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Muzelle Nickelodeon Made in Las Vegas
By Rob Goodale

[ Scotty Greene wrote in 130225 MMDigest:

> The DeBence Museum has a Muzelle nickelodeon [with a] stained
> glass upper front #1025 dated 6/29/91 made by Dorothy Kemp which
> was copyrighted in 1990.

This would have been Music World, a now-defunct Las Vegas music
retailer originally owned by Don and Dorothy Kemp.  The nickelodeons
were built by Barry Casper.  Dorothy made art glass as one of her own
ventures that Barry then used in the nickelodeons.  As retailers
"Muzelle" was their house brand with a number of products bearing that
name.

I am told (but haven't confirmed) that some of the build-up nickelodeons
also had that name, as did their new low-end Asian pianos.  I think
"Resource West" was a 'DBA' business name they used, although I'm not
certain in what capacities.

Eventually Don and Dorothy Kemp retired and the operation was taken
over by one of their former employees.  A couple years ago the business
fell victim to the economy and is now kaput.  Barry took possession of
much of the remaining nickelodeon hardware which may have included some
glass.

After the previous inquiry I have obtained Barry's contact information.
Email me privately if you would like to get hold of him for more
information.  At one point I thought he was on MMD but apparently not,
or perhaps he's just not monitoring it regularly.

Rob Goodale
Las Vegas, Nevada


(Message sent Wed 27 Feb 2013, 02:43:19 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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