·Lyre
recording #414 096. The information on Rachmaninov is found on
the record jacket, while an insert explains the reproducing piano.
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
All the music on this disc was composed before Rachmaninov's
self-imposed exile from Russia in 1917. His life until then, from the
time of his graduation from the Moscow Conservatoire in 1892,
had been occupied almost wholly with composition. In fact of his
total output (which reached Opus 45 - the Symphonic Dances of
1940), all but six works were written during that period. He
received help and encouragement ffQm Tchaikovsky, and believed
himself to have been much influenced by Rimsky-Korsakov,
although he did not actually study with him. During this first part of
his life he was also well knwon as a conductor, and for a short spell
was at the Bolshoi Theatre. But of course his piano playing,
particularly of his own music, was also highly regarded, and he
undertook a number of tours both as pianist and conductor, these
included visits to France, England and America.
Rachmaninov was very conscious of the changes taking place in
Russia at the time of the 1917 Revolution, and by March of that
year had decided to leave with his family. This had to be delayed
because Europe was still at war, but on 23rd December he left to
undertake a series of concerts in Scandinavia. In 1918 he settled in
America and, at the age of 45, embarked on the career of piano
virtuoso which he pursued for the rest of his life.
The Opus 3 pieces which make up side one of this record, and
the Barcarolle and Humoresque from Opus 10 on side two are
works dating from just after his student days. It always annoyed
him that the composition by which he was best known, the Prelude
in C sharp minor, was a piece written when he was only 19. The
original Prelude (Opus 3 No.2) because the first of a set of
twenty-four, in all the major and minor keys. The G minor Prelude
of Opus 23 dates from 1901, and the whole of Opus 32 from 1910.
The Etudes· Tableaux Opus 39 were composed between 1916 and
1917, and were the last music he wrote before leaving Russia.
'Lilacs' is one of a group of songs written in 1902, the year of his
marriage to his cousin, Natalya Satina.
Rachmaninov's recording career began in 1919. In April of that
year Edison offered him a contract to make ten sides for the
gramophone. By the end of the year he had fallen out with the
inventor, and signed an exclusive contract with Victor which was
to continue until his death. But the gramophone contracts did not
preclude an artist from recording performances "on perforated
piano rolls". Ampico had entered the reproducing piano race later
than its great American rival, Duo-Art, and desperately needed a
world famous artist in its catalogue if it was to be taken seriously. In
1919 it made overtures to Rachmaninov to persuade him to make
some test recordings. These recordings were processed, and
Rachmaninov was invited to the Ampico studio to hear the finished
music rolls. He listened, apparently utterly unimpressed, but just
as he was about to leave he is reputed to have turned to the
Ampico officials and said: "Gentlemen, I have just heard myself
play". What a marvellous testimonial! This was the beginning of an
association which would last for ten years and produce 34 music
roll recordings. Some of the earliest recordings are included here.
All the features of Rachmaninov's playing we know so well from
his gramophone recordings are heard in these recordings; his
Reprinted from the February 1982 Bulletin 0/ the Australian
Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Englehardt Banjorchestra
INFORMATION WANTED about who the real owner of the
Engelhardt Banjorchestra is. The recent AMICA membership
roster miscoded the machine to the wrong person. My Banjorchestra is in restoration and I need a few pieces of information
from another for completion. Call collect (313) 487-9001 eves. or
write to Rick Crandall 1366 Huron River Dr., Ypsilanti, MI48197.
Request from
National Musical Museum
in England
by Frank Holland
I am searching for listings of Artrio and Artecho reproducing
rolls in order to supplement our existing information on other
types, and also to complement our Broadwood Artrio·Angelus
reproducing piano - our tenth reproducing system, and all under
the one roof! [wondered if this request could be put in the Bulletin.
[ believe Godowsky recorded a number of rolls for the Artrio
system, including a teaching set. Perhaps after all these years, he
may be able to teach me!
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his performance. What could not be done at first was to record
automatically the strength with which the pianist played the notes.
In the Ampico recording studio this information was obtained by a
musician (who was also a skilled technician) annotating a score
while the recording artist played. Ampico also realized the
importance of absolute accuracy in reproducing the pianist's use of
the sustaining pedal, and patented a method of recording this and
reproducing it on the music roll. All the information was edited into
the recording of the note durations made by the artist, and the
whole performance was approved by him as being a true record
before the music r01l was published. The technique quickly
became so effective that on 8th October 1916, Godowsky was
prepared to participate in the first public demonstration of the
Ampico system at the Hotel Biltmore in New York. The New York
Globe reported "Leopold Godowsky actually permitted a music
roll record of his renditions to be heard on the Ampico immediately
after he personally had performed them. And the audience
compared notes! Indeed, as remarkable as the experiment itself is
the extraordinary success achieved by the almost human instru·
ment."
Automatic recording of dynamics as a part of the performance
finally came in 1926 with the introduction of a machine operating
on the principle of a spark chronograph. A direct relationship
exists between piano hammer velocity and the loudness of the note
" produced, and the recording apparatus measured with great
accuracy the speed of the hammers during their last 12 inch of
travel towards the strings.
As gramophone recordings vary in their success in capturing a
life-like sound, so piano roll recordings also vary - not in the
sound (for it is a real piano to which one is listening), but in the
unique sense of rhythm, the soaring phrases, his highly individual
use of the pedal, even something as elusive as his touch, are
reproduced. The record opens with a breathtakingly beautiful
performance of the Elegie. This track is particularly valuable since
he did not record the piece for the gramophone. The Melodie is
played in its original form. (On disc, Rachmaninov presents a
revised version of the work using an elaborate and chromatica1ly
more interesting accompaniment). The Serenade captures the
spirit of his playing to perfection. He is so obviously enjoying
himself, stretching out a phrase here, rushing into another there.
He has the listener on the edge of his seat, wondering what wi1l
come next, such is the spontaneity and freshness of the playing.
And yet the interpretation is very carefully considered and
calculated. His two disc recordings differ only in detail. Pedal
effects which are barely audible in the gramophone recording
made only a year or so before this are reproduced identically here,
and with great clarity, adding considerably to the interest of the
performance.
Two characteristi~s which the gramophone did not capture well
are the sheer size and power of his playing. The full range of tone,
from the most delicate pianissimo to a very fu1l fortissimo, was
available to the Ampico engineers, and in Rachmaninov's roll
recordings they took full advantage of it. Listen to his splendidly
capricious performance of the Humoresque. The explosive accents,
the surges of power, the fullness and warmth of his mezzo forte
playing, as well as the lightness of his pianissimi; are all instantly
recognizable. The Etude-Tableau Opus 34 No.4 is one of the gems
of the set, and a work he did not record elsewhere. The beautiful
'Lilacs' transcription we are offered as an encore is stunning
playing, completely subordinated to the poetry of the music - a
description one could perhaps well apply to "all his performances.
Denis Hall
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The Ampico Reproducing Piano
The first reproducing piano, the German Welte Mignon, was
introduced about the turn of the century, and by 1906 music roll
recordings were being made for it by such illustrious people as
Busoni, Debussy, Grieg, Paderewski, Pugno and Saint-Saens. This
piano was a great artistic and financial success, and sold all over
the world. But American inventors and technicians soon set about
designing mechanisms which would better the German instrument, and by 1911 two systems, the Aeolian Company's 'Duo-Art'
and the American Piano Company's 'Ampico' had been developed.
The Duo-Art was launched in America in 1913, and was followed
by the Ampico shortly afterwards. Other reproducing pianos
appeared, but the Welte, Duo-Art and Ampico captured the largest
share of the market, and between them had under contract
virtua1ly all the concert pianists active from 1900 to 1930.
The Ampico was the brainchild of an engineer, Charles Stoddard.
It is a system that encompasses both the recording of a performance
by perforating a roll of paper, and replaying that recording on a
special reproducing piano. The reproducing side of the system was
fully developed by the time that Ampico was first sold to the public,
and was to undergo only very minor improvements until 1929,
when a completely re-engineered reproducing piano was built. The
recording of the performance, and the improvement of the music
roll, however, were subjects which seem to have preoccupied the
minds of the Ampico technicians, and were under continual
development and refinement throughout the production period.
From the beginning of this century it had been possible to record,
after a fashion, the note duration and pedalling of a pianist during
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accuracy of playing back the characteristics of the performance.
The best of the early rolls are good, but there is no doubt that by
the middle of the 1920s Ampico were making recordings which
could match the vitality and immediacy of the original performances. Demonstration.recitals continued to be an important
feature of Ampico publicity, both in America and in Europe, and
newspaper critics testified to the complete accuracy of the Ampico
piano. Indeed, on one occasion Philip Hale of the Boston Herald
went so far as to say that "in some instances the Ampico surpa~sed
what had just gone before, and thus did justice to the pianist when
he had fallen below his own standard".
The recording of a performance for the reproducing piano had
for the artist two great advantages over a gramophone recording.
Firstly, the piano roll was not limited in time to 416 minutes. A
pianist could record, for example, a complete Chopin Ballade or a
Beethoven sonata movement without breaks or cuts. Even in the
early twenties, a roll could be cut to play for up to ten minutes. The
second advantage was that any mistakes made by the pianist could
be corrected during manufacture of the roll. The editing process of
converting the information taken at the recording studio into a
music roll was of paramount importance in producing a good roll,
and it was in this field that Ampico was particularly successful.
What we have with an Ampico recording is one complete
performance which the pianist has heard and approved, and which
represents his interpretation without any of the flaws that often
_ mar a live performance or a gramophone disc made before the
introduction of tape recording. One may draw an analogy with
modern recording techniques, except that today it; is common·
place to splice tapes from several different takes to make up one
complete performance - rather less honest, perhaps!
The recording piano in the Ampico studio was a 6'6" Mason and
Hamlin grand. The reason for not using a concert grand was
probably that the music rolls were normally played back in the
home on upright pianos or small and medium sized grands, and the
recording piano therefore more nearly equated with the play·back
instrument. Judging from their rarity today, there must have been
very few Ampico grands made larger than 6'.
The piano which we used for the recordings on these discs is a
new Russian Estonia 9' concert grand. It is the property of Norman
Evans, an authority on the Ampico reproducing mechanism. Mr.
Evans has completely rebuilt the Ampico action installed in this
piano, and every single part was adapted, fitted, and where
necessary redesigned by him, a prodigious undertaking which
called for unremitting technical skill and patience. The Estonia
Ampico is almost certainly the first new concert grand reproducing
piano to have been made since the twenties.
These records are the second set to be made in England from
classical Ampico piano rolls. In 1966 a BBC recording project
resulted in the issue of a thfee disc anthology gathering together
some of the most interesting Ampico performances. The piano
used on that occasion was a 6' Grotrian-Steinweg grand. The
present recordings were made in the Kingsway Hall, London,
during a week in March 1978. The use of a concert grand results
not only in greatly improved sound quality, but, because of this
instrument's responsiveness to the reproducing action, allows the
superb quality of the Ampico recordings to be heard better than
ever before.
The project includes all the Ampico rolls made by Lhevinne,
Rachmaninov and Rosenthal, and _was conceived by producer
Peter Wadland. During the sessions he had the advice of Malcolm
Binns and Jerrold Northrop Moore, both of whom have a special
knowledge of the gramophone recordings of the pianist.
The Ampico music rolls used were loaned from the collections of
Reginald Best, Norman Evans, John Farmer and A. Ronald
Wilson.
Denis Hall
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Book Review
A Confidential Matter:
The Letters of Richard Strauss
and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935
Translated from the The German
by Max Knight
Reviewed by Emmett M. Ford
German-born Richard Strauss would be the one to record his
works on piano rolls for the company accessible to his activity in its
studios. He recorded seven of his compositions on Welte piano
rolls.
Becoming one of the most important German composers, his
name was known around the world. He had searched for fifty years
to find a poet capable of writing librettos for his specific musical
talent and temperament. The person found was Hugo von
Hofrnannsthal, whose death in 1929 left Strauss looking for
another person to fulfill his need.
Stefan Zweig had a consuming love for music and a corres·
pondence began between Zweig and Strauss - an exchange
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between two highly gifted, intelligent, articulate and vibrant
personalities.
This interesting 121-page book is the correspondence between
Strauss and Zweig. It contains Strauss' letter dated October of
1935, which was intercepted by the Nazis, and the Strauss-Zweig
correspondence ended. Strauss conducted operas and concerts
during the Nazi regime. He did not approve of the regime, but he
was left to his musical activity. He moved to Switzerland then but
returned to Germany in 1949 where he died September 8 at the age
of eighty-five.
Stefan Zweig, realizing the danger of the Nazi regime to the
Jewish people, moved to England, then to Australia. He came to
the U.S. for a time and then moved to Brazil. The Nazis burned his
books and he was black-listed. The despairing, homeless, wandering man, with his wife, committed suicide February 22, 1942.
The book reveals Strauss and Zweig in their activities - and the
conditions in Germany which they had to endure. (University of
California, Press, 1977).
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In 1924 Mr. Boyle joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of
Music remaining there until 1926 when he resigned to become a
member of the faculty at the Institute of Musical Art in New York
City.
Mr. Boyle composed various forms of music and for various
instruments. His "Ballade" for piano is technically difficult and was
dedicated to the famous piano-technician, Leopold Godowsky.
The "Ballade" was a big work, almost as long as a sonata and could
have been labeled a symphonic poem for pianoforte. The piano /
concerto in D Minor* was considered the best of the time and his
"Symphonic Fantasia" was premiered by the New York Orchestra
in 1919, conducted by Walter Damrosch.
Mr. Boyle recorded seven of his compositions for Welte. Austin
Conradi made an excellent Welte roll (X6183) of Mr. Boyle's
nocturne, "The Lake."
His death was in Philadelphia, PA., June 20,1948, age sixty-one.
George Frederic Boyle
by Emmett M. Ford
George Frederick Boyle, pianist, composer, teacher and Welte
piano roll artist was born in Sydney, Australia, June 29, 1886. His
father and mother gave him his first musical training. Advancec\
study was with Sidney Moss. The touring pianist, Mark Hambourg,
was attracted by the frail-looking young George's talent and was
the influence for George going to Berlin to study with Busoni in
1905. He was the first to play the MacDowell "Keltic" piano sonata
in Berlin, Germany.
At the age of sixteen he toured Australia and New Zealand with
the Hambourg brothers, Mark and Boris. George made a tour in
Holland as accompanist to the singer, Emma Nevada. Returning to
England to live, he married the noted Dutch singer, Elise van den
Heuvel, April 23, 1908.
In 1910 he came to the U.S. and became a faculty member of the
piano department of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore,
remaining there until 1922. He had remarried and his second wife
had been a student, Avery F. Baker, whom George considered as
his most qifted student. The couple were married February 7,1915.
*The concerto was heard only once in the U.S. when Arthur
Shattuck played it with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
January 15 and 16, 1915. Composed in 1912 it was not favorably
received by the critics. Shattuck performed it with the Bournemorth Symphony Orchestra in England, October 19, 1914 and it
was on Shattuck's repertoire for two seasons.
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FOlJNDING CHAPTER
Reporter: Jack Edwards
One really could not say exactly why the January meeting of the
Founding Chapter was so pleasant. It just was.
For the third January in a row, we met at the Saratoga home of
Tom and Ida Fryer. Two years ago, the rain was horrendous. Last
year, Tom and Ida miscalculated, and held the meeting on
Superbowl Sunday. This year, they made sure they would miss the
Super Bowl by having the meeting on a Saturday, and the weather
cooperated with delightful sunshine.
Ray Haskins came from Sacramento; the Wilcoxes from
Richmond; Virginia Cheshire from San Francisco; Bill Knorp from
Sausalito, and Elmer and Lou Klein all the way from Santa Clara,
an amazing ten miles away. And they didn't even make hotel
reservations. Such bravado. At any rate, Northern California was
represented from almost every corner.
Downstairs, Tom and Ida arranged the munchies, and we all put
them away as we enjoyed listening to a variety of rolls on the
Ampico. Ida has somewhat specialized in her roll collection on
works either played or written by women. Her collection is large,
getting larger, and is beautifully catalogued. Upstairs, we listened
to the Fryers' old fashioned piano, not automated at all, and
enjoyed each other.
At the close of our dinner, when we were all too st\}ffed to get
away, Phil McCoy called us to a business meeting where we
announced that Elmer and Lou Klein are to be our hosts for
February's meeting; that we are having the March meeting in New
Almaden, in a theatre no less, and that if folks had not paid their
various dues, they had better get on the ball. At that, treasurer Bob
Wilcox got a glazed look in his eye, and Margaret took him in the
other room.
As was said in the beginning, no one could say exactly what
made the afternoon so pleasant, but it was.
Dr. Dave Fienen and the Karl Wilhelm Organ Console at the St.
James Augustana Lutheran Church.
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Reporter: Barb Leppa
The Northern Lights chapter held their fall meeting September
30, 1984 in Saint James, Minnesota. The group gathered at the
Augustana Lutheran Church for a program presented by Dr. Dave
Fienen featuring the Karl Wilhelm Mechanical Action Organ
recently installed at the church. Dr. Fienen is chairman of the
music department, organist at Christ Chapel and Associate
Professor of Organ and Church Music at Gustavus Adolphus
College in Saint Peter, Minnesota.
The program presented demonstrated the finer points of the
organ with music selected to highlight the outstanding features
available on this instrument. Dr. Fienen played the organ, as well as
Overall view of the Karl Wilhelm Organ with Bob Dumas at the
keyboard, Mike Merrick & Eldon Torkelson looking on.
Following the business meeting the club enjoyed a very tasty
buffet dinner as guests of the Torkelsons. The food was excellent
and no one went home hungry!
Our thanks to Evelyn and Eldon Torkelson for arranging with
Dr. Fienen for the program as well as the outstanding meal. It is
always a pleasure to find people as gracious as the T~rke·lsons.
********
Our group was shocked at the news that Eldon Torkelson
passed away October 31, 1984 very suddenly. We are sad to lose
such an outgoing member of our chapter and extend our
condolences to the Torkelson family.
********
Hosts Evelyn and Bdon Torkelson.
Now we know who Santa reports to. Tom aids!
Northern Lights Chapter was hosted by Ruby Ahneman Decem
ber 1, 1984 for a wonderful old fashioned Christmas Party. The
group enjoyed a lovely afternoon and evening at the home of Ruby
Ahneman in Minneapolis.
Everyone enjoyed Ruby's 1926 Fisher Ampico Grand, music
boxes, the "new" Capehart Packard Manhatten Jukebox as well
as the Western Electric Nickelodeon. Music abounded as we
enjoyed an old fashioned Christmas ... even Santa showed up
Torkelson's Farrand & Votch Electrified Reed Organ.
describing what we were about to hear and how the organ
operated. It was an extremely interesting and informative program.
Following the program the group progressed to the lovely farm
home of members Eldon and Evelyn Torkelson just outside of
town. The Torkelson's Steinway Duo-Art 6'6" OR Grand was kept
very busy with over 1,400 rolls to select from! The group also
enjoyed the two manual Ferrand & Votey Electrified Reed Organ,
the Parlor Kimball Pump Organ as well as the Cylinder Music Box
with bells and drum.
A business meeting was held with election of officers for 1985
1986. The group also discussed progress of the convention plans in
conjunction with Music Box for 1987.
What did Ruth Anderson want for Christmas?
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1985-1986 Chapter Officers are as follows:
President - Jerrilynn Boehland
Vice President - Tom Wurdeman
Secretary - Tracy Tolzmann
Treasurers - Robert & Kathryn Dumas
Reporter - Ruby Ahneman Assisted by Don Jones
Photographer - Donald Bemis Jones
IOWA
Reporter: Jack Niewoehner
Would you believe a Holcomb & Hoke jukebox (unfortunately
missing the turntable and record changer mechanism)? [ thought
they only made popcorn machines and peanut roasters. How
about a Recordo grand that had been played by Kate Smith? Those
were just two of the many interesting things that we were able to
see at the home and antique shop of Mr. & Mrs. Tom Dawson in
Washington, Iowa.
Our business meeting was concerned mainly with planning our
meeting schedule for 1985. During the meeting, E.H. (Breck)
Breckenfelder learned that he had been elected Vice-president of
the Iowa chapter for 1985 at the previous meeting. George Apland
had been elected President and his wife Marjorie had been elected
Secretary-Treasurer. Once again Al Johnson was chosen as Board
Representative and since I hadn't been there to defend myself, I
was re-elected as reporter.
We followed our business meeting with a delicious buffet lunch,
seating ourselves at the longest table I've ever seen in anyone's
house. I believe there were at least fourteen of us all seated at one
table.
Following lunch, Tom showed us his collection of phonographs. [
don't really think he has one of every kind ever made, but it seemed
like it. His collection is quite extensive, including a phonograph
from the period of transition from acoustical to electric sound
Bob Dumas and Tracy Tolzmann enjoying some old fashioned
Christmas Cheer!
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Hostess Ruby Ahneman and her Phonograph Lamp.
and was instrumental in the gift exchange. Who says Santa is just
for children?
A very brief business meeting was held and reports were given
by convention chairpersons Dorothy Olds and Warren Anderson,
as well as convention treasurer Ron Olsen
Following the meeting the group enjoyed a lovely buffet dinner
prepared by Ruby. The food was excellent. Many of the members
stayed and played trivia until? This is the type of party that makes
the season jolly. Thank You, Ruby.
This is Barb Leppa signing off a last time. Ruby Ahneman will be
taking over this job, effective immediately!
Tom playing Angelus Orchestral.
• 4.3 •
reprodu<. cion that allows the user to select either metod of
reproduction. We then drove to Tom's antique shop where we saw
quite a few player pianos, reed organs and more antique
phonographs.
The most popular instrument in Tom's collection was his Wilcox
and White Angelus Orchestral push up piano player with organ
reeds. Tom told me that he had put a lot of work into the
restoration of this instrument, as the case had been quite rough
when he got it. In fact, Tom's father was helping him uncrate it
when it arrived and told him to keep the crate and throw the
instrument away when he saw how bad it looked. I'm sure he has
changed his mind by now, as it looks and sounds beautiful.
Thank you Dawson's for a very enjoyable day.
Ron Bopp provides the "music" as the ladies open their gifts.
(Looks like the men preferred their music elsewhere!)
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HEART OF AMERICA
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Reporter: Katie Hellstein
Mary Jo Bopp, Martha Graves and Galen Bird enjoy the Mills
Violano.'
There was the antique churn keeping silent watch on the
wooden floor; handsome old wooden cabinets lent their sturdy
presence; and throughout the house, nostalgic touches on walls
and floors provided a feeling of bygone comfort and elegance. It
was the Christmas meeting of the Heart of America Chapter
December 2 at the Stilwell, Kansas home of Martha and Ben
Graves.
Their Mills Violano, which from its serial number appears to be
one of the last 500 made, shared its domain with a pie safe filled with
the Graves' doll collection, featuring a China head doll, Bisque
twins in their original clothing and a Sweet William surveying all
from his own perch on an upper shelf. In yet another parlor, a 1924
Duo-Art Steck reproducer with transposing bar, provided back·
ground music as we exchanged musical Christmas gifts.
But modern attractions were not to be completley ignored, as
we "oohed and aahed" at the Graves' newly installed hot tub. We
didn't inquire into the player action or the pipe design, but with the
rainy weather outside, the pulsing water in that hot tub looked
mighty inviting!
During our business meeting we made plans to host a summer
band organ rally at Silver Dollar City near Branson, Missouri and
elected officers for the coming year. New president is Tom
Hellstein; Charles Tyler will serve as the vice-president; and Billie
Pohl will fill the combined secretary-treasurer post. Guests Vern
Schwarzer and the Rev. Walt Bruner shared our afternoon and
Ron Bopp "serenaded" us with holiday tunes on a 20's baritone
Board rep. Ron Bopp; incoming secretary Billie Pohl and Tom
Hellstein, 1985 president; Margaret Taylor, Leonard Railsback,
outgoing treasurer and secretary; Katie Hellstein, reporter; and
Ron Connor, past president.
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Martha and Ben Graves with their Duo-Art Steck.
horn. This impromptu concert did make our leave-taking easier;
and as Ben's 1911 Lionel engine chugged its own goodbye, we went
away full of the Christmas spirit. 1985 stretches ahead and we look
forward to meetings in Grain Valley, Missouri, B'ranson, Missouri,
Wichita, Kansas, and Joplin, Missouri.
Carole demonstrates operation of loom to Richard Tonnesen
while Bob Smith and Wade Newton look on.
TEXAS
The Annual Christmas meeting of the Texas Chapter of AMICA
was held at the home of Tom and Carole Beckett on December 8,
1984. Members and guests arriving at the Becketts' beautiful home
were greeted by Christmas carols played "live" on the Allen Digital
Computer Organ by Dick Barnes. After awhile Dick let the
cassette take over while he and other members lined up for a
delicious buffet dinner.
Fortified for the task ahead, we began our business meeting,
conducted by President Bob Smith. First order of business was the
election of new officers. Thanks to a moninating committee
selected at a' previous meeting, this process was accomplished
quickly. The results:
President: Wade Newton
Vice President: Lorane Smith
Secretary/Treasurer: Carole Beckett
Board Representative: Haden Vandiver
After giving the treasurer's report, Carole reminded everyone to
pay their 1985 dues. Other topics of discussion included the
subject of future meetings. The next meeting will be March 10 at
the home of Richard and Janet Tonnesen at 3:00 PM.
After the meeting was adjourned, a Christmas present swap
provided great fun for all. While some members enjoyed the
magnificent hand-carved Italian Renaissance 1928 Chickering
Ampico, others went upstairs to listen to the 1926 Steinway DuoArt and custom built orchestrion. The Becketts' collection also
includes various music boxes.
Richard and Lorane Smith, Bob Smith, Joe Morris, Haden
Vandiver, and Dick Barnes.
Carole, who has become quite an expert on spinning and
weaving, demonstrated a loom connected to an Apple Compute~.
She reminded us of the historical connection between the chains of
punched cards, used to control early automatic looms, and the
piano roll.
A unique collection, good friends, interesting conversation,
delicious food - what more could you want? Our thanks to Tom
and Carol for again opening their home and providing Texas
AMICAns with a most enjoyable evening.
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This new model will especially interest persons of taste, as it has an
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The Last Word in modern piano building finds expression in the
Mason & Hamlin piano. Highest praises from Nikisch, Paur, Dr.
Mason, Sherwood, Sieveking, etc., etc.
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Ampico B in the Mason and Hamlin
by Dick Howe
The following is a list of Mason & Hamlin Ampico-B pianos
shipped from October 1928 through May 1936. I am certain it
would be of great interest to members who have, or are searching
for Mason and Hamlin pianos.
MASON , HAMLIN AMPICO B PIANOS
(Shipped from October 1928 through May 1936)
Serial
Number
Size
Finish
39262
39287
39291
29394
39306
39320
39326
39327
39341
39355
39356
39359
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
Mahogany
Walnut
39377
39378
39383
39392
39397
39400
39406
39410
39429
39442
39443
39447
39449
39457
39461
39465
39472
39486
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
Ebony
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
39489
39494
39502
39505
39508
39515
39519
39521
39523
39547
39550
39554
39561
39562
39567
39577
39594
39596
39608
39617
39625
39639
39640
39646.
39649
39659
RBB
RBB
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RAA
RA
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RBB
RAA
RA
RA
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
Ebony
Hahogany
Hahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
Ebony
Ebony
Walnut
Walnut
Rl\
~1ahogany
RA
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Ebony
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
RAA
RA
RBB
RA
RA
RA
Style
Louis
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Italian
Carved
Louis xv
Italian
Carved
Shipped
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10-30-28
10-30-28
10-30-28
10-31-28
11-03-28
11-05-28
11-05-28
11-07-28
11-09-28
11-09-28
11-10-28
J. L. Hudson Co., Detroit, MI
Johnson Music Co., ,Ironwood, MI
American Piano Co., New York, NY
Foster-Waldo, Minneapolis, MN
Ampico Hall, Chicago, IL
Foster-Waldo, Minneapo1is,- MN
Ampico Hall, New York, NY
11-13-28
11-13-28
11-14-28
11-15-28
11-17-28
11-27-28
11-21-28
11-21-28
11-22-28
11-24-28
11-24-28
11-27-28
11-27-28
11-28-28
11-30-28
11-28-29
11-30-28
12-01-28
Ampico Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Ampico Hall, Boston, MA
Clark Music Co., Syracuse, NY
McNeil' Co., Stockton, CA
Denver Music Co., Denver, CO
Jones Piano Co., Des Moines, IA
Thos. Goggan Bros., Houston, TX
American Piano Company, New York, NY
Snyder Music Company, Wi1kesbarre, PA
12-01-28
12-01-28
12-05-28
12-07-28
12-07-28
12-08-28
12-10-28
12-08-28
12-11-28
12-14-28
12-22-28
12-15-28
12-11-28
12-17-28
12-17-28
12-19-28
12-21-28
12-21-28
12-24-28
1-03-29
12-31-28
1-05-29
1-07-29
1-08-29
1-09-29
1-11-29
Wiley B. Allen Co., Los Angeles, CA
Gallup' Alfred, Inc., Hartford, CT
Fa1k Mercantile Co., Ltd., Boise, ID
Gallup & Alfred, Inc., Hartford, CT
Christina Teague, Indianapolis, IN
Ampico Hall, New York, NY
Lec1iner & Schoenberger Co., Pittsburg,
American Piano Co., New York, MY
Gallup & Alfred, Inc., Hartford, CT
Lec1iner & Schoenberger Co., Pittsburg, PA
Ampico Hall, Boston, tiA
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39671
39683
39688
39692
39694
39703
39709
39712
39721
39726
39736
39751
39849
39906
39907
39913
39921
39925
39936
39939
39940
39951
39962
39974
39977
39984
39985
39992
39998
40000
40003
40004
40005
40008
40009
40010
40016
40021
40026
40036
40037
40041
40042
40045
40053
40055
40062
40065
40079
40083
40084
40085
40093
40106
40110
40113
40135
40144
40145
40154
40160
40170
40196
40200
40201
40213
40215
40219
40221
40224
40225
40231
40235
40238
40239
Size
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RM
RA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RBB
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RBB
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RM
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
Finish,
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Ebony
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
MahOgany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
t-1ahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Oak
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Style
Queen Anne
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XV
Colonial
Louis XVI
Colonial
Colonial
Florentine
Tudor
Louis XV
Shipped
1-28-29
1-23-29
1-23-29
1-24-29
1-25-29
1-29-29
1-39-29
2-04-29
2-04-29
2-06-29
2-12-29
3-08-29
3-09-29
3-25-29
3-25-29
3-29-29
3-29-29
3-29-29
4-05-29
4-05-29
4-05-29
4-11-29
4-27-29
4-30-29
4-30-29
4-30-29
4-30-29
5-06-29
5-07-29
4-25-29
5-10-29
5-13-29
5-13-29
5-23-29
5-18-29
5-18-29
5-21-29
5-22-29
5-24-29
5-25-29
5-25-29
5-28-29
5-28-29
5-29-29
6-08-29
6-25-29
6-08-29
6-08-29
8-14-29
6-19-29
6-19-29
6-10-29
6-29-29
6-28-29
6-28-29
7-18-29
7-20-29
7-25-29
7-31-29
7-31-29
7-31-29
8-16-29
8-29-29
8-27-29
8-20-29
8-26-29
8-30-29
9-04-29
8-30-29
8-30-29
8-31-29
9-06-29
9-06-29
9-12-29
9-11-29
• 48·
Dealer
W. L. Nutting, Inc., Nashua, NH
Chas. E. Roat Music Co., Battle Creek,
Platt Music Co., Los Angeles, CA
Platt Music Co., Los Angeles, CA
Christena Teague Co., Indianapolis, IN
Ampico Hall, Atlanta, GA
S. Jacobs , Son, Philadelphia, PA
Hona1u1u Music Co., Hona1u1u, HI
Hona1u1u Music Co., Hona1u1u, HI
Ampico Hall, Milwaukee, WI
Ampico Hall, St. Louis, MO
J. W. Greene Co., Toledo, OH
American Piano Stores, New York, NY
Ampico Mall, Boston, MA
Stewart Dry Goods Co., Louisville, KY
John Wanamaker, New York, NY
Americna Piano Stores, New York, NY
Nederman Music Co., Kansas City, MO
American Piano Trading Corp.
Ampico Hall, Milwaukee, WI
Lec1iner , Schoenberger, Pittsburg, PA
Ampico Hall, Cleveland, OH
.Stewart Dry Goods Co., Louisville, KY
Ampico Hall, Phi1ad1ephia, PA
Willis & Co., Ltd., Montreal, Canada
Burman's Music, Muskegan, MI
Ampico Hall, Phi1ade1phai, PA
Wilson's Music Store, Oshkosh, WI
Amercian Piano Co., New York, NY
Kempf Bros., Utica, NY
Thomas Music Co., Scranton, PA
Wiley B. Allen, Los Angeles, CA
J. L. Hudson, Detroit, MI
Honolulu Music, Honolulu, HI
Harry E. Pare, Muncie, IN
Stored at Factory
Lochner' Schoenberger,
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Serial
Number
40241
40242
40248
40255
40256
40258
40288
40305
40307
40312
40323
40329
40330
40334
40349
40352
40355
40364
40367
40369
40374
40382
40386
40394
40400
40409
40419
40427
40435
40441
40446
40454
40458
40467
40478
40487
40493
40494
40496
40501
40506
40513
40517
40530
40548
40558
40560
40566
40567
40573
40576
40581
40586
40587
40589
40591
40595
49599
40601
40609
40613
40614
40615
40616
40617
40623
40625
40627
40636
40637
40640
40642
40644
4064'5
40646
Size
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RAA
RA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RA
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RA
RAA
RA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RA
RJ\A
RAA
RA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RA
RAA
RAA
RA
RAA
RAA
RAA
RA
Finish
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
f.lahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
lialnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Style
Louis XV
Colonial
Colonial
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Louis XVI
Colonial
Louis XVI
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Colonial
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XV
Louis XV
Shipped
9-12-29
9-11-29
9-11-29
9-12-29
9-12-29
9-12-29
9-21-29
10-15-29
9-24-29
9-24-29
10-03-29
2-28-30
9-28-29
9-30-29
10-03-29
10-04-29
10-05-29
10-07-29
10-08-29
10-08-29
10-11-29
10-11-29
10-11-29
10-11-29
10-15-29
10-15-29
10-17-29
10-18-29
10-18-29
10-23-29
10-21-29
11-04-29
11-05-29
10-28-29
10-28-29
10-31-29
10-31-29
10-31-29
11-01-29
11-04-29
11-07-29
11-07-29
11-09-29
11-13-29
11-25-29
11-29-29
1-22-29
11-29-29
11-29-29
11-26-29
1-27-29
11-29-29
11-30-29
11-30-29
11-30-29
11-30-29
12-04-29
12-05-29
12-09-29
12-12-29
12-12-29
12-12-29
12-11-29
12-12-29
12-12-29
12-13-29
12-14-29
12-17-29
12-19-29
12-23-29
12-23-29
12-23-29
12-23-29
12-23-29
12-23-29
• 49·
Dealer
M. O'Neil Co., Akron, OH
Nederman Music Co., Kansas City
Ampico naIl, Philadelphia, PA
J. L. Hudson, Detroit, MI
Phillips Music Store, Bethlehem, PA
Raymond Stotler, Tulsa, OK
Ampico Hall, Chicaqo, IL
Thos. Goggan & Bro., Houston, TX
J. L. Hudson Music Store, Detroit, MI
Willis & Co., Montreal, Canada
Bidinger Music House, Kenosha, WI
Foster & Waldo, Minneapolis, MN
S. A. Phillips Music, Morgantown, WV
Mance Bros., New Haven, CT
George P. Gross, Cincinnati, OH
C. A. House Co., Wheeling, WV
Adams Bennett r~usic, Wichita, KS
Gould Bros., Buffalo, NY
Statler Music Co., Tulsa, OK
Gould Bros., Buffalo, NY
Gould Bros., BUffalo, NY
Charles T. Stuart, Pelham Manor, N
Serial
Number
40647
40648
40651
40661
40680
40682
40691
40707
40718
40738
40740
40767
40776
40781
40783
40787
40809
40518
40820
40836
40845
40854
40877
40898
40901
41004
41079
41103
41111
41120
41123
41162
41170
41173
41206
41207
41234
41261
41265
41309
41359
41392
41395
41419
41423
41466
41746
42517
42532
42914
43233
43615
43648
43934
43936
44235
44326
44339
44419
44225
Size
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RAA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RJ\
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RA
RB
RB
RA
RB
RB
RA
RA
RB
RB
RA
RB
Finish
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Walnut
Ebony
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Walnut
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
Ebony
f.lahogany
Walnut
Mahogany
Mahogany
Mahogany
t'la1nut
Ebony
Stx1e
Shipped
Dealer
12-23-29
12-23-29
12-30-29
1-22-30
Marcellus Roper Co., Worcester, MA
Arthur Jordan Piano Co., Washington, DC
J. L. Mudson Music Store, Detroit, MI
Nederman Music Co., Kansas City, MO
J. W. Greene Co., Toledo, OH
George C. Will, Portland, OR
Ampico Hall, Boston, f.tA
Ampieo Hall, ~oston, MA
Altenburg Piano, Elizabeth, NJ
Burman's Music House, Muskegan, MI
Ga1perin Music, Charleston, WV
Ga1perin Music, Charleston, WV
American Furniture Co., El Paso, TX
Chickering, Sons, Boston, MA
Va1ey Organ Co., Garwood, NJ
Chickering, Sons, Boston, MA
George P. Gross, Cincinnati, 08
Dennett Music Co., Wilkes-Barre, PA
Taylor Music Co., Columbus, MO
Cable Piano Co., Chicago, IL
Howard Farwell & Co., St. Paul, MN
John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, PA
E. 8.. Bennett Piano Co., Wilkes-Barre, PA
Chickering & Sons, Boston, HA
Chickering & Sons, Boston, MA
Harry Achenback, Fort Wayne, IN
Barker Bros., Los Angeles, CA (Resale)
Frederickson Constant Piano Co.,
Oklahoma City, OK
Barker Bros., Los Angeles, CA
Chickering , Sons, Bos ton, r~A
Chickering' Sons, Boston, MA
Barker Bros., Los Angeles, CA
Arthur Jordan Piano Co., Washington, DC
Carrie B. Glass,
, OH
May Company, Cleveland, OH
Martin Bros. Piano Co., Springfield, MO
Aeolian Co., New York, NY
Aeolian Co., New York, NY
The Music House, ~orthhampton, MA
1-24-30
Louis
xv
Louis XVI
Louis XV
Louis XV
1-25-30
2-04-30
2-08-30
2-14-30
3-11-30
3-10-30
4-05-30
4-18-30
4-26-30
4-26-30
4-29-30
5-22-30
6-09-30
6-10-30
7-12-30
6-30-30
7-15-30
8-14-30
8-30-30
9-24-30
10-09-30
11-12-30
11-24-30
11-29-30
l2-n3-~O
Louis XVI
Louis XV
Queen Anne
12-03-30
12-20-30
12-31-30
1-21-31
1-28-31
1-25,.-31
2-24-31
3-12-31
3-16-31
4-14-31
6-23-31
7-30-31
8-06-31
9-18-31
9-09-31
10-08-31
5-31-33
10-18-34
10-31-34
2-18-35
5-24-35
9-12-35
9-30-35
12-21-35
12-21-35
3-30-36
4-24-36
4-30-36
5-15-36
5-28-36
• 50·
"Rhapsody G Minor Op 79" - Brahms
Olga Samaroff Welte C1476
ANNUAL MUSIC COLLECTIBLES AUCTION: Saturday, May 11, 1985.
Ramada Inn, Newburgh, N.Y., U.S.A. Mechanical Music Machines,
Music Boxes, Phonographs, Juke Boxes, etc.
Musical Instruments,
Violins, Bows, Banjos, Guitars, Mandolins, etc
plus, related fine
and unusual antiques, collectibles, and ephemera!! Fully-illustrated
catalog (and results) - $4.; Absentee bids accepted. Quality consignments considered - single items and collections - send for information, NOW!! GLENN KRAMER, 20E Taylor, Fishkill, N.Y., U.S.A. (914)
896-6390 or DOYlE AUCTIONEERS (914) 896-9492.
The American-bom pianist was on the threshold of
her brilliant career when she recorded the rhapsody in
.' 1908. It is an excellent performance. Few pianists
included Brahms in their repertories. When Samarot!
was asked to record trivial pieces for both the WelteMignon and the Victor Talking Machine, she had the
spunk to insist that she be allowed to record a few
items of her choice worthy of her talent - the Brahms'
rhapsody was one of them.
- Emmett M. Ford
PIANO ROLL AUCTION - No Minimum Bids. 88 - 65 note, some
Ampico, Duo-Arts. Also Piano 78's by Alpert, Gershwin, ArdenOhman, Sims. Want to move them. Wally Wood Box 8153, LaCrescenta,
CA 91214
MASON lie HAMLIN REPRODUCING PIANO 5'8" AMPICO 'A' Ebony.
1927 Serial 35951. Professionally rebuilt 1970, excellent playing condition and still immaculate. $8,000.00. Robert E. McArter, 2915 Woodcliff
Dr., N.w. Canton, Ohio 44718. (216) 453-6191.
REPRODUCING PLAYER PIANO lie ORGAN by Operators Piano Serial
No. 282177. Two keyboards. Needs work but basically in excellent
condition. Museum quality instrument. $4,500.00 or best. A. B. 4001 N.
Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227, Tel. (503) 288-2600.
KNABE 5'8" GRAND, Serial no. 87991. Mahogany case, Ampico A, with
140 + rolls and matching bench. Instrument is original, one owner and
complete. Needs little (if any) restoration on player mechanism. Must
see to appreciate. William W. Brown, 444 N. Parkview Ave., Columbus,
OH 43209. (614) 885-3315.
FOR SALE
FREE CATALOGUES: Old piano rolls and sheet music for sale. Many
scarce items. We also buy. Send stamp for each list to: Ragtimes, Box
. 367, Port Washington, NY 11050.
WELTE COTTAGE ORCHESTRION, style #1 unrestored in excellent
condition with 30 rolls. Price on request. Imhof lie Mukle orchestrion
with sunburst brass trumpets, similar to Style #3 Welte. Unrestored with
30 rolls. Price on request. Regina Sublima Mandolin Piano, electric, in
excellent playing condition, refinished. With option to buy recut rolls,
$6,500.00. Aeolian Orchestrelle, Model V, restored and refinished in
quartered oak with bench. $6,500.00. Aeolian Orchestrelle, Model V,
circassian walnut, unrestored, missing roll box, $2,300.00. Haines
Stoddard Ampico; upright, dissassembled but complete. $1,000.00.
Pictures $1.00 each instrument. Durward <:enter, 2100 St. Paul, Baltimore,
MD 21218. (301) 752-4771.
SOME GREAT PIECES from the Doyle Lane collection are now available
for sale. Wurlitzer Harp $24,000, Resatone Grand the only on.e known
$28,000, Multiphone serpentine case $12,500, Encore Banjo $14,000,
link Style C Orchestrion $11,500, Seeburg L$6,000, P-12 Juke box $600,
fine Tangley Calliope $12,000. (919)( 732-7136.
CECELIAN PUSH-UP PLAYER (converted to) 88.note. Beautiful case
'" with carvings and good unrestored condition. $450 Contact: Broadmoore, 1709-C First St., San Fernando, CA 91340. (818) 365-6231.
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DUO-ART ROLL AUCTION. Well organized new list every 2 months
with many hard-to-find rolls. Accurate descriptions.. Send for current
list. Ralph Schack, P.O. Box 58806, Los Angeles, CA 90058.
WANTED
PLAY-RITE: QRS and Klavier rolls: 35% discount for small minimum
quantities. Catalogs 25¢ each for postage. For price list write Vintage
Piano Workshop, 208 Dartmouth Dr., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.
WANTED: HUPFELD ClAVIST ROLLS FRANKLIN CORYA RR#3 Box 402
Greensburg, IN 47240 (812) 663-6825.
WEBER UPRIGHT DUO-ART refinished, new hammers, dampers,
keyboard, restrung. Player fully restored. $3200.00 Henry Bruning 904
377-7714
WANTED: Victor Herbert playing piano on Ampico and Duo-Art piano
rolls, playing cello on Victor Red Seal phonograph records, and with
his orchestra on Edison cylinder phonograph records. Send price and
condition to Chisman, P.O.B. 1111, Clemson, SC 29633.
AMPICO - 49 vocal accompaniment rolls - $225.00, 15 violin accompaniment rolls - $125.00. All mint, many unbroken seals, Richard
Groman, 1816 Maple, Bethlehem, PA 18017.
WANTED: Automatic roll changer unit for 100 note Welte organ, must
be in free-standing self-contained cabinet, will consider other Welte
models that can be easily adapted to 100 note rolls. Also looking for 100
note Welte organ rolls. Martin Roenigk, 26 Barton Hill, East Hampton,
CT 06424. (203) 267-8682.
1931 CHICKERING 5'4" Ampico B with matching bench and 70 jumbo
rolls. Complete and unrestored, but plays up a storm. Asking $9500. Bill
Englund, 5115 SW Richardson Dr., Portland, Ore. 97201, (503) 245-2584.
DUO-ART AND AMPICO PIANO ROLL AUCTION: Mostly classical
including many original Model"B" Jumbo rolls, rare music books and
roll catalogues, accurate descriptions, send SASE for current list to
Robert Cohen 398 First Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215.
WANTED: Dutch street organ, Johner roll - playing accordian,
large/small collectiosn of mechanical musical literature. Dick Howe,
9318 Wickford, Houston, TX 77024.
MUSIC BOXES WANTED, cylinder and disc. Also buying monkey
organs, musical watches, mechanical singing birds, player organettes,
etc. Wurlitzer 78 rpm jukeboxes. Martin Roenigk, 26 Barton Hill, East
Hampton, CT 06424. (203) 267-8682.
1927 DUO-ART classical catalog; $45, 1927 Duo-Art dance music
catalog: $17.50 "Rebuilding the Player Piano": $7.50, 1929 Ampico
Service Manual (Reprint): $10, Ord-Hume: The Player Piano; history
222 pictures and drawings: $27.50 Art Faner, 4507 Garden Ct. S.E.,
Salem, Oregon, 97301.
WANTED: early AMICA bulletins from 1964 to 1968. Also want any
literature/catalogs for Welte licensee, Welte (New York), and the Welte
Musicalle roll changer. Call Collect (313) 487-9001, Rick Crandall, 1366
Huron River Dr., Ypsilanti, MI 48197.
DUO-ART, AMPICO ilnd WELTE: Excellent replicas. For order form,
see mailing cover of Bulletin or write to Terry Smythe, 547 Waterloo
Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA R3N on. Phone (204) 452-2180.
Send order to Terry, also. Orders are shipped from Maine.
• 51·
AUTOMATIC PIANOS
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AND OTHER
MECHANICAL MUSIC
A uction: Wednesday, March 13, at 9:3 a and
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Including a French Auto~Piano barrel orchestrian, an automatic~piano
street piano, a Symphonion "Eroica" clock, Regina 2711z Changer, cylinder
boxes, musical novelties, a monkey violinist automaton, organettes, etc.
H
Inquiries to Piers Mackenzie at (415) 673-1362.
Exhibition: March 9 through March 11.
BUTIER[IELD ~BUTTER[IELD
Auctioneers and Appraisers Since 1865
660 Third Street, San Francisco, California 94107
Slale Ue. No. 578 & 579.
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BROADMOORE AUTOMATIC
INSTRUMENT RESTORATIONS
specializing in Reproducers, all grands,
refinishing, and all player pianos.
Restoration of orchestrions and reproducing pianos
our specialty.
COMPLETE RESTORATION
FACILITIES
Finest materials used.
OWNER OPERATED
15 years of experience in each related field of
restoration.
CASE AND VENEER REPAIRS
some carving can be duplicated
FINEST HAND-RUBBED MIRROR FINISHES
OR SATIN FINISHES AVAILABLE
Concert Quality Regulation
Lowest Prices, Known References,
Guaranteed Work.
"Each part is treated as the most important
part in the machine."
We are authorities on authenticity.
Prices of restoration {,ary according to the grade of
work you select - from "Excellent" to "Perfect."
No trade secrets - we will gladly discuss procedures
thoroughly with any customer.
17 years experience references proudly given upon request.
Laurence Broadmoore, Owner
1709 "C" First St.
San Fernando, CA 91340
213/365·6231
only the worlds finest known grades of materials are
used. They are always fresh and continually checked.
Hot glue and original materials used throughout
wherever possible.
Craig Brougher
~ 3500 Claremont
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