A few of the MMD members already know what GSM stands for, but for
all those who do not know, I will explain.  It stands for "Gesellschaft
fuer Selbstspielende Musikinstrumente".  That's the name of the German
Society for Self-playing Musical Instruments.

An Internet domain name with GSM was not available, so the board of
the society has chosen the name "www.musica-mechanica.de" for their
Internet presentation.

The name "Musica Mechanica" has a long tradition in the GSM because
it is used for the famous collector meetings (mart or exchange) that
are held twice a year in Ruedesheim as a joint activity of GSM and the
Siegfried Wendel family.

The existing GSM homepage, http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2831/
(created by Walter Tenten), which is and will be still existent, is
linked.  In other words, you can reach the GSM homepage via the old
way and also via http://www.musica-mechanica.de/

For those who are familiar with the German language here are the e-mail
addresses of the GSM authorities:

  Vorsitzender@musica-mechanica.de
  Schriftfuehrer@musica-mechanica.de
  Schatzmeister@musica-mechanica.de
  Mitgliederliste@musica-mechanica.de
  Redaktion@musica-mechanica.de
  Annoncen@musica-mechanica.de
  Leserforum@musica-mechanica.de
  Versand@musica-mechanica.de
  Mitgliederbetreuung@musica-mechanica.de
  Webmaster@musica-mechanica.de
  Postmaster@musica-mechanica.de

For those who are not familiar with the German language here are the
e-mail addresses of the GSM authorities in an English version:

  President@musica-mechanica.de
  Secretary@musica-mechanica.de
  Treasurer@musica-mechanica.de
  Memberlist@musica-mechanica.de
  Editor@musica-mechanica.de
  Advertisements@musica-mechanica.de
  Readerforum@musica-mechanica.de
  Shipment@musica-mechanica.de
  Webmaster@musica-mechanica.de
  Postmaster@musica-mechanica.de

GSM members will find the previous information also in the next
issue of our GSM journal, "Das Mechanische Musikinstrument" (DMM),
Number 78 / July 2000; it will reach you in the next days.

Kind regards from Hauke Marxsen