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Ann Arbor Canoe Livery Mechanical Instrument Collection
By Tim Athan

Until the late 'Sixties, there was a great collection of mechanical
musical instruments housed in a canoe livery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Begun by William Saunders and continued by Jack Wirth, it included
a Coinola nickelodeon (made by Operator's Piano Co. of Chicago).

I write for the Ann Arbor Observer. I am trying to determine what
became of the collection. The canoe livery, located on the Huron River,
was demolished in 1970.

Thank you,
Tim Athan

 [   Jack Wirth with his nickelodeon
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/21/06/29/210629_143802_Jack_Wirth_with_Nickelodeon.jpg
 [   Wirth Collection in his Canoe Livery
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/21/06/29/210629_143802_Wirth_Collection_in_the_Livery.jpg
 [   Wirth Collection (enlargement)
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/21/06/29/210629_223501_Wirth_Collection_(enlargement).jpg


(Message sent Tue 29 Jun 2021, 21:38:02 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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