Mechanical Music
Mechanical Music
Journal of the Musical Box Society International
Devoted to All Automatic Musical Instruments
Volume 64, No. 6 November/December 2018
November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 3
Volume 64, No. 6 November/December 2018
5 PresidentÕs Message
7 EditorÕs Notes
8 Special Exhibits
Committee Report
11 Recording Secretary
Report
18 Board of Trustees
Meeting Minutes
25 Annual Business Meeting
Minutes
58 In Memoriam
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A 121-key Dance Hall Organ ÒPigalle,Ó that was originally built as a
101-key Mortier and can be seen at Bronson Musikalle., See Page 32.
MECHANICAL MUSIC
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4 MECHANICAL MUSIC November/December 2018
By Clay Witt
MBSI President
The year is roaring by and will soon
end. Where did it all go? First of all,
I hope it went well for you and that
2019 will be a good year for you as
well. And of course, I wish you a joy-
filled holiday season with family and
friends.
As I am writing this, I have just
returned from our 2018 MBSI Annual
Meeting in Detroit, MI. Our Mid-America
Chapter did a really outstanding
job. The hotel, the food, and the tours
were all excellent. The closing banquet
had an outstanding 1940s style
big band for entertainment. We had
168 people attending. Thanks to
Mid-America Chapter Chair Rob
Pollock and to Dave Calendine and B
Bronson and the rest of the chapterÕs
annual meeting team.
On the tours were many fine
mechanical music instruments to
see and hear. This included the
largest surviving Wurlitzer theater
organ, I am told, at the beautiful,
fully-restored 1920Õs era Fox Theater.
The theater seats more than 5,000
people and is second only to Radio
City Music Hall in that regard. Dave
Calendine is, among other things, the
organist there. Fine collections of a
variety of instruments were seen in
tours at the homes of Henk and Irene
Noordermeer and at the Bronson
familyÕs ÒBronson Musikalle.Ó There
were more instruments as well as an
outstanding classic car collection to
enjoy at StahlÕs Automotive Foundation
museum. The accompanying
picture shows yours truly standing
by a magnificent Duesenberg Model J
there. You can read and see more from
the meeting in later pages of this issue.
If you have never been to an MBSI
annual meeting, I hope you will put it
on your calendar for 2019. The 2019
meeting will be held in the Washington,
DC, area Aug. 27-31, 2019. You can see
a great 10-minute preview video by
going to the ÒCalendar of EventsÓ page
on the MBSI website at www.mbsi.org.
One of our most important tasks
at MBSI is to get the word out to the
public about how great mechanical
music instruments are. The future of
our hobby depends on it! We cannot
get people to join our organization or
become mechanical music enthusiasts
if they have never seen the wonderful
machines we love.
One of the best things to come along
in recent years to accomplish this goal
is our Special Exhibits Committee
that gets mechanical music in view
of the public at various events. You
have seen stories about many of the
events here in the pages of Mechanical
Music. Efforts have ranged from
a month-long exhibit at the Orlando
Science Center viewed by thousands
to small presentations and workshops
to teach children about mechanical
music and all kinds of other things in
between. The chair of the committee is
Wayne Myers. He, along with his wife
Mary Ellen, have worked tirelessly
for some years getting the committee
up and running successfully. Literally
thousands of people have come to
learn about mechanical music as a
result.
Wayne has decided that after long
service it is time to turn his attention
to other things at the beginning of the
year (see WayneÕs report on Page 8 of
this issue), so we are looking for a new
Special Exhibits Committee chair. If
spreading the word about mechanical
music is important to you, I would ask
that you talk to Wayne about what the
job involves and seriously consider
taking on this very important roll. If
you think you might be interested, let
Wayne or me know.
Again I wish you all the best for the
holidays and the coming New Year!
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EditorÕs Notes EditorÕs Notes
By Russell Kasselman
MBSI Editor/Publisher
What a great year itÕs been. A total of
39 writers contributed to Mechanical
Music this year, several writing articles
in multiple issues. This is slightly
higher than the author count of 2017,
where we had 34 writers contributing.
ItÕs always great to see a mix of new
voices and veteran writers adding to
this great publication.
This issue features a wonderful
submission from Michael Clark, who,
along with his wife, Felicity, journeyed
to Detroit, MI, from the United Kingdom
to enjoy the 2018 MBSI Annual
Meeting. Michael shares his photos
and trip experience with us starting
on Page 32 of this issue. His report is
enhanced by wonderful photographs
sent in by Lowell Boehland, B Bronson,
Edward Cooley and Bob Caletti.
Recording Secretary David Corkrum
(read more from him on Page 11)
deserves the societyÕs continued gratitude
for his preparation of the MBSI
Board of Trustees meeting minutes
and the general business meeting minutes.
David is efficient and thorough
in capturing what was said and then
presenting it in a way that everyone
can understand and follow along with.
Closing out the year, I would also
like to thank the members who have
volunteered to help me proofread
the pages of this magazine prior to
it hitting the printing press. They are
an invaluable resource and a group I
would not want to do without. Their
efforts are essential to keeping these
pages wonderfully readable.
Looking ahead next year, I encourage
all members to contribute new
material for the journal, especially
restoration and maintenance articles.
We need details about how to provide
ongoing care for mechanical music
machines so they can be preserved for
years to come.
Also, donÕt forget that our journal
publishes articles about all types of
mechanical music, not just cylinder
boxes, disc boxes and orchestrions.
I think it would be excellent if we
received articles about player pianos,
musical clocks, bird boxes, automata,
phonographs, calliopes, band organs,
or any other type of instrument you
might have in your collection.
Happy New Year! I look forward to
hearing from you.
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Special Exhibits Committee Special Exhibits Committee
By Wayne Myers
Committee Chair
This past year has been one of
the busiest for the Special Exhibits
Committee. Before I share all our
activities, I would like to thank the
MBSI Board of Trustees and its members
for supporting this endeavor.
The committee was launched with
an elaborate exhibit at the Orlando
Science Center in 2010. Since then,
we have shown up and exhibited at
many venues but we found our true
home base at The Villages in Central
Florida. We hold several events in the
community every year ending with a
three-day holiday show in December
that includes more than 20 MBSI
members, all of whom bring many
instruments and displays with them.
The event regularly draws 1,000 or
so attendees from The Villages, other
local communities, and families who
might be visiting from far away. Read
about our past exhibits at these events
in the Mechanical Music archives, and
on our Southeast Chapter website.
Now, before I share more about our
committeeÕs efforts, I feel that I need to
let you know I will be stepping down
as the committee chair at the end of
the year. I am certainly not quitting
MBSI or the Southeast Chapter, but it
is time for me to let someone else take
the lead for Special Exhibits. I spent
a good number of hours launching
and running this committee as well as
serving as a society trustee. I am still
committed to the societyÕs mission of
reaching out to the next generations
through our events, but now I will get
to do it as a happy participant instead 1, the January/February 2018 issue of Myers, featuring the classical music
of an organizer. Mechanical Music. of a school youth orchestra. Proceeds
Looking back at my time as part We also held several events with from the event went to a Sarasota
of this great group, IÕve been privi-The Showfolks of Sarasota, FL, a club middle school to enhance their music
leged to see mechanical music being of circus artists and executives who program with newer instruments. One
presented in many different ways. A maintain a clubhouse and dance hall year, we attended a national ÒMakers
recent example was a demonstration in the city. These outings are also FareÓ which was a three-day event in
and teaching session at a home detailed in past issues of this publica-Orlando, FL, where we helped people
school in North Carolina. Judy Miller tion. Further, we held a show and tell assemble and decorate their own small
arranged and conducted this event, benefit exhibit with the Sarasota arts music box while telling them about
You can read about it in Vol. 64 No. community, organized by Mary Ellen the hobby. Most recently, two events
Wayne Myers with a gorgeous Ducommun Girod cylinder box circa 1852.
The holiday show at The Villages, FL, draws many visitors, both young and old.
8 MECHANICAL MUSIC November/December 2018
Mary Ellen Myers working the booth at the Italian Days festival in The Villages, FL.
were held at historical period homes.
Read about the display at the Lorain
County Historical Society holiday dis
play in Vol. 64 No. 2, the March/April
2018 edition of Mechanical Music.
Jack Hostetler, a Southeast Chapter
member, writes this about his Mar. 24,
2018 display in Wildwood, FL, at the
Baker House Heritage Festival.
ÒThe Baker House, dating back
to 1892, and occupied well into the
20th century, was home to a Florida
state senator. It is still undergoing
restoration but is open through the
year for tours.
The house consists of a two-story
main house, and a separate two-story
building containing a kitchen and
two bedrooms on the second floor.
The Heritage festival featured tours
of both buildings, food and music
outside, and people dressed in period
costume, including Civil War Confederate
military. Docents throughout
the buildings were also in period
costumes.
I set up my display of a Roller
Concert Organ and an Edison Home
Phonograph, both dating to 1905,
in the first-floor main sitting room.
Many people attended the festival and
toured the house, all stopping by my
display as they went through. All
were very pleased with my demonstration
of the two machines and the
history that went with them.
I have been invited to set up future
Wayne (top) and Mary Ellen prepare
music box kits for a summer camp
workshop at The Villages, FL.
Participants decorate music box kits at
the summer camp.
easy one to duplicate if you happen to
be holding a music box making event.
We even got media coverage from a
A docent in period costume listens to
an Edison phonograph at the Baker
House. The exhibit was put on by Jack
Hostetler.
exhibits including Christmas open
house events in December. I will
bring other members of the Villages
Mechanical Music Society club and/
or MBSI members with me to future
open house events, and will have
something on display in several
rooms of the house.Ó
For the last five years, one of our
signature events has been the summer
camp at The Villages. Our most recent
camp occurred on Jul. 17. Each year
we have honed this event and this year
was no exception. On Page 10, there
is a photo of a display board with the
same cylinder mechanism we provide
for the kit. This hands-on work board
helps children and their grandparents
relate to the internal workings of the
simple yet complex mechanism of a
cylinder music box. The project is an
November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 9
local newspaper about the camp and
through that article we were able to let
even more people know about MBSI.
Speaking of events, we have exhibited
for five years running at Italian
Day in The Villages, which includes a
parade and outdoor booths. Our display
includes a band organ and several
cylinder and disc boxes for people to
hear and see.
In closing out my time with the
Special Exhibits Committee, IÕm glad
to know that we have explored many
outlets to share our hobby with the
public at large across generations.
Each of these events have resulted
in new people being introduced to
mechanical music and weÕve even
gained some new members along the
way. I look forward to seeing what the
next chair of this committee does with
the opportunity.
Participants at one of the summer camps in The Villages work on their strip-reader
project together.
A display board detailing the parts of
a mechanical music movement was
prepared by Mary Ellen Myers and dis-
played at Special Exhibits Committee
events.
The strip reader project parts are simple and easy to assemble and help teach peo-
ple how mechanical music works.
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Recording Secretary Recording Secretary
David W. Corkrum
Recording Secretary
Greetings to the members of the
Musical box Society International. My
name is David Corkrum and I have
been your recording secretary for the
past 13 years. In September 2004, then
MBSI Vice President Carla Wiemer,
who was also the recording secretary,
asked me if I would consider becoming
the acting recording secretary just
until the Nominating Committee could
find a replacement for her. Carla was
taking over as president in the fall of
2005 and didnÕt feel she could do both
jobs effectively. I was membership
co-chair at the time but agreed to take
the position. In April 2005, at the midyear
meeting in New Orleans, LA, Joan
Seitz was nominated to the position of
recording secretary.
Apparently, this did not work out for
Joan, for I was again asked to be the
acting recording secretary. I was later
nominated to take over that position in
August 2006. Of course, I asked to be
relieved of my membership co-chair
responsibilities and Ardis Prescott
was selected for that position.
Since then, I have written the minutes
for every MBSI meeting, which
includes both the mid-year meeting,
the annual meeting and one or two
teleconference meetings. It has been a
privilege to work in this position and
being involved with the Board of Trustees
has been wonderful. Even though
I have no voting privileges, I have
been able to express my ideas to the
trustees and officers. Plus, I am there
to help to keep meetings on track.
The best part is at the end of the day
the only thing I have to worry about
is delivering the minutes. IÕm not on
the hook for any of the decisions that
get made. IÕm just there to accurately
put down what happened. During
my time as recording secretary, IÕve
been part of committees that rewrote
society bylaws and the Policies and
Procedures that direct activities for
all society officers. I was also on the
committee to select our current editor/
publisher for the journal.
Now, some of you might think taking
minutes can be very difficult. I admit,
at first, it was. It would take me five
to seven days to complete a first draft.
But, during this time, I learned that
statements and reports prepared by
the trustees or committee chairs were
often repeated with minor updates
from prior sessions. I soon found that
I could pull up a copy of the minutes
from the previous meeting, change the
heading and dates and then type in
the pertinent facts about the current
meeting. This saved me some serious
time. Presently it takes me about three
days to complete a draft and get it out
for approval.
This year marks my 13th as recording
secretary. At the 2018 mid-year
meeting I informed the board that after
the 2020 annual meeting, which will be
my 15th year, I will not accept another
nomination to this position. I believe
giving the Nominating Committee two
years notice will be sufficient time to
allow the society to find and educate
a replacement. I would be honored to
have a new soon-to-be recording secretary
at my side during the remaining
meetings that I would report on. This
way, the transition is smooth and most
of the creases in the paper have been
ironed out.
If you, as a member of this great
society, feel that you could work in
this position, please contact the MBSI
president and advise him of your
interest. You can also contact me
if you have any questions. This is a
great position to hold. I have had the
respect of all the trustees, committee
chairs and chapter chairs and you, the
membership. As our new recording
secretary, you could have that too.
As you can see from the pictures, I
have aged quite a bit since taking this
on!
Thank you!
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Nickel Notes
By Matthew Jaro
One of the most wonderful things to
see in a mechanical music collection
is the instruments and other antiques
displayed in a beautiful setting. The
home of Durward Center in Baltimore,
MD, is staggering in its authenticity
and beauty. When you enter the house,
your eyes cannot take in all the meticulous
detail that Durward imparted
to the dŽcor. I have been there many
times and each time is like the first.
The sense of wonder is so great.
Each time I notice more things that I
have never fully taken in before. You
think IÕm exaggerating? Wait until you
see the pictures in this article. They
donÕt even begin to do justice to this
collection.
Biography
DurwardÕs nickname is ÒDoobie.Ó
I have often been curious about the
origin of this, and he told me it was a
hand-me-down from his father whose
initials were ÒDBÓ and became known
as ÒDoobie.Ó Durward, of course, was
little ÒDoobie.Ó Durward was born in
Richmond, KY, in 1949. Readers of this
column will know that I ask everybody
how they got interested in mechanical
music. Durward was no exception.
Even before grade school he was
interested in mechanical devices. He
collected old electric fans, burned
out light bulbs and clocks (whatever
he could find in the trash can) and
he would take them all apart and put
them back together.
Durward was 12 years old when
he discovered the pipe organ in his
church. It was a new Reuter pipe
organ, installed in 1962, and Durward
was smitten. He decided he had to
have one until he realized what it cost.
Durward Center
Not to be defeated, he gathered up
some used pipes and parts and built a
little electric action pipe organ in his
parentsÕ garage. He tried to learn how
to play it but quickly realized that this
was not where his talents were. He had
no piano background. He happened to
come across a pipe organ roll player
built by the Mšller Company in the
1930s. It was an electric device that
could be wired into any pipe organ,
and so he wired it into his little pipe
organ and voilˆ he had roll-played
music.
Durward continued his hobby all
through high school and into college.
He majored in communications and
industrial electronics. At that point he
was doing church organ work on the
side. He got summer jobs with a couple
of different pipe organ companies
doing tuning and restoration. Through
one of the pipe organ people, Durward
was introduced to the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, DC. He was
fortunate to get a job right out of college
for the music machines exhibit,
called ÒMusic Machines, American
StyleÓ which ran from 1971 to 1973. He
did the maintenance and restoration
there. They had quite an assortment of
music boxes, radios, coin pianos and
reproducing pianos at the museum. It
was a great place to work. He learned
a lot of different techniques there.
When the music exhibit closed,
Durward struck out on his own doing
restoration work on mechanical
music machines. He started this as
a moonlighting occupation, living
in Alexandria, VA, and renting shop
space there. By 1976 he decided he
wanted to buy a house, but he couldnÕt
afford the Washington area. ThatÕs
when he was introduced to Baltimore.
The house was a big space in an urban
neighborhood, but Durward had
already collected some large pieces
and furniture and needed somewhere
to put them. HeÕs been in the house
ever since.
Machines
Durward is well known as an expert
in Welte orchestrions. It would be fair
to say he is THE expert. So, I asked
him how he got interested in these
machines, since they are among the
rarest of the orchestrions, with only
a few surviving examples. It turns
out that when Durward was in high
school and interested in pipe organs,
he somehow got on the mailing list of
the Vestal Press (have we heard this
before?). That helped solidify his
focus toward mechanical music. He
was also on the mailing list for Hathaway
and Bowers, and there he saw
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machines that were for sale! But, alas,
for a little kid in Kentucky, one thousand
dollars might as well have been
ten thousand. Durward lusted after
the instruments and each catalog was
just a treat. He wanted everything he
saw. He bought all the catalog reprints
that Vestal Press issued, including a
Welte catalog. The Weltes were very
appealing. They combined everything
he liked in one package: not only a pipe
organ, but brass trumpets, ornately
carved cases and a fancy roll frame.
Durward fell in love even though it
was years before he actually heard the
sound of a Welte and that experience
was simply the icing on the cake.
His first Welte acquisition was
an orchestrion he bought in Ithaca,
NY, about 1972, from a man named
Galpin, who was an older collector.
It was an Imhof & Mukle barrel organ
converted to play Welte rolls. It was
a basket case, but it was affordable.
Durward drove to GalpinÕs home in
a snow storm with a U-Haul truck,
brought the organ back and put it all
together to ascertain what it needed.
He did some work on it, but never
got around to fully restoring it. Then
Durward got a Style 1 from Jim
Wells (a collector in Virginia). It was
completely intact and in real nice
unrestored condition.
In London, in 1985, Durward located
the Style 5 he presently owns. At that
point in time, there were no larger
Weltes known, so his would be the
biggest. He decided to sell everything
he owned (except the house) in order
to buy it. The Style 1 went to Emory
Prior; the early Welte went to Ken Gordon,
who has since resold it. He had a
Regina changer that went to Kentucky.
Durward then bought the Style 5 from
Norman Evans in London. It was in
very nice playing condition. Evans
had done a restoration on it. What he
had done, he had done very well, but
he didnÕt take it to that last step. He
didnÕt do anything that Durward had
to undo, but he never worked on the
pouches and valves in the stack. They
were playing pretty good at the time
but 10 years later, Durward had to
redo them. The instrument is 13 feet
tall (the ceiling is 16 feet). He designed
a new room specifically for the organ
The Welte Style 5 Orchestrion nearly reaches the ceiling in Orchestrion Hall.
and he called it ÒOrchestrion Hall.Ó chance to get new rolls. Play-Rite did
DurwardÕs Style 5 came with 200 the bulk of the cutting. Art Reblitz,
original rolls. He and Dick Hack have Wayne Holton, and Tom Meijer (in the
recut all of them, so that everybody Netherlands) have all arranged new
who has a 75-key machine can have a rolls for the machine.
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A closeup of the spool frame shows the high level of detail and excellent restoration
done on the Welte Style 5 Orchestrion.
Durward also has a 1906 Welte cabinet
piano that he bought from Evans
in London. It took about 12 years to
get it. At first, Evans didnÕt want to
sell it and Durward had his hands full
with the Style 5. He liked the Italian
Renaissance style case which was a
good match for his other instruments.
Durward finally bought the machine a
few years after Evans died. Right now,
it needs a full restoration and is on his
list.
Restored recently is the 100-key
Welte Philharmonic (see Mechanical
Music May/June 2017). Other recent
restorations included a Style 2 Welte
Cottage Orchestrion. Current projects
include the Hershey Park Style 153
band organ and the Wurlitzer Caliola
for the National Cathedral. The Asa
Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe, PA,
accepted his proposal for the restoration
of a Welte Style 3 Cottage
orchestrion. This is one of three original
Welte installations in the U.S. All
this when Durward considers himself
retired!
DurwardÕs most recent acquisition
is a French barrel organ with brass
trumpets, two bells and a tambourine
including one 31-key barrel, manufactured
by Remy and Grobert about
1860. It needs wind chest and bellows
restorations.
Durward also has a 65 key Hooghuys
street organ which he obtained from
the estate of Mike Kitner.
Welte Orchestrions
Durward has restored many types
of machines, but he has restored 16
Weltes over the years and this has
become his specialty. He doesnÕt do
piano work. Styles 1 through 3 are
called Cottage Orchestrions. Styles 4
through 10 are Concert Orchestrions.
Even though Welte made Style 10s,
nothing larger than a 7 is known to
exist. The only known Style 7 is in
the KingÕs summer palace (Castle
Pelesch), Sinaia, Romania. There are
five Style 6s extant and Durward has
restored three of them. Three are in
private collections, the Frick Mansion
ÒClaytonÓ in Pittsburgh, PA, and one
last seen in a closed, private museum
in Ravenna, Italy. This one is not
accessible.
Durward has brought five Weltes
from Europe for various clients in the
U.S. and restored them.
Other Interests
In addition to his work on Welte
orchestrions, Durward has restored
a wide variety of mechanical organs
including a Style 38 Ruth, several large
Mortier and Bursens dance organs
and numerous Wurlitzer band organs.
A few of these organs are still on
A French barrel organ with brass trumpets
currently being restored.
carousels and one is a large traveling
Ruth organ for a carnival.
Among non-musical devices,
DurwardÕs interest in early electric
fans came first as a little kid. He then
revived his interest in the 1970s when
he saw his first brass bladed fan.
Durward also has vintage ceiling fans
that are really wonderful. About 1985,
Durward thought ÒTower clocks are
pretty neat. I should have one.Ó Now
he has three, and he has bought and
sold maybe a dozen over the years
restoring them for other clients,
including Jasper Sanfilippo and Bob
Gilson.
Orchestrion Hall was built in 2001
because Durward wanted to expand
his music machine collection and
have a great space to show them. He
was always interested in architecture
and he knew what style he liked. His
house was built in 1883. There was a
yard and a two-story carriage house.
This was just a plain squat building.
In 1948, the carriage house was
converted to offices and connected
to the main house. He removed the
second floor of the carriage house and
the faade down to the street level.
Then he designed the new building in
a sort of train station/brewery 1870s
architecture.
Durward has a Ruston and Hornsby
oil engine from 1912. It has 12.
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horsepower and was designed to run
a generator.
Restoration Philosophy and
Experience
Durward takes pride in restoring the
instruments with the greatest respect,
using traditional techniques and materials
that the original builders would
have approved of, with the goal of
not only making them sound like they
did when they were new, but making
them look like they did when they
were new. He considers them works
of art in their own right. He feels that
a good restorer should be a technician
with knowledge of both the historical
nature and the operating functions
of the instrument he is restoring, and
the ability to reproduce any missing
or damaged components required in
a historically-accurate manner. An
artistic bent is helpful in the cosmetic
portions of the restoration. Durward
has observed that some rebuilders
try to improve on the design of components;
however, the guys who built
those machines knew what they were
doing. Usually, these changes are
unnecessary and certainly historically
incorrect. On the rare occasion that
Durward has tried something different,
it usually doesnÕt work, and he
winds up saying Òso thatÕs why they
did it like that.Ó A problem today is
that some of the leathers just donÕt
last as long as they used to. DurwardÕs
Style 5 and Ken GoldmanÕs Style 6 still
have some of the original leather on
their pumps.
Some orchestrions Durward
restored were in rough basket-case
condition. Jim KrughoffÕs late Style
2 Welte had been ÒremuddledÓ into
something that bore little resemblance
to anything. It required major
research and reconstruction to bring
it back to life. Another challenge was
a Style 6 that came out of Budapest.
In the 1950s and 60s the mechanism
had been modified to play several different
roll frames. It had a xylophone
on top, three roll frames, and maybe
a keyboard on it. The case was found
in situ with a door cut into it and used
as a wardrobe. The bellows were
taken by another hobbyist in Budapest.
Durward tried to buy it in the
The restored Welte Philharmonic Organ that took Durward 20 years to complete.
1980s. There was the Iron Curtain to
contend with, the owner was old and
didnÕt speak English and was afraid of
dealing outside the country. Finally,
Siegfried Wendel went to Budapest.
The old guy who owned the Welte
had died. All the stuff he had, the pipe
work, wind chest and roll frame were
on the back porch out in the weather
and about ready to go to the dump.
Siegfried found the instrument, and
the original case, (still being used as
a wardrobe). He got the bellows back
from the other guy who had also died.
Mark Yaffe bought it all from Siegfried
and eventually Durward restored it.
The strangest thing Durward has
restored was a masticating machine
for a dental museum. This was a
device with false teeth and machinery
around it to simulate the exact motion
of chewing. It had duct work in it to
pump simulated saliva in.
He has had hosted visits from the
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This view inside Orchestrion Hall shows the Knabe Ampico A piano, the Hooghuys Band Organ from the estate of Mike Kitner
(rear) , a Style 2 Welte Cottage orchestrion in the process of being restored (foreground right), a Balzer Family tower clock (foreground
left) and a Howard tower clock (middle right).
The outside of DurwardÕs house showing
the dragon and the Seth Thomas
A peek inside DurwardÕs workshop where the magic happens. tower clock.
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This view of the interior of Orchestrion Hall shows the Style 5
Welte at the far end of the room.
Durward winds the Seth Thomas tower clock
This Burdett Reed Organ, restored by Durward, was on display
at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA.
MBSI, the National Watch and Clock
CollectorsÕ Association, the Maryland
Timekeepers Association, the Young
Victorian Society, the American Guild
of Organists, the American Theatre
Organ Society and many other groups.
He is more than happy to share his
collections with people that like to
look at them.
Durward Center can be reached at
welteboy.st5@verizon.net.
Email Matt Jaro at mjaro@verizon.
net if you would like any information
about style ÒAÓ, ÒGÓ, Ò4XÓ, ÒHÓ or ÒOÓ rolls.
Also, comments and suggestions for this
column will be appreciated.
Reprinted with permission of the
author and The Automatic Musical
Instrument CollectorsÕ Association
(AMICA). Originally printed in the
March/April 2012 issue of The AMICA
Bulletin.
November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 17
TrusteesÕ Meeting Minutes
MBSI Annual Meeting – Detroit, MI, Aug. 28, 2018
Left to right: Mary Ellen Myers, Ed Cooley, Recording Secretary David Corkrum, Sally Craig, MBSI President Clay Witt, Wayne
Finger, Mary Pollock, John Bryant, Immediate Past President Judy Caletti, MBSI Vice President Tom Kuehn.
These minutes will be official when
approved and voted on during the
mid-year trusteeÕs meeting in 2019.
The meeting was convened at 9:01
a.m. Present: Clay Witt, President
presiding; Judy Caletti, Tom Kuehn,
Sally Craig, John Bryant, Wayne Finger,
Ed Cooley, and Mary Ellen Myers.
(eight present of nine, a quorum). Also
present: Recording Secretary, David
Corkrum.
1. The minutes of the Mar. 16, 2018
Trustees meeting, held in Phoenix,
AZ, were published in Vol. 64, No. 3
of Mechanical Music. There were no
corrections, additions or deletions.
Trustee Craig moved, seconded by
Trustee Caletti, to approve the minutes.
The motion passed.
2. President Witt presented additional
information on the English
translation of the book ÒMusic Boxes
of Prague and Vienna.Ó The translation
is moving forward, but he does not
expect this to be finished until sometime
next year.
3. Secretary Corkrum presented the
current Board Actions for review.
4. Trustee Kuehn presented the
vice presidentÕs report. All the award
recipients have been notified. As of
today, four of the five award winners
are planning to attend the meeting and
receive their award personally. One of
the Unsung Hero award recipients is
unable to attend. A PowerPoint slide
presentation is being prepared to provide
more background information
on each recipient as the awards are
being presented during the Awards
Luncheon. The plaques and engraved
brass plates for the permanent displays
have been received.
All chapter chairs have been notified
that they need to submit their chapter
reports that will be available for viewing
in the hospitality room. The vice
presidentÕs report was received.
5. President Witt presented the
administratorÕs report. The current
membership as of Jun. 30, 2018 is
1,273. Memberships as of Jun. 30, 2017
were 1,333. For the 2017 calendar
year, there were 41 new memberships,
28 of which came from the website (68
percent).
Because of the voucher program,
MBSI gained seven new memberships
as of June 2018. New member lists are
sent each month to the chapter chairs,
trustees, and Membership Committee
coordinators and to the Membership
Committee chair. The gift/sponsor
program was initiated in July 2008,
resulting in 123 new members through
Jun. 30, 2018. Each sponsor receives
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a thank you post card and is added
to the $5 discount program. Also,
questionnaires were sent to those
members who are on the 90 days past
due non-renewal list.
For the period of Jul. 1, 2017 to Jun.
30, 2018, Lawrence Crawford is the
member recipient of a free renewal
for sponsoring two new members and
Don Caine is the dealer member recipient
of a free renewal for sponsoring
two new members. The report was
received.
Trustee Mary Pollock joined the
meeting.
6. Trustee Cooley presented the
Audit Committee report.
An annual review was conducted
by CPA Cinda L. Rodgers on Jul. 16,
2018. Rodgers found that the societyÕs
financial status is in order and in
accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the U.S.
Two issues were brought up at the
mid-year meeting: (1) Comparison of
book inventories and other sale items
to reported income, and (2) Comparisons
of membership data with
amounts received for membership
dues.
Issue 1 has been minimized since all
book inventories, other than the MBSI
Golden Anniversary book, will be disbursed
by Sept. 1, 2018. There are 28
copes of the Golden Anniversary book
remaining. Pins, Seals, and certificates
revenue for the first six months total
$90. In the future, an annual audit will
be performed on all items the society
has for sale.
Issue 2 refers to the efforts to put
in place appropriate Audit Committee
policies and procedures (P&P). The
committee believes the scope of this
assignment transcends the background
and professional training of its
members. Input will be required from
outside the committee to complete
this task accurately. The report was
received.
7. The Meetings Committee report
was presented by Chair Tom Kuehn.
The Annual Meeting schedule is as
follows:
¥ 2018-Mid America Chapter
¥ 2019-National Capital Chapter
¥ 2020-Golden Gate Chapter
¥ 2021-Southeast Chapter
¥ 2022-Southern California Chapter
¥ 2023-Lake Michigan Chapter
Trustee Kuehn reported that a draft
of the updated meetings manual is
nearly complete and is undergoing
review. The intent is to maintain
the manual on the website for ready
access. A hard copy will be maintained
by the committee. Requests for a hard
copy will be honored. All necessary
forms available on line will have a Òfill
in on lineÓ capability.
Joint meetings with other societies
are under discussion with possible
partnerships with the Carousel Organ
Association of America (COAA) in
2021 and the Automatic Musical
Instrument CollectorsÕ Association
(AMICA) again in 2022.
The audiovisual section of the meetings
manual has been updated. The
responsibilities of the host chapter
are to organize the equipment needed
by guest speakers, room and time
assignments for each speaker, signed
A/V release forms, and which presentations
are suitable for recording. The
report was received.
8. Membership Committee Chair
Rob Pollock presented his report. At
this point Trustee Caletti brought up
the Òlimited timeÓ website offer of $15
off a new membership. Chair PollockÕs
committee recommended that this
be made permanent. Trustee Finger
moved, seconded by Trustee Caletti,
to make the offer permanent. The
motion passed. Secretary Corkrum
will rewrite the motion to be included
in the P&P. This will then be presented
at the 2019 mid-year meeting.
MBSI membership levels have been
decreasing at a net rate of 3 percent
per year since 1990. At the current rate,
the society will have zero members in
just over 20 years. The Membership
Committee has partnered with the
Marketing Committee to encourage
persons that have never belonged to
MBSI to join. Three efforts have been
engaged since the 2017 meeting: social
media, student membership, and
training for chapter leadership. The
committee has posted three articles,
each linked to mechanical music
videos and advertised national and
chapter meetings on social media. At
this time only one student membership
has been requested. On Jul. 18,
2018, the committee met telephonically
to discuss trends and ways to
encourage member retention. No new
suggestions were proffered.
The committee members are contacting
new members and reviewing
the list of non-renewals to assure that
there is no mistake or oversight.
The committee recommends a complete
overhaul of the welcome package
and chapter welcome procedures.
This part has not been accomplished
for the international organization.
Trustee Caletti suggested that our
outreach include local schools, colleges
and universities. A flyer could be
made with some sort of catchy phrase,
include pictures and more importantly,
a QR code so that students
could see and hear several different
instruments. She recommends that
this could be accomplished through
the societyÕs chapters and the flyers
could be posted in the respective
student unions as well as music and
engineering departments. Other
recommendations were to talk about
our instruments on other social media
outlets, which young people use more
often and a final suggestion of creating
a ring tone that could be put on our
cell phones.
The report was received.
9. Marketing Committee Chair Rob
Pollock presented his report. During
the past year, two programs were
initiated to increase public awareness
of the society with the intention of
increasing long-term membership.
These were the auction house certificates
and the dealer/restorer
certificates. Although neither program
has met expectations, the committee
recommends continuation of both
programs. The report was received.
10. Treasurer Ed Kozak gave the
Finance Committee report via teleconference.
For the year ending Dec. 31,
2017, total fund balances increased by
$6,128. Fund balances totaled $714,443
of which $405,128 was unrestricted.
Dues revenue was $79,391 compared
to $83,070 in 2017. Income from the
2017 annual meeting was $198. The
change in net fund balances was an
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increase of $5,119 and membership
decreased by about 5 percent.
The Endowment Committee
reported the fund balance to be
$152,100 which was an increase of
$934. There are two certificates of
deposit totaling $152,000 that mature
in August 2020 and May 2021 at a rate
of 1.9 percent and 2.9 percent. The
accumulated interest income for the
fund is $45,714 of which two-thirds
or $30,478 is available for approved
projects or programs. No project
or program requests have been
submitted.
Because of the required implementation
of financial accounting standards,
the format for financial statements
has changed. Net asset classes were
reduced from three (unrestricted;
temporarily restricted; permanently
restricted) to two (without donor
restrictions; with donor restrictions).
All not-for-profits must report
expenses by nature and function.
The Finance Committee discussed
the 2019 budget. The largest expense
involves publishing the bi-monthly
journal. Although they agreed that
it is an outstanding publication, the
current deficit runs at $47,000. There
was discussion about cutting back to
a quarterly publication.
Treasurer Kozak asked if there were
any adjustments to be made. There
were none. Trustee Craig moved, seconded
by Trustee Myers to approve
the 2019 annual budget. The motion
passed.
There was also a discussion among
the trustees about the need to raise
awareness of the existence and purpose
of the Endowment Fund among
our MBSI members, perhaps with an
article in the journal. The reports were
received.
11. Museum Committee Chair Sally
Craig presented her report. Since the
March meeting all incoming inventory
in the last year is safely stored at
the American Treasure Tour (ATT)
museum. The baby grand player
piano that moved from Lockwood
Mathews Mansion (LMM) to Glenn
CraterÕs home has been repaired.
The loan agreement with the Musical
Instrument Museum (MIM) has been
extended for two years. The MBSI
library is housed in a room within
the ATT museum. However, there
have been problems with excessive
moisture and heat during this summer.
Chair Craig will be discussing this
with the owner to see if another room
can be secured for the library. There is
also the possibility of scanning these
books to preserve the information.
Funds for this could come from the
accumulated endowment interest.
The current inventory of society-
owned instruments has been
cataloged on the website as a database.
Authorized society individuals
will have full access, but only limited
information will be available to the
general public for security and donor
privacy reasons. The report was
received.
12. Trustee Caletti presented the
Nominating Committee report. The
nominations for officers and trustees
to be presented for approval at the
2018 annual meeting, as recommended
by the Nominating Committee are as
follows:
¥ Tom Kuehn to serve a second
one-year term as vice president.
¥ John Bryant to serve a second
four-year term as trustee
¥ Ed Kozak to serve a one-year
term as treasurer.
¥ David Corkrum to serve a one-
year term as recording secretary.
Trustee Caletti moved, seconded by
Trustee Myers to approve the slate as
presented. The motion passed.
Clay Witt will automatically serve a
second four-year term as trustee and
Judy Caletti will continue as trustee
and immediate past president until
the conclusion of the 2019 annual
meeting.
As per the approved rotation schedule,
the committee will be reorganized
as of the 2018 annual meeting. The
committee will be comprised of the
following: Dan Wilson, chair; Judy
Caletti, immediate past president;
Trustees Mary Pollock and John Bryant;
and chapter chairs Bill Wineburgh,
Jonathan Hoyt, Dale Tyvand, and Judy
Miller. These last four members will
serve for two years at which time four
new members will be added.
The report was received.
13. Publications Committee chair
Bob Caletti presented his report. The
committee conducted a review of the
associated organizations throughout
the world which receive the societyÕs
publications. At present, Mechanical
Music is sent to 11 persons or
organizations with a resulting cost of
$557 per year. The society receives
journals from three organizations. The
committee suggests that the editor
receive and send these journals. The
list of recipients would be revised,
as needed, every two years. Some
organizations require a hard copy, but
others could receive it in an electronic
form which would facilitate the use of
a translator program.
Trustee Caletti moved, seconded by
Trustee Finger, that the editor, under
the supervision of the publications
chair, be responsible for overseeing
the project of coordination and
exchange of copies of the journal
with sister societies preferably in
electronic format unless a paper copy
is required. The motion passed.
The Music Box Makers book inventory
reduction program has been
completed. A total of 290 books have
been requested and these will be distributed
throughout the meeting. The
report was received.
14. Publications Chair Bob Caletti
presented the editors report. Articles
continue to be received from our
members. A total of 39 writers contributed
to the journal this year, which
is an increase over last year. The editor
continues to encourage members
to contribute material on all types of
mechanical music.
Advertising percentages remain
steady between 19 percent and 23
percent. Editor Russell Kasselman
would like to see this at 25 percent
so he continues to contact potential
advertisers.
The email distribution list advertising
project had only one potential
advertiser, but they did not follow
through. He recommends that the
cost be reduced from $250 to $150 to
see if it is more attractive to potential
advertisers. President Witt asked
for a motion. Trustee Craig moved,
seconded by Trustee Caletti, to reduce
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the price of the email distribution list
from $250 to $150. The motion passed.
The editor also recommends offering
website advertising at the cost
of $100 per month with the website
holding three rotating advertisements
for three companies. There was considerable
discussion on this idea. He
also suggests that we create additional
advertising spaces on the chapters
page and the photo gallery page and
charge $30 per month, again rotating
the ads among three advertisers.
Other societies provide this service
which brings in additional revenue. It
was suggested that a mock-up be presented
to the board about these ideas
Nearly all issues of the journal are
now available on the website in a
searchable format. Also available is
the MBSI asset database which provides
details on all the societyÕs music
machines. The editor recommended
the board appoint an asset data manager
who can update the status of all
the instruments on a regular basis.
The editor is continuing to pursue
exchanges of both articles and advertising
with other collector societies.
Limited exchanges have taken place,
but the goal is to develop steady,
regular communication with these
different societies so that we can all
share content that is relevant.
Printing and mailing costs have
remained steady and our printer
continues to do an exceptional job of
producing a quality publication.
Please encourage your chapter
members to send in articles; long,
short, technical or historical or just
plain fun ones.
Russell expressed his gratitude for
allowing him to serve as your editor/
publisher and to continue to produce
articles for the members to enjoy. The
report was received.
15. Website Subcommittee Chair
Rick Swaney presented his report.
The MBSI website was moved about
two months ago to a new web server,
DreamHost. The new server runs
much faster than our previous server,
GoDaddy. There was also an increase
of $230 annually for DreamHost
but this was lower than GoDaddyÕs
estimate and by choosing to make
annual payments instead of monthly,
the costs decreased by 8 percent.
Downloads from and searches of the
societyÕs website are about 10 times
faster than before.
The editor has been busy creating a
database for tracking MBSI assets. It
will be part of the website in the future.
There was considerable discussion
about the availability of viewing these
instruments.
Chair Swaney delivered to the editor
a hard drive of all of the MTR and
Presto archives in PDF form. The plan
is to update the archive user interface
so that entire issues rather than individual
pages can be downloaded. This
is the same change that was made
to the journal archive. The statistics
show that there have been 27,000 website
visits this year. The most popular
page is the instrument gallery with the
chapter page a close second.
The MBSI Facebook forum was
created prior to the mid-year meeting.
It is a group page associated with the
main MBSI page. The group page highlights
the posts of members. 21 people
have joined the forum. The report was
received.
16. Special Exhibits Committee
Chair Wayne Myers presented his
report. The committee has organized
four events at The Villages, FL, and
an additional event at the Orlando
Science Center in Orlando, FL. The
Mid-America Chapter supported a
holiday event at the Lorain County
Historical Society and the Southeast
Chapter held a demonstration at the
Baker House in Wildwood, FL. Details
about these events are covered in this
issue of Mechanical Music. In addition,
David Corkrum held a demonstration
of several of his music boxes at the
California Historical Radio SocietyÕs
annual Radio Day event. More information
regarding this event will also
appear in Mechanical Music. The
report was received.
17. President Witt presented the
bylaw amendment to formalize Nominating
Committee structure changes
that were approved at the mid-year
trustees meeting.
Trustee Kuehn moved, seconded
by Trustee Craig to approve this
amendment to the bylaws. The motion
passed.
President Witt presented amendments
to the P&P.
Trustee Kuehn moved, seconded by
Trustee Myers to approve the changes
to the P&P. The motion passed.
Please see attachments 1 & 2 on
pages 22-24 of this issue of Mechanical
Music.
18. President Witt invited a
discussion about the future of the
PresidentÕs Reception. There was
discussion about having a meet and
greet or ice-breaker for everyone at
each annual meeting. Trustee Finger
moved, seconded by Trustee Cooley
to eliminate the PresidentÕs Reception
and to hold a welcoming event open
to everyone on the first night of the
annual meeting. The motion passed.
19. President Witt stated that two
trustee appointments need to be
made to the Endowment Committee.
Trustee Finger and Trustee Cooley
have accepted these appointments
to serve a three-year term. Trustee
Caletti moved, seconded by Trustee
Craig to approve these appointments.
The motion passed.
President Witt stated that two-member
appointments need to be made to
the Endowment Committee. Members
B Bronson and Wayne Wolf have
accepted these appointments to serve
as members at large. Trustee Caletti
moved, seconded by Trustee Bryant
to approve these appointments. The
motion passed.
20. President Witt asked for a
motion to approve the appointment of
Dan Wilson as chair of the Nominating
Committee to serve under the newly
adopted amendment to bylaws Article
XIV, Section 12. Trustee Caletti moved,
seconded by Trustee Craig to approve
this appointment. The motion passed.
President Witt asked for a motion to
approve the appointments of Trustee
Bryant and Trustee Pollock to serve
a two-year term on the Nominating
Committee. Trustee Caletti moved,
seconded by Trustee Craig to approve
these appointments. The motion
passed.
21. President Witt asked for motion
to approve the payment of $653.55 to
Nancy Fratti for expenses incurred on
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November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 21
Attachment 1
Note to reviewers: The proposed bylaw amendment follows the usual drafting convention.
That is, existing material that is to be removed is marked with a strike-through. Proposed new
text is marked by underlining.
This convention has not been used for the proposed Policies and Procedures amendment
because it is entirely new. Section XVIII currently has no text. The underlining that appears will
be part of the new text, if adopted.
IÑBylaw Amendment
ARTICLE XIV
STANDING COMMITTEES
*****
Section 12. NOMINATING:
a. The Nominating Committee shall be responsible for monitoring election dates and
reelection eligibility (terms of office) for trustees and officers.
b. It shall actively solicit candidates and compile a slate of at least one candidate for
each officer and trustee position to be filled. All candidates will be interviewed by members
of the committee. The slate of nominees will be presented to the board for its approval at
its mid-year meeting. Approved nominees will then be presented to the membership of the
society for election at the following annual meeting of the society.
c. The members of the committee shall includecommittee shall be composed of eight
members including a committee chair, the immediate past-president of the society, two
currently serving trustees and the chapter chair, or a chapter-designated alternate, from
four separate chapters.
(1)The committee chair shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board or until his or her successor is appointed.
(2) The immediate past-president shall serve for a period of two years commencing
upon the expiration of his or her term as president. If at any time he or she is unable or
unwilling to serve, the Board may appoint a person to complete the resulting term
vacancy.
Page 1 of 3
22 MECHANICAL MUSIC November/December 2018
(3) The two currently serving trustees shall be appointed by the Board and shall
serve for a period of two years commencing upon their appointment at the meeting of
the Board held at each annual meeting held during an evenly numbered year.
(4) The four chapter committee members will be replaced by members from four
different chapters every two calendar years in accordance with a rotation schedule that
the Board approves for incorporation into the societyÕs Policies and Procedures.
Note: This article subsection was last revised in March August 2018.
d. Committee members, other than those who are sitting trustees, are not eligible for
inclusion in a slate of nominees for election as a trustee prepared by the committee while
they are a member of the committee.
Attachment 2
IIÑPolicies and Procedures Amendment
XVIII. Nominating
The rotation schedule for the four chapter members of the Nominating Committee
described in Article XIV, Section XII, Paragraph c, of the bylaws of the society shall be as
follows:
2018-2020 2030-2032
East Coast Lake Michigan
Golden Gate Piedmont
Northwest International Snowbelt
Southeast Japanese International
2020-2022 2032-2034
Golden Gate East Coast
Lake Michigan Mid-America
Piedmont Snowbelt
Southern California Southeast
2022-2024 2034-2036
Lake Michigan Golden Gate
Mid-America National Capital
Snowbelt Southeast
Sunbelt Southern California
2024-2026 2036-2038
Page 2 of 3
November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 23
Mid-America Lake Michigan
National Capital Northwest International
Southeast Southern California
Japanese International Sunbelt
-America Lake Michigan
National Capital Northwest International
Southeast Southern California
Japanese International Sunbelt
2026-2028 2038-2040
East Coast Mid-America
National Capital Piedmont
Northwest International Sunbelt
Southern California Japanese International
2028-2030 2042-2044
Golden Gate East Coast
Northwest International National Capital
Piedmont Snowbelt
Sunbelt Japanese International
TRUSTEE MINUTES | From Page 21
behalf of the society. Trustee Caletti
moved, seconded by Trustee Finger to
pay Nancy Fratti $653.55 for expenses
incurred. The motion passed.
22. President Witt presented information
he had received about a request
from the Harding Home Presidential
Site. The museum has a reproducing
piano that was used by the Hardings
in the White House that is destined for
display in a newly constructed Warren
G. Harding Presidential Center. It is
in need of repair and the museum is
asking MBSI for a donation of $5,000,
through a combination of grants from
MBSI chapters and MBSI national,
toward the $22,000 cost of restoration.
Mention was also made of a need for
piano rolls. During the discussion
it was suggested that this might be
something that could be funded with
the Endowment Fund interest. The
museum would have to make a grant
request to the Endowment Committee,
in writing. If the committee approved
the request, it would then have to be
approved by the board before any
moneys were provided to them. If this
were approved, the museum would
acknowledge MBSI as a contributing
donor with this information printed on
a plaque of their choosing. President
Witt indicated that he would update
the requesting organization about
necessary next steps
23. Trustee Caletti moved, seconded
by Trustee Myers, to adjourn the
meeting. The motion passed. Meeting
adjourned at 2:37 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
David W. Corkrum
Recording Secretary
24 MECHANICAL MUSIC November/December 2018
Page 3 of 3
Minutes of the 69th Annual Business Meeting
Motor City Hotel, Detroit, MI, Sept. 1, 2018
President Clay Witt called to order
the 2018 MBSI Annual Business Meeting
at 8:28 a.m.
He read the names of members
who have passed away since the
last Annual Meeting: Louise Cassity,
Mary Clegg, Wally Donoghue, Divona
Eltzroth, Sy Epstein, Norman Gan,
Luke Goldhoorn, Edward Hattrup, Jim
Heyworth, Richard Howe, Kathleen
Kananen, Bill Kapp, Fred Krochmal,
Jim Krughoff, John Lemmer, Bob Lemmon,
Sr., Barbara Lichtman, Yoshida
Masayuki, Robert Mathewson, Lucy
Meyer, Nick Monios, John Motto-Ros,
John Ohrenstein, Connie Ribe, Dolly
Seibert, Ricky Sherman, and Constance
Wolf.
A moment of silence was observed
in remembrance.
Sincere appreciation was extended
to the Mid-America Team and they
were asked to stand.
The Officers and Board of Trustees
were introduced.
Past presidents and past trustees
were recognized.
First time attendees and those
attending from outside of the United
States were asked to please stand and
be recognized.
President Witt then introduced
Alison Biden, co-vice president of the
Musical Box Society of Great Britain;
Paul Bellamy, Deputy Chairman
of the Association of Musical Box
Collectors; Marc Lebout and Michel
Tremouille representing the Association
of Friends of Mechanical Music
Instruments of France.
OfficersÕ Reports
Recording Secretary David Corkrum
reported that the minutes of the 68th
Annual Meeting held in Whippany,
NJ, were published in Vol 63, No. 6,
of Mechanical Music. There being
no corrections, additions or deletions,
President Witt entertained a motion to
approve the minutes. The motion was
made and seconded to approve the
minutes. The motion passed.
Treasurer Ed Kozak was not
available. President Witt presented the
treasurerÕs report. For the year ending
Dec. 31, 2017, total fund balances
increased by $6,128. Fund balances
totaled $714,443 of which $405,128
was unrestricted.
Vice President Tom Kuehn presented
the vice-presidentÕs report.
The awards luncheon is coming up
in a few hours when the society recognizes
those who have contributed
their expertise in mechanical music.
Committee Reports
Finance Committee: President
Witt presented the Finance Committee
report. A mid-year to mid-year
financial report was prepared in
accordance with New York Not-For-
Profit corporate law. Copies were
made available to members present at
the meeting.
The Endowment Fund has a
reported balance of $152,100. The
accumulated interest from this fund
now totals $45,714 of which $30,478 is
available for projects or programs.
The Finance Committee and the
Trustees have approved the budget for
2019 and there is a projected deficit of
$3,950. There will be no increase in
dues. The report was received.
Audit Committee Chair Ed Cooley
presented the Audit Committee
report. Cinda L. Rodgers, CPA, PC
who conducted the required annual
financial review, stated that based on
her review, she is not aware of any
material modifications that should be
made to the financial statements. They
are in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
There are two areas that the committee
is working on. The first is the
number of books, pin, seals, and certificates
sold compared to the dollar
amounts received. The second is to
draft the policies and procedures for
the committee. This has proven to be
complex and additional time is needed
to resolve. The report was received.
Meetings Committee Chair Tom
Kuehn presented the report on the
dates of upcoming meetings. National
Capital Chapter will host the 2019
meeting from Aug. 27-31. Golden Gate
Chapter and the Founding Chapter
of AMICA will host the 2020 meeting
from Sept. 2-6. Southeast Chapter and
COAA will host the 2021 meeting.
The meeting manual is being
updated and will be available on the
website as well as in hard copy form.
The report was received.
Marketing and Membership Committees
Chair Rob Pollock presented
the report. The membership numbers
are in a decline of about 3 percent per
year. The Society lost 62 members and
gained 60 members. Most of the members
we lost were first year members
who did not renew. The committee
believes this can be solved at the
chapter level by welcoming these new
members at the chapter meetings and
making them feel like they are part of
the MBSI family. At the national level,
we have supplied auction houses
with gift memberships for those who
purchase mechanical music machines
at the auction house. This is also being
extended to dealers/restorers. The
report was received.
Museum Committee Chair Sally
Craig presented her report. American
Treasure Tour (ATT) provides MBSI
with space to store and display the
machines in the societyÕs collection.
ATT is open on weekends for walking
tours of the collection. Docents are
on hand to talk about and play the
various instruments. ATT houses not
only the societyÕs collection but also
the massive collection of Don Neilson.
Bill Wineburgh, who was in charge
of our database of instruments owned
by the society has retired from the
Museum Committee. The database
is now being transferred to the website
where it will be available to the
committee to make easy updates. The
committee is still formulating who
will be able to see these instruments
and how much information to include.
At the mid-year meeting, the loan
November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 25
contract with the Musical Instrument
Museum in Phoenix, AZ, was renegotiated
for an additional two years.
Instruments that were on display at
Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum
have been returned to the society. Any
further loans to this museum will be
considered in the future. The report
was received.
Publication Committee Chair Bob
Caletti presented his report. In the past
year, a total of 39 writers contributed
to the journal Bob encourages members
to write about anything in their
collection whether it be technical,
informational or just plain fun. If they
know of someone with an interesting
story to encourage them to write also.
The editor can be of great help in
making an article stand out. The editor
is always looking for ways to increase
advertising. Dealers and members are
encouraged to advertise in the Journal.
The report was received.
Website Subcommittee Chair Rick
Swaney presented the report. The new
web server is now DreamHost. This
server is much faster, and downloads
appear in seconds rather than minutes.
All the journals can now be searched
for specific content and all workshop
videos have been uploaded and are
available for viewing and downloading.
The chapter pages, instrument
gallery and event pages have been
updated to show more information in
more interesting ways.
As was stated in the museum report,
the instrument collection database is
now on the website. When members
sign in, they will be able to view this
page listing all the instruments in the
collection as well as any additional
information about the instrument.
MBSI also has a Facebook account
as well as a Facebook forum. In the
forum, members can post questions or
information about the Society and its
chapters. The report was received as
presented.
Special Exhibits Committee Chair
Wayne Myers reported that the Special
Exhibits Committee has submitted
a report to the journal on what the
committee has been doing for the past
year. It will also give you some idea of
what other chapters have been doing.
Wayne stated that he is stepping down
as the chair of the committee and
the society will be looking for a new
person to step in and take over the job
of chair. The report was received as
presented.
Nominating Committee Chair Dan
Wilson presented his report. The
makeup of the committee needed a
revamp and Dan has come up with
a formula that will allow him to
accurately rotate members from the
chapters. This reorganization will be
included in the Policies and Procedures
(P&P) document which will be
available to the members on the MBSI
website.
The committee is also responsible
for the selection of the Darlene Marijanian
award. Any recommendations for
this award should be sent to the Nominating
Committee for consideration.
Chair Wilson presented the following
slate of officers for 2018:
Vice President Tom Kuehn to serve a
second one-year term; Trustee John
Bryant to serve a second four-year
term; Treasurer Ed Kozak to serve
another one-year term; Recording
Secretary David Corkrum to serve
another one-year term.
President Witt entertained a motion
to accept the slate as presented. A
motion was made and seconded. The
motion passed.
As a matter of information, it was
noted that in accordance with our
bylaws, president Clay Witt will serve
another four-year term as trustee and
Trustee Judy Caletti will continue to
serve as a trustee on the Executive
Committee as immediate past president
for one more year.
Chapters
Trustee Kuehn introduced each
chapter. Their representatives
informed the membership of their
activities throughout the year and any
special activities that they had coming
up. After the information was presented,
the members of each chapter
were asked to rise and be recognized.
President Witt introduced the
president of the Belgian Society of
Mechanical Music.
Convention Chair Dave Calendine
came up and stated that as the new
president of the ATOS he would like
to help the societyÕs local chapters
combine their meetings with the local
theater organ society chapters.
New Business
There being no other new business,
it was moved and seconded to adjourn
the meeting. The motion passed, and
the meeting was adjourned at 9:19 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
David Corkrum
Recording Secretary
September 23, 2018
26 MECHANICAL MUSIC November/December 2018
2018 MBSI Award Recipients
By Tom Kuehn
MBSI Vice President
Every year MBSI honors those who
have made significant contributions
to the society or the hobby in general.
The awards are presented during
a special Awards Luncheon at the
Annual Meeting. Previous recipients
are listed on pages 5 and 6 of the 20162017
Mechanical Music Directory.
The following awards were presented
at this yearÕs annual meeting in
Detroit.
MBSI Vice President Tom Kuehn pres-
ents Don HenryÕs Unsung Hero award.
Robin Biggins received the award in
DonÕs absence. Mike Perry received the
award for Emery Prior who also could
not attend.
Unsung Hero Award: This award, with
the recipient(s) chosen by the vice
president, is to honor those quiet people
who often do not get recognized
and perform significant work in the
background to make MBSI function.
Two awards were presented this
year. Don Henry was honored for his
extensive support of the Southern
California Chapter including serving
as president of the chapter several
times, co-chairing the 2015 annual
meeting held in Torrance, CA, and
serving as a reliable source of information
to chapter members for many
years. The second award was given to
Emery Prior for his significant efforts
to establish and maintain displays of
mechanical music in several museums
in Ohio. Emery has been involved in
these displays continuously since 1970.
Matt Jaro receives the Q. David Bowers
Literary Award.
The Q. David Bowers Literary Award:
This award is given to a person
who has contributed greatly to the
literature in the field covered by the
Society. This yearÕs recipient is Matt
Jaro. Matt has written extensively
for MBSIÕs Mechanical Music and
AMICAÕs Bulletin for a number of
years with not only the Nickel Notes
articles, but also other contributions.
His writing is very well researched and
often contains little known facts that
add special interest. He has expanded
from simply describing the instruments
to include the music they play
and most importantly, to the people
who have collected and restored them
so they can be shared with others.
Art Reblitz receives the Trustees Award
for his great contributions to the field of
mechanical music.
TrusteesÕ Award: This award is given
by the Trustees to a person who has
made a great contribution to MBSI
and/or to the field of mechanical
music. The recipient this year is Art
Reblitz. Art began working with Al
Svaboda back in the 1970Õs in Chicago.
This initiated a life-long passion for
mechanical musical instruments and
the music they play. Art is well known
for his restoration activities as well as
the music arrangements he has made
over the years. He has authored and
co-authored several books on pianos
and mechanical musical instruments
that have become standard reference
books in the field.
Judy Miller receives the PresidentÕs
Award for Bill Wineburgh in his absence.
MBSI PresidentÕs Award: The PresidentÕs
Award is given by the society
president with the concurrence of the
Executive Committee. Bill Wineburgh
received the award this year for his
extensive activity with the East Coast
Chapter, the numerous lectures and
displays he has provided to local
groups, and the effort to update and
consolidate the list of MBSI-owned
instruments. Bill was also the chair of
the annual meeting organizing committee
in 2009 and served as registrar
for the meeting held last year in New
Jersey.
Nominations for 2019 awards should
be sent by the end of January, 2019 to
the following:
¥ Unsung Hero Award: Vice-President
Tom Kuehn
¥ Darlene Mirijanian Memorial
Award for Creativity: Chair of
Nominating Committee Dan
Wilson
¥ Roehl Ambassador Award: Chair
of Marketing Committee Rob
Pollock
¥ The Q. David Bowers Literary
Award: Chair of Publications
Committee Bob Caletti
¥ TrusteesÕ Award: any current
Trustee
¥ MBSI PresidentÕs Award: President
Clay Witt
November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 27
Musical Box Society InternationalStatement of Financial Position
June 30, 2017
ASSETS
Unrestricted Cash & Cash EquivalentsRestricted Cash & Cash EquivalentsAccounts Receivable-PublishinqAccounts Receivable-Interest & Other
Book Production Cost
Accumulated Depr-Book Production Cost
Advances to ChaptersPrepaid Expenses
$ 432,292
306,499
621
3,950
42,292
(42,292)
10,000
8,578
$
TOT AL ASSETS $ 761 941 $
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES
Accounts Payable-TradeFICA & FWH PayableDeferred Income-Dues
Deferred lncome-Publishinq
$ 12,591
421
41,193
$
TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 55,659 $
FUND BALANCES
Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted
$ 397,389
157,432
151 461
$
TOTAL FUND BALANCES $ 706,282 $
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES $ 761 941 $
This financial report is provided in accordance with New York Not-For-Profit Corporation
Law Section 519 & is true & correct to the best of my knowledge & belief.
Certified by Werner, Shaw Faulkner & Werner Financial Group Inc.
June 30, 2016
428,315
304,913
147
3,233
42,292
(42,292)
10,000
7 925
154 533
–
2,030
421
43,819
2 612
48,881
398,641
156,266
150 745
705,652
154 533
28 MECHANICAL MUSIC November/December 2018
Musical Box Society International
Statement of Activities
For the Twelve Months Ending June 30, 2017
Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently
Restricted Restricted TOTAL
Revenues
Dues s 83,070 $ $ $ 83,070
Interest 1,976 2,251 4,227
Advertising 22,882 22,882
Convention Income 39,680 39,680
Sales of Merchandise
685 1,144
Gain/Loss on Sale of Investments (3,600) (3,600)
Donations 3,140 1,228 716 5,084
Total Revenues $ 147,607 s 4,164 $ 716 $ 152,487
Expenses
Administrative $ 30,365 $ $ 30,365
Publishing 75,206 75,206
Awards
Special Exhibits Committee
Convention Expense
Publication Committee Expense
Museum Fund Expense
Total Expenses
43,423
$ 148,994 s
300
99
2118
2,862 s $
300
43,423
99
2 118
151,856
Change in Fund Balances
Membership
Membership count 6/30/16 1382
Membership count 6/30/17 1333
Membership list is maintained on the website.
$ (1,387) s 1,302 s 716 $ 631
Thisfinancial reportis provi ded in with NewYork Not-For-ProfitCorporation
Law Section 519 & is true & to the best of my knowledge& belief.
Certifiedby Sherry Werner,ShawFaulkner& FinancialGroup Inc
November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 29
Musical Box Societv International
Chan es in Net Fund Balances
For the Twelve Months Endin2 June 30, 2017
Beginning Change Ending
Cash Balance Amount Cash Balance
6/30/16 6/30/17
Unrestricted
General Fund $ 428,315 $ 3,977 $ 432,292
Temporarily Restricted
Museum Fund 33,752 (643) 33,109Heintz Publications Fund 5,999 529 6,528Literary Award 442 (55) 387
Trustee Award 509 (9) 500
Darlene Mirijanian Award 649 (8) 641
Roehl Award 274 (11) 263
Acquistions, Maintenance & Restoration 58,143 589 58,732
Simon & Mabel Zivin Digital Archival Fund 10,012 1 10,013
Special Exhibits Committee 170 (300) (130)
Endowment Interest Fund 44,220 676 44,896
Permanently Restricted
Endowment Fund 150,745 716 151,461
Cash Totals $ 733,229 $ 5,462 $ 738,691
ThisfinancialreportisprovidedinaccordancewithNewYorkNot-For-ProfitCorporationLawSection519& istrue& correcttothebestof
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Passport to Great Music
An overseas memberÕs/delegateÕs view of the 2018 MBSI Annual Meeting
A brief introduction by B Bronson,
2018 Annual Meeting Co-chair
The 2018 Annual Meeting in Detroit, MI, is now
just a memory (as the committee breathes a collective
sigh of relief!). We did quite a bit in the four
days we had scheduled. Our base of operations,
the beautiful Motor City Casino Hotel, couldnÕt
have been a better pick. The staff was friendly
and ready to do whatever it took to satisfy us. The
casino was a separate area, but it was heard that
a few adventurous souls tried their luck over the
course of the meeting. As of yet, there have been
no rumors of huge mechanical music purchases,
so it is assumed that the casino came out on top.
A number of years ago, I met Michael Clark
who hails from England. He visited us in Dundee,
MI, as he was in the United States on business. I
hadnÕt seen him for a while, so it was a pleasure
to get reacquainted at this past meeting along
with his lovely wife, Felicity. Michael also happens
to be a talented writer and very observant.
He offered to put together the following synopsis
of our annual meeting.
By Michael Clark
from Yorkshire, England
On Aug. 23 we set off to Manchester to stay
over at my cousinÕs home only a short drive from
the airport. The next day, we flew to Boston,
MA, where we enjoyed three nights and two full
days in the city. We rode the full circuit of the
Hop on Hop off Trolley, heard the nave organ
of the Trinity Church in Back Bay, and found a
wonderful chocolate shop called L A Burdick.
The Trinity Church became famous as it was
rebuilt following the great fire of 1872 by its
preacher Phillips Brooks, considered by some to
be the 19th centuryÕs greatest preacher. Brooks is
also famed for writing the Christmas Carol ÒOh
Little Town of Bethlehem.Ó We walked the first
Henk and Irene NoordemeerÕs 80 key
Mortier Dance Hall Organ built in Belgium
in 1908. Photo by Lowell Boehland.
Additional photos for this article contributed
by Bob Caletti, B Bronson, Ed
Cooley and Michael Clark.
part of the Freedom Trail, starting at
Boston Common and arriving near the
harbour where we found the Faneuil
Hall Marketplace. Here was a superb
food hall where an array of buffet bar
and take away food is available until
late every evening. The first of many
ice creams we would enjoy during
our holiday was consumed here. The
Freedom Trail is a well-narrated and
illustrated tourist trail which shows a
lot of the Colonial and Revolutionary
history of Boston.
Monday afternoon we flew to Detroit
Metropolitan Airport in Michigan. An
hour-long bus ride on the ÔFastÕ service
got us to our hotel and we were
astonished at the size and complexity
of the buildings. We were about a mile
from the edge of the downtown area
of Detroit, and the hotel included
both a casino and conference centre.
On arrival, we were greeted by some
MBSI members in the lobby as we
were waiting to check in and the
friendly and helpful hotel staff made
us immediately feel quite welcome.
Tuesday is traditionally the first day
of the MBSI Annual Meeting, and it is
typically intended for the trustees and
committees to hold their bi-annual
meetings. As we had no transport
of our own at this stage, we headed
downtown by taxi. We were dropped
off at the Riverfront by the ultra
modern General Motors Renaissance
Centre. We rode the people mover that
stops on the second floor of this building
on its overhead rail loop above
the streets of the city, winding its way
among the skyscrapers and older,
squatter buildings. It was noticeable
that many of the skyscrapers are of an
older design and we found out later
than in the last 15 years or so some
investors have poured millions into
rebuilding the cityÕs downtown area,
both adding new facilities as well as
restoring the old buildings. It was very
impressive.
After completing our meeting
registration, we found we had been
assigned to the first bus on each of
the two tour mornings, and that their
departure times were earlier than
previously advertised. Wednesday,
therefore, found us at 8 a.m. on Bus
A heading for Canada and the Henk
The carousel at Boston Common the author visited on the way to Detroit.
The reception desk at the Motor City Hotel and Casino, site of the annual meeting.
Henk and Irene Noordermeer (at right) welcome guests to their home in Melbourne,
Canada where they have assembled a wide variety of collectibles.
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Terry Bender demonstrates one of the street organs at the NoordermeerÕs framed by many antique radios.
Phonographs, disc boxes, cylinder boxes and jukeboxes fill a room in the NoordermeerÕs home.
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and Irene Noordermeer Collection in convention, then another hour after On arrival at our destination, we were
Melbourne, Canada. The trip was one that driving due East. Time was warmly greeted by our hosts and
hour to Port Huron crossing the Blue also allowed for us to pass through allowed fairly free access to their won-
Water Bridge into Canada, which was Canadian customs/immigration which derful home on two floors, ground and
the symbol of the passport themed entailed disembarking from the bus. basement. The house had a number
Bob Caletti (left) and Robbin Biggins listen to a Symphonion
dual-disc player with bells which is also seen at right.
Members of the MBSI international contingent share a chuckle
in front of the 80-key Mortier.
An elaborate phonograph console seen at the Noordermeer
home.
Another view of the cylinder, discs and phonograph room at
the Noordermeer Collection.
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A phonograph built into a mini piano
case at the NoordermeerÕs home.
of mechanical music instruments in
it but the main features in the house
were devoted to phonographs, record
disks and IreneÕs unusual collection of
glass salt dips. This is one of the extra
benefits of an MBSI visit, the discovery
of all sorts of associated interests
of those members who kindly allow us
to view their private homes and music
rooms.
Another busload of MBSI members
arrived soon after us and while we
perused the house they were busy
viewing the barn area. When they
were done, we exchanged places and
were treated to a wonderful hot buffet
lunch in one room of the barn building
while instruments were played in the
main hall adjoining. These were the
larger musical machines Ð orchestrionÕs,
street organs and the magnificent
80 key Mortier Dance Hall Organ built
in Belgium, this having been tuned by
my own organ tuner, Russell Wattam,
who had been to Canada only a week
earlier.
All too soon we had to return to
the bus as there was an uncertain
anticipation of the time it would
take to return back to the U.S. at the
bridge. As it turned out, we all had to
disembark, taking only our passports
and leaving everything else on the bus
while immigration and customs agents
A small part of Irene NoordermeerÕs glass salt dip collection on display.
Decorative plates and phonographs line
the walls at the NoordermeerÕs.
carried out some searching.
On our return to the hotel, everyone
went their own way for dinner, but at 9
p.m. (around dusk) we were invited to
go to the 14th floor of the hotel where
another tradition of the MBSI was
being held, an ice-cream social. There
was free ice-cream in three flavours,
lots of dips and sprinkles and nighttime
views of downtown Detroit and
the Ambassador Bridge that crosses
to Windsor, Canada, directly from
An ornate case holds an upright Regina
music box.
Detroit. It was a novel opportunity
for catching up with old friends and
making new ones.
On Thursday, Bus A passengers
were called to be boarding at 7:15 a.m.
so we took breakfast on board instead
of trying to eat it before departing like
we did the day before. The bus left
the hotel at 7:25 a.m. and travelled
for more than an hour, encountering
some traffic problems along the way
as we headed South for Dundee, MI.
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More antique radios, phonograph horns and televisions in the Some of the colorful jukeboxes that were lit up for the enjoyNoordermeerÕs
collection. ment of visitors to the NoordermeerÕs.
A Bruder organ made in Waldkirch, Germany, with a plaque A band box with animated players and a light up stage from a
that reads ÒDetwee Zwarte Grieten.Ó company called Chicago CoinÕs.
Antique radios, televisions and stoves in the NoordermeerÕs The tour even included old arcade and slot machine games
collection. polished and gleaming.
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Above, the NoordermeerÕs DeCap dance organ. Below, an
unidentified roll-playing machine
A Stella disc player and a Capital Cuff box on display.
Henk Noordermeer and Ron Palladino listen to a phonograph. Some of the decorative plates in the Noordermeer Collection.
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Our destination, the Bronson Musikalle,
is located down a minor road on
the edge of the town. It is contained
in some inconspicuous sheds in a field
opposite the original family home.
On entering the building the vision is
that of a busy music room, containing
numerous instruments of all shapes
and sizes with a large dance hall organ
across one side of the room. B Bronson
proceeded to explain how the
collection was started by his father,
Bud, and he followed this with a brief
history of how it had grown and how
he, his wife, Maria, and subsequently
his son, Spank, had continued to build
the collection and maintain it. B then
began a tour of some of the instruments
working up from the smallest to
the largest, giving a very detailed and
often entertaining narrative of some
of the features of the collection. The
tour of this room was concluded with
a recital on the magnificent DeCap
121-key Dance Hall Organ ÒPigalle,Ó
originally built as a 101-key Mortier.
Moving on to the second room, we
found ourselves on a stage in front
of the shutters for the three-manual
10-rank Wurlitzer organ (originally six
ranks from a Wisconsin theatre with
four ranks added later). This organ
has a Trousdale Relay that can record
a live recital and replay it to order. The
room itself held many other surprises,
including a substantial display of
American artist John RogersÕ durable
plaster statuary and a 1914 Philipps
Pianella Pfau Orchestrion. In addition,
the ceiling was adorned with a fantastic
decorative pattern which B later
explained was actually standard wallpaper
strips. ÒCan you see the join?Ó
he asked. I certainly couldnÕt. In the
centre of the room was a magnificent
glass chandelier, which we were told
had been in a box for many years after
it was purchased. When it was eventually
opened on the appointed day for
assembly, it was discovered that there
were no instructions and no amount
of research appeared to be able to
turn any up. As a consequence, it took
somewhat longer than expected to
assemble. In addition, due to the very
dirty state of the glass when unpacked,
Maria ÔvolunteeredÕ to clean all 1,960
pieces before assembly began.
A view inside one room of the Bronson Musikalle with the DeCap organ dominating.
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Instruments were played, the
Philipps sounding wonderful, and, as a
conclusion, the pre-recording system
on the Wurlitzer was used to play four
pieces ending with favourite railway
themes including the ÒChatanooga
Choo Choo.Ó It was a fantastic musical
rendition and B just loved having an
audience. We thoroughly enjoyed all
the stories.
A further surprise came when we
were invited into the workshop in
the adjoining building, where Maria
has set up a business, engraving and
cutting by laser machine. Examples
were on show of the products and the
machine was actually cutting out souvenir
plaques of the 121-key DeCap.
We again boarded the bus to travel
back across Detroit and equally far to
the Northeast to find the Stahl Automotive
Foundation. This collection
started as a motor museum containing
The musical machines and mechanical
wonders inside Bronson Musikalle can
keep visitors entertained for days on
end. B and Maria Bronson were, once
again, magnificent hosts.
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Top, Maria Bronson shows off her laser-cutting machine.
Above are the products it produces.
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A Verbeeck dance organ sits above an eating area inside the Stahl Collection auto-
motive garage.
The Gaudin 125-key dance organ built in Paris, France, in 1925.
125 very rare, fully operational and
beautifully restored cars and other
vehicles, including those used in
movies like the Jack Lemmon film
ÒThe Great Race.Ó Here we also saw
the 1964 Leslie Special and the Professor
Fate Hannibal 8 car from that
film. These are both one of a number
of identical models built for the film
production. Recent additions to the
collection include a separate room
containing assorted automata, while
a whole range of musical instruments
from small music boxes to orchestrions
have their own hall. Larger
European fairground and dance hall
organs stand around the car gallery
and a 1923 Wurlitzer three-manual
23-rank instrument is installed above
the replica period style car repair
shop. The majority of pipes are behind
shutters in two chambers, but with
the ÒtoyboxÓ sections, i.e. percussion
instruments, bells and whistles, on
show high up on the gallery wall. We
were treated to a special visit from
Dave Wickerham who played the
Wurlitzer from time to time. Felicity
and I even got a brief dance in while
listening to some Irvin Berlin tunes.
The Wurlitzer here is quite special Ð it
was made for Mr. Rudolph Wurlitzer
himself and installed in his mansion in
Cincinnati, OH. After moving through
several other homes it was redesigned
in 1999 with the help of Lyn Larsen
before coming to StahlÕs.
Friday morning provided a lie in at
last. We didnÕt have to board the bus
until 11:30 a.m. and then our journey
was only 10 minutes. The destination
was the Downtown Hockeytown Cafe
where we were provided with a pizza
lunch before walking across the road
to the Fox Theatre.
We gathered in the immense
foyer where our other convention
co-chairman Dave Calendine started
an amazing tour and explanation of
the history and workings of this 5,100
seat theatre, which having been fully
restored in 1987-88, has become one
of the best and most well attended
theatres in the U.S. We proceeded to
view the balcony area, stalls, stage
proscenium, auditorium ceiling and
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A 97-key Mortier dance organ dominates one wall of the garage at the Stahl Collection.
Dick Hack demonstrates the recently-acquired 1926 Weber Maesto in the Stahl Collection. On the left is a Hupfeld Phonliszt-
Violina Model B circa 1915. To the right is another Hupfeld Phonliszt-Violina, this one built in 1926.
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A 1950s-style diner serves food inside the Stahl garage. Some of the antique restored vehicles available for view in the
Stahl garage.
Dave Wickerham plays the 1923 Wurlitzer three-manual
23-rank organ installed in the Stahl garage.
A Mortier Cafe Organ, built in 1930, features an art deco case
and is known as a Style 51. It originally played music via cardboard
books, but has been converted to also play using a
MIDI system.
Sally Craig shares a laugh with Jean-Marc Lebout in front of
the Coinola Model X Orchestrion that was built in 1925.
November/December 2018 MECHANICAL MUSIC 49
organ consoles, leading on to Dave
giving us a wonderful recital on the
organ before we were invited onto the
stage to obtain an actorÕs view of the
theatre. Again, there is too much to
narrate from this amazing tour, but I
feel I must mention my admiration of
the ability to convert the facility from
theatre to cinema, its air conditioning
system (warms and cools), a multi-
point vacuum facility throughout the
auditorium, and it just went on and on.
Dave is not only the resident organist
at the Fox Theatre but also its head
guide. He resides just down the road.
He lives and breathes the theatre and
we were grateful for his willingness to
share so much of his knowledge.
I took time out and went off to collect
my hire car, a one hour journey to
the airport again!
On returning, we ate in the rooftop
restaurant with some of our friends,
having discovered that sharing portions
make them more acceptable.
The evening was billed as having
a Game Show which took the form
of the two co-chairmen holding the
stage, Prof B in gown and mortar
board, asking the questions, while Dr
Dave played a keyboard as continuo
or to provide tunes for identification.
Half an hour of silly fun showing some
very clever close up shots of parts of
instruments for the audience to identify,
name that tune, pot pourri items,
with points given on the basis of some
number relating to the answer (i.e.
121-key organ got 121 points!). It was
a complete farce, which I think was
the intention.
Saturday was the busiest day of
the convention. Activities started at
7:30 a.m. with a self-serve breakfast
that flowed into the annual business
Top photo, the exterior or the Fox
Theatre in downtown Detroit.
Middle photo, Dave Calendine performs
for MBSI visitors on the 4-manual
36-rank Wurlitzer organ in the theatre
auditorium.
Bottom photo, a close-up of the area
just above the stage in the Fox Theatre
showing detailed designs.
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Michael and Felicity Clark in the auditorium of the Fox Theatre. MBSI visitors getting a tour backstage.
MBSI visitors also got to stand on the stage and see the the-Dave Calendine points out Joan CrawfordÕs signature among
atre from a performerÕs view. many other famous signatures on the wall backstage.
The impressive and ornate console of the 4-manual 36-rank Wurlitzer organ in the theatre auditorium.
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Paul Bellamy, Rick Swaney, Randy Hill, and Bob Caletti are among the shoppers at
the Mart on shopping day.
Dan Wilson and Nancy Fratti display a Capital Cuff box for sale at the mart.
Ron and Julie Palladino offered an attractive display on their Mart table.
meeting. This meeting dealt with all
the annual requirements of reports
by different officers, presentation
of accounts and appointment of
officers for the following year. MBSI
President Clay Witt moved things
along very quickly and Felicity and I
took off for a flying visit to the Detroit
Institute of Art which had been highly
recommended to us. As ever with art
galleries and museums there is only so
much that can be taken in on a visit so
we studied a number of galleries and
then observed the Detroit Industry
Murals in the Riviera Court that were
conceived and painted in 27 panels by
Mexican muralist Diego Riviera , in
1932-33.
Returning for the excellent luncheon,
there followed the awards
presentations. Each honoree was
preceded by a very impressive power-
point resume, including photographs,
of their involvement with MBSI and
mechanical music generally. This year
there were a number of individual
recipients that we could connect with.
Art Reblitz was known to us following
our first convention in Chicago, IL,
when he had been involved in the
presentation of the large Wurlitzer
Band Organ that had played in fun
against the Jonas Gavioli (from the
U.K.), under the guidance of Russell
Wattam. It was pleasing to see Russell
was included in the final photo of this
presentation alongside his colleagues
in the MBSI. Also, we discovered
new details about Bill Wineburgh
that were far more extensive than our
own contact with him in 2017, at the
Morristown, NJ, Convention when he
and his wife had been very generous
in their assistance to us on our visit
there last year.
Following the awards came the
Mart, in which a whole hall is devoted
to tables on which members can sell
their products or surplus instruments,
from the smallest booklet through a
whole range of music, books, disks,
music boxes to medium sized orchestrions
and piano-based instruments
that had been transported to the hotel.
During this time the hospitality room
is also open and after reviewing the
Mart, I had great fun feeding quarters
and dimes into the three instruments
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which were on display for that purpose,
including an amazing D C Ramey
reproduction of a Banjo-Orchestra.
We retired to our room briefly to
prepare for the evening banquet
where the food was again excellent
and after eating and socialising with
the other eight people on our table,
we were entertained for an hour by
the 17-piece Swing City Big Band and
vocalist with plenty of opportunity to
dance on the carpeted floor.
Another convention treat is the
receipt of a table favor which are
made for all the guests and which this
year represented the theme ÒPassport
to Great Music,Ó with reference to our
tour into Canada.
The favor was a musical box in a
fancy case, fronted with a bright blue
reflective panel to represent the water,
on top of which stood a model of the
Blue Water Bridge we had crossed to
get to Canada. It was all designed and
made by Maria Bronson on the equipment
we had been proudly shown
earlier in the week. I felt it was a very
clever table favor.
All too soon the band left and we
said farewell to people we knew,
until some future time. Not without,
however, the traditional photograph
of all the international members and
guests who really feel privileged to be
able to take part in these wonderfully
arranged conventions.
Sunday we awoke to our own freedom,
but we opted to participate in
the afterglow of the convention which
happens when members with smaller
collections invite individuals to come
to their homes to hear and see what
has been assembled. Only one home
tour was offered this year and we
signed up to visit at a particular time.
We duly arrived at Janet and Dale
DohlerÕs home in Ann Arbor, MI, a
small city about 45 minutes drive from
the hotel. We were made very welcome
and listened to some interesting
and unusual instruments, feeling like
there were more surprises wherever
we went. We were grateful also for the
light refreshments offered to help us
on our way. After an hour we made
way for later visitors and set off back
to Dearborn, MI, where we then visited
the Henry Ford Greenfield Village.
Dwight Porter, Ron Connolly and Ben Robbins display two different styles of Porter
music boxes at the Mart.
David Ramey makes adjustments to a Banjo-Orchestra in the hospitality room.
Arlette Baud, Rich Poppe, and Clay Witt peruse a Mart table full of music boxes.
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Nancy Goldsmith, Jan and Terry Bender and Bob Goldsmith
at the banquet.
Ted Fivian, Steve Unland, Rod Starns and Chet Breitweiser
enjoy the banquet.
Peggy and Ed Cooley with Wayne and Alice Finger, and Mary
Ellen Myers at the banquet.
Dave Calendine shares a laugh with Mary and Rob Pollock.
The Noordermeers and other guests enjoying the ice cream
social.
Susan and Al Choffnes share a moment with Elise Roenigk.
Alison Biden, Judy Miller, Marti and Dan Wilson and Tom
Chase pause for a picture during the banquet.
Freddy Heyse and Henk Noordermeer finding something quite
funny.
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For the benefit of European readers,
this is on similar lines to Beamish in
Northern England, where buildings of
significant historic or regional interest
have been rebuilt and are actually
used to demonstrate their past uses
with volunteers demonstrating crafts
in period surroundings. Examples
at Greenfield Village include FordÕs
own home, a sweet shop, millinery,
weaving mill, water mill, the home
of the Heinz family, the laboratory of
Edison, a narrow-gauge railroad used
to transport people on a hop on hop
off basis serving three stations on
the perimeter line, a carousel with
Wurlitzer band organ, frozen custard
parlour and others making up a total
of 80 different structures.
We left at closing time and returned
to the hotel for a final dinner with
some friends from Illinois.
Monday was the Labor Day holiday
and many places are closed but we
were surprised to have found out the
previous day that the Ford Factory
Tour at Rouge, which is close to
Greenfield Village, was going to be
operational so we bought tickets and
made our way back to Greenfield to
get the regular bus transportation
to the plant. This turned out to be a
high spot of the holiday as we were
allowed to walk on open gangways
over the final assembly lines of the
plant, where they produce 1,250 F-150
trucks every day, one leaving the end
of the line roughly every 54 seconds.
We concluded our day by searching
out the Custard Hut in Dearborn
Heights, MI, which we highly recommend
as it was another chance to get
a mouthful of my favourite type of ice
cream. We were not disappointed.
Tuesday we ambled back to the airport
for the first leg of the homeward
journey which took us back to Boston.
We stayed at the Hampton Inn near
the airport and had a very nice dinner.
Wednesday, we had a whole morning
to ourselves so went downtown
on the subway and took a quick walk
round Back Bay to see the interior of
Boston McKim Building of the Central
Library, some shops and also revisit
the L A Burdick chocolate shop.
Returning to downtown we also had
time to wander round the Old State
The Swing City Big Band played an eveningÕs entertainment during the meeting.
Alice and Wayne Finger hit the dance floor for a few spins during the concert.
Maria and B Bronson, with Art Reblitz and Marty Persky spotted in the corridor.
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All the attendees who traveled across national borders or over seas to reach Detroit gathered to take a photo during the annual
meeting.
House before heading to the airport
for the overnight journey home.
It had been a wonderful two weeks.
We found the people of Boston and
Detroit were very friendly, and the convention
was extremely well organised.
We thank the whole convention team,
but in particular we were grateful for
the help and friendship of the co-chairmen
in answering endless questions. It
was great to meet old friends and also
make new acquaintances.
Each One
Reach One
New Member
The table favor for the meeting was assembled from parts cut by Maria BronsonÕs
laser-cutting machine.
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In Memoriam In Memoriam
Moe Goldy
By Margery and Howard Sanford
Southeast Chapter members were
much saddened to hear of the passing
of Moe Goldy of Port St. Lucie, Fl. He
was our stalwart librarian for untold
many years. He would cart heavy
boxes filled to the brim with big tomes
hoping to loan out materials to expand
our knowledge. He was unflappable
and would smile even when he had
to lug the same boxes back home all
untouched. As a long term enthusiast,
he was admired for his mastery and
ability to repair automata, bird boxes
and whistlers.
He and his wife, Elayne, our Òdoll
ladyÓ were noted for their kindness,
friendship and helpfulness. They
participated in many band rallies. We
all happily looked forward to seeing
MoeÕs big old station wagon loaded
with goodies for mart sales pull up
at each venue.We felt reassured. The
mart would be complete. Moe was
here. He willingly shared his mart
tables and even voluntarily transported
friendsÕ purchases to save
them shipping costs.
Elayne and Moe were married
for 68 years. Moe had retired from a
government job in his 50s. They then
traveled the world, even living on
various narrow canal boats in England
and sailing the Carribean. Back in the
states, they acquired a wonderful
collection of instruments which they
happily shared in their many open
houses. They would be the first to
Moe and Elayne Goldy enjoying a meal with fellow mechanical music hobbyists.
offer a showing to anyone going North
or South in Florida on their way to or
from a musical meeting.
We are grateful for our many years
of friendship. We will all miss him. Our
condolences to Elayne and the family.
May he rest in peace.
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machines for our Premier Fall Event of antique and automatic musicmachines. Already included in our upcoming sale are excellent
collections of upright, table & floor model music boxes of all kinds
including Automatic changers, bell boxes, a Rare weight driven example,
Capitol Cuff, and more, antique phonographs including many rare and
exceptional examples ranging from a very Rare Edison School to a
Columbia Toy, Edison Doll, Rare coin operated machines including an
Edison Bijou and Excelsior, as well as a Columbia ÒSÓ, fine music boxes,
Another wonderful offering of floor model machines including Circassian
walnut examples, VTLAs, Victor VV-XX, a fantastic group of Sonoras,
Victor 9-54, RCA V-225, Edison C-2, Capehart Chippendale 400 series
in a walnut cabinet, records, advertising, and even a group of antique
furniture and great wall clocks will be sold. This is only a brief sampling,
of what will undoubtedly be included. Mark this sale on your calendar,
make your reservations and plan on taking advantage of these great
offerings from all over the country.
Contact us to have your items and
collections included in this sale.
Call and get included on our travel and pickup
schedule across the United States and Canada.
Steven E. Stanton, (517) 331-8150Email Ð stevenEstanton@gmail.com
Michael C. Bleisch, (517) 231-0868Email Ð mcbleisch@gmail.com
StantonÕs Auctioneers,
AUCTIONEERS & REALTORSSTANTONÕSSteven E. Stanton
(517) 331-8150 cellular
Appraisers, & Realtors
(517) 852-0627 evening
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Phone: (517) 726-0181
Michael C. Bleisch
Fax: (517) 726-0060
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Website: www.stantons-auctions.com
Enjoy your Holidays more
with the gift of music!
Here is a partial list of suggestions, from stocking stuffers to floor models!
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Capital Cuff ÒFÓ, coin operated on table
Criterion 15Ó carved on matching carved base
12Ó Reginaphone with all original phono parts
Mira 18Ó Console in decal case
19Ó Upright Symphonion
7 5/8Ó Symphonion
Just in:
A Fantastic FOUR Bird Cage!
Sectional Comb Snuff Boxes!
Key wind boxes in a wide range of sizes
Reuge 50 and 72 note mvts. in fancy cases
Hidden Drum & Bell boxes; 6 Bell box with butterflies
Fat 18.5Ó cylinder Lecoultre tremolo box Ð Gorgeous!
And much more!
In Stock:
Kevin McElhoneÕs Organette & Disc Box book supplements!
Over 8,500 discs in stock for many size/brands of machines!
Nancy Fratti Music Boxes
PO Box 400 Ð Canastota NY 13032
315-684-9977 Ð musicbox@frontiernet.net
www.nancyfrattimusicboxes.com
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FOR SALE
RESTORED MUSICAL BOXES Offering a
variety of antique musical boxes, discs,
orphan cylinders, reproducing piano rolls &
out of print books about mechanical music.
BILL WINEBURGH 973-927-0484 Web:
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THE GOLDEN AGE of AUTOMATIC MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS By ART REBLITZ.
Award-winning classic that brings historical,
musical, and technical information to life
with hundreds of large, vivid color photos.
We guarantee youÕll find it to be one of the
most interesting, inspiring, informative books
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Everyone has been delighted, and some
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MUSIC PRESS-M, 70 Wild Ammonoosuc
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1928 WEBER 6Õ4Ó Duo Art Walnut Art Case
Louis XVI 80118 with original matching
bench. Finish in good condition, original ivory
keys, player restored 20 years ago but still
plays well. $8,500 Donald Huene, 7429 North
Valentine, Fresno CA 93711 (559) 431-1639,
yosemf@aol.com Contact: DONALD HUENE,
(559) 431-1639, yosemf@aol.com 7429 N
Valentine Ave Fresno, 93711-0643 United
States
CREMONA COIN OPERATED piano -needs
retubing. Has 3 rolls and art glass. Piano
Player. Collection of SBMI Bulletins and magazines
from 1970 to present. Call RICHARD
NELSON at (845) 359-2721.
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STYLE 40 Regina floor model in original surface
and excellent condition.Tiger mahogany,
double comb, short bedplate, great voice,
fast/slow lever; zither attachment and 54
discs. Many Christmas carols. $4,750. Local
pick up only. Contact: JOE MOFFITT, Call
(914) 723-2139, leave message on machine.
AEOLIAN ORCHESTRELLE. Beautiful
restored walnut case with bench. 6 rolls.
Nelson Wiggins coin-op nickelodeon. Mills
Single Violano. Baciagalupo Barrel Operated
Monkey Organ. Several smaller music boxes.
Contact: BECKY SODERSTROM, (209) 6698709,
bannsode@gmail.com
VIOLANO VIRTUOSO Serial #260 44 key
piano, REGINA CORONA Style 34 27Ó
Automatic Changer, ENCORE AUTOMATIC
BANJO (reproduction), HOWARD BALDWIN
– WELTE MIGNON REPRODUCING PIANO
with bench. Please call or e-mail for more
information. Buyer responsible for shipping.
Contact: CHRISTINA IRONS, (626) 7959020,
info@vintagemusicboxes.com, http://
www.vintagemusicboxes.com. Pasadena, CA
91103 United States
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Multiphone 24 cylinder
phonograph in rare mahogany
Regina Corona
Model 34 27-inch changer
Multiphone 24 cylinder
phonograph in rare mahogany
Regina Corona
Model 34 27-inch changer
LECOULTRE FRéRES KEYWIND 11Ó cylinder.
Great earlier box for beginning collectors.
Stamped ÔLF GveÕ on the comb, B.B.&C. REPRODUCTION POLYPHON discs; Catalogs
tune card listing 8 popular tunes of the day. available for 19 5/8Ó, 22 1/8Ó, and 24 1/2Ó.
Restored years ago, no comb repair, still plays DAVID CORKRUM 5826 Roberts Ave, Oak-
beautifully in very good condition. Imitation land, CA 94605-1156, 510-569-3110,
grain case. $3500 Info and photos contact: www.polyphonmusic.com
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148th Specialty Auction
ÈFine Mechanical Music InstrumentsÇ
Featuring the Luuk Goldhoorn Collection
Only November 9, 2018 !
Silver-Gilt and Enamel Singing Bird Box
by Charles Bruguier, c. 1845
Estimate: 20.000 Ð 30.000 /
$ 22,800 Ð 34,200
Exceptional Gold and Enamel
Musical Harp Pendant, c. 1805
Estimate: 10.000 Ð 15.000 /
$ 11,400 Ð 17,100
Model 252 Twin-Disc
Symphonion, c. 1905
Estimate: 15.000 Ð 20.000 /
$ 17,100 Ð 22,800
Symphonion Eroica Triple-Disc
Musical Hall Clock, c. 1895
Estimate: 28.000 Ð 35.000 /
$ 32,900 Ð 40,000
Unusual Nodding Lion
Automaton, c. 1900
Estimate: 3.000 Ð 4.000 /
$ 3,400 Ð 4,600
E Wurlitzer Style 850 ÔPeacockÕ
Jukebox, c. 1941
Estimate: 16.000 Ð 20.000 /
$ 18,200 Ð 22,800
EWC Horn Gramophone, c. 1915
Estimate: 800 1.200 / $ 900 Ð 1,400
Ultraphon Cabinet
Gramophone, c. 1925
Estimate: 2.000 3.000 /
$ 2,300 Ð 3,400
Polychrome-painted Carved
Carousel Horse, c. 1970
Estimate: 1.200 1.500 /
$ 1,400 Ð 1,710
Rare Musical Automaton Drinker
by Roullet et Decamps, c. 1895
Estimate: 3.000 Ð 5.000 /
$ 3,400 Ð 5,700
Musical Automaton Clown
by Vichy, c. 900
Estimate: 3.000 Ð 5.000 /
$ 3,400 Ð 5,700
Impressive Station-type
Musical Box, c. 1890
Estimate: 15.000 Ð 20.000 /
$ 17,100 Ð 22,800
Monkey Fisherman Automaton
by Jean Phalibois, c. 1884
Estimate: 6.000 Ð 8.000 /
$ 6,800 Ð 9,100