Re: Bowers Book
By Rob DeLand
I almost didn't answer to this because I expect several to, but in case they don't:
Q. David Bowers book, "A Guidebook of Automatic Musical Instruments" is a collector's item. It is the initial edition of what became the Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments. It is in two volumes, hard-bound, and is especially interesting because it includes estimated prices. Those prices reflected the machines' rarity when the book came out, but for the most part they're laughably low by today's standards.
Your odds of finding this book are exceedingly slim. Stick with Bowers' Encyclopedia, which I believe is now back in print. This and Harvey Roehl's "Player Piano Treasury" are probably the 2 best books to own on AMI. Make sure you have both! You'll never outgrow them...
Cheers,
Rob DeLand
(deland_robert@macmail1.csg.mot.com) |
(Message sent Thu 31 Oct 1996, 23:15:17 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.) |
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