Hello MMD Readers,  We just launched this illustrated web page, at
the end of the year: http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/monmouth.htm

There are ten JPEG pictures on this URL, which focuses on the town of
Monmouth, Maine.  We were invited to contribute material for a museum
display in that town.  Lynne Chick of Weave Works, was doing an exhibit
(in a store window setting!) which combined the concepts of Jacquard
looms, IBM cards, computers and player-piano music rolls.  All the
items in this exhibit were controlled by punched cards or perforated
paper rolls.

I journeyed to Monmouth, just before the display closed, and took a
series of pictures, mostly concentrating on the local architecture.
(If you haven't seen the magnificent Cumston Hall -- a combination
Public Library and Opera House -- then there's a real treat in store
for you at this site, which is also linked to a variety of subjects,
such as the Auto-Typist and Monotype equipment.)  If your browser has
the images turned off, there are identification lines for the
photographs, but we suggest going for the full download.

Mrs. Chick will recreate this display at home so that it can be
photographed under better conditions.  When that happens we'll update
this web site with an Internet link.

Meanwhile, beyond the spectacular Cumston Hall and the historic Maine
architecture, you can spot an old Vocalstyle Roll by Mary Allison,
using her "Hilda" pseudonym instead of the "Jelly Roll Morton"
pseudonym.  Not shown were pictures printed up from the Artcraft
web site, which included an Ampico roll in progress on our Leabarjan #5
machine and Bob Hunt's Franklin upright piano with the Marque Ampico
'reproducing' action.

Happy Viewing!  Happy New Year!

Regards,
Douglas Henderson - Artcraft Music Rolls
Wiscasset, ME
http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/

P.S.:  There will be six more Pianola concerts at Searsport Shores
next Summer, 2002.  The dates will be announced on our web site
as well as through our newsletters, which can be accessed here:
http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/archives.htm