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| Vendor | (AAIMM) Association des Amis des Instruments et de la Musique Mécanique |
| WebPage | http://www.aaimm.org/ |
| aaimm@aaimm.org | |
| Président | Pierre-André Jouglet; 14, allée de la Croix-Noailles, 78250-Meulan, France |
| Tel/Fax | +33 (0) 890 710 231 |
| Info | Established 1976 by Claude Marchal |
| Vendor | American Carousel Society, The |
| Cont1 | Mary Jenkins, Executive Secretary |
| Addr | 3845 Telegraph Road, Elkton MD 21921-2442 USA |
| Phone | (410)392-4289 |
| Fax | (410)392-6129 |
| carousel@dol.net | |
| WebPage | http://www.carousels.com/acs.htm |
| Vendor | Association des Amis des Automates, |
| Addr | Poupées et Jouets Anciens |
| Desc | Association For Automata And Dolls |
| Cont | Président: Christian Bailly, l rue du Dahomey, F-75011 Paris |
| curiositel@pobox.com | |
| WebPage | http://www.curiositel.tm.fr/coppelia (???) |
| Vendor | AMICA International |
| Contact | Bill Chapman, Membership Secretary |
| Addr | 53685 Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta, CA 92253-3586 USA |
| Phone | (760) 560-2951 |
| Bill Chapman, Membership Secretary | |
| WebPage | www.amica.org |
| Quote | AMICA = Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors Association, Int.. |
| Desc | Many regional chapters with regular meeting and an annual convention. A nonprofit, tax exempt group devoted to the restoration, distribution and enjoyment of musical instruments using perforated paper music rolls and perforated music books. AMICA was founded in San Francisco in 1963. Advertising goes to Prof. Mike Kukral, Publisher. Publishes a bimonthly Bulletin and periodically reprints historic original literature and materials |
| Vendor | Association des Amis du Musée de Musique Mécanique des Gets |
| Addr | Président: Denis Bouchet, Musée des Gets, 74260 Les Gets |
| Phone | +33 (0) 450798575 |
| Vendor | Australia Mechanical Music Society, Inc. |
| Contact | Norman Stallard |
| Addr | 41 The Highway, Mt. Waverly 3149, Victoria Australia |
| Phone/Fax | (61) (0) 3 9807 8877 |
| Vendor | Australian Mechanical Organ Society Inc. |
| WebPage | http://www.amos.asn.au |
| Vendor | Associazione Italiana Musica Meccanica |
| Addr | Presidente: Franco Severi |
| fseveri@mbox.queen.it | |
| Phone | /Fax: +39 547 346046 |
| Quote | Presidente onorario: Antonio Latanza |
| WebPage | http://www.pianomelodico.com |
| Vendor | Australian Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instruments (ACMMI) |
| WebPage | http://www.zip.com.au/~job/ |
| Vendor | British Organ Grinder's Association |
| Contact | Membership Secretary: Tony York, 45 Ling Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 3HT U.K. |
| Phone | +44 (0) 1246 23 1608. |
| orgrinders@aol.com | |
| WebPage | http://members.aol.com/orgrinders/index.htm |
| Desc | The British Organ Grinders Association was set up in 1991 by the late Peter Churchard along with a handful of British enthusiasts who decided that some kind of club was needed for hand-turned organ enthusiasts. Since those days, the British Organ Grinders' Association has grown to almost 500 members all over the world. |
| Vendor | Australian Collectors Of Mechanical Musical Instruments |
| Addr | Ian Savins, 19 Waipori Street St., Ives 2075 Sydney Australia |
| Phone | +61 02 449 5296 |
| acmmi@collector.org | |
| WebPage | http://www.zip.com.au/~job |
| Vendor | Club Deutscher Drehorgelfreunde e.V. |
| cdd@gmx.de | |
| WebPage | http://www.bubis.com/cdd |
| Contact | President: Wilfried Hommerich --> |
| Addr | An der Dbne 47, 53119, Bonn-Tannenbusch Germany |
| Phone | +49 02 28/66 9482. |
| Fax | +49 02 28/66 4991. |
| Vendor | Carousel Organ Association of America (COAA) |
| Addr | c/o Mike Schoeppner, COAA Treasurer, 12906 Raytown Rd, Kansas City, MO 64149 |
| WebPage | http://www.coaa.us |
| Vendor | Conservatoire Autonome des Boîtes à Musique |
| Addr | Etienne Blyelle, 11, Bd du Pont d`Arve, CH-1205 Genève Switzerland |
| Desc | Journal produced once per year. |
| Vendor | Compagnie Manivelles et Petits trous |
| Addr | Le Martineix, 87460 Bujaleuf France |
| Phone | +33 05 55 69 56 14 |
| Fax | +33 05 55 69 55 60 |
| Cie.Manivelle@wanadoo.fr | |
| WebPage | http://perso.wanadoo.fr/manivelles/ |
| Vendor | Dutch Organ Society |
| Info | Supported by The Royal Dutch Organists Association |
| WebPage | http://www.hetorgel.nl/ |
| Vendor | English National Association |
| Addr | Main Library, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN U.K. |
| Desc | National Fairground Archive |
| Phone | +44 (0) 114-222 7231 |
| Fax | +44 (0) 114-273 9826 |
| fairground@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| WebPage | http://www.shef.ac.uk/~nfa/ |
| Vendor | Fair Organ Preservation Society |
| Addr | President, Don Robinson Esq. |
| Cont1 | Chairman, Peter Haywood. |
| Cont2 | Editor: David Smith (dssgaviman@aol.com) |
| Cont3 | Membership: John Page, 17 Ousebank Way, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes MK11 1JY, UK17 Ousebank Way, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes MK11 1JY, UK |
| Phone/Fax | +44 (0)1908 263717 |
| memsec@fops.org | |
| WebPage | http://www.fops.org |
| Vendor | Friends of the Musical Museum |
| Addr | 68 Brentford High Street, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 OBD U.K. |
| Phone | +44 (0)181 560 8108 |
| Vendor | Friends of Pianola Institute |
| Comment | Founder: Rex Lawson |
| Cont1 | Secretary: Clair Cavanagh --> |
| Cont1 | 43 Great Percy St., London WC1X 9RA U.K. |
| Desc | Journal/Info: Mike Davies --> The Granary, Fenny Compton Wharf, Royal Leamington Spa, Warks CV33 0XE U.K. |
| m_davies@msn.com |
| Vendor | International Drehorgelfreunde Berlin |
| Addr | Frau Wolf, Frankenstrasse 5, D-10781 Berlin Germany |
| Phone | +49 30 21612126 |
| Vendor | Gesellschaft des Museums für Musikautomaten Seewen (GMS) [Switzerland] |
| gms@gms-seewen.ch | |
| WebPage | http://www.gms-seewen.ch |
| President | Georg Hofmeier |
| Adress | Bollhübel 1, CH-4206 Seewen, Switzerland |
| Phone | + 41 61 915 98 86 |
| Fax | + 41 61 915 98 90 |
| Vendor | Gesellschaft für Selbstspielende Musikinstrumente (GSM) e.V. [Society For Self-playing Music Instruments] |
| Addr | Ralf Smolne, President |
| Addr | Emmastr. 56, D-45130 Essen, Germany |
| Phone | 49-201-784927 |
| Fax | 49-201-7266240 |
| president@musica-mechanica.de | |
| Contact | Secretary: Dr. Walter Tenten. W.Tenten@fz-juelich.de or secretary@musica-mechanica.de |
| WebPage | http://www.musica-mechanica.de/ (German/English Languages) |
| Desc | The "Society for Self-Playing Musical Instruments" was founded in 1975 with the aim of investigating, maintaining and encouraging the cultural tradition of self-playing musical instruments. This international association has around 700 members, among them many institutions such as musicological institutes and national libraries, but in particular collectors and lovers of these instruments. The Society's journal, which is published several times a year and distributed free to the Society's members, includes specialist contributions on mechanical instruments and their music as well as the latest information and collectors' announcements. Society activities include collectors' meetings, exhibitions and fairs where collectors can buy and exchange, and sight-seeing tours. |
| Vendor | Harmonium Vereniging Nederland (HVN) |
| WebPage | http://www.harmoniumvereniging.nl/ |
| Frans van der Grijn | |
| Desc | Harmonium Society of The Netherlands |
| Vendor | Horn & Whistle Society, The |
| WebPage | http://www.hornandwhistle.com/ |
| Desc | Dedicated to the preservation, increase, and dissemination of knowledge regarding horns, whistles, sirens, bells and other acoustic devices used in signaling and warning applications in industrial, municipal, maritime and railroad environments. |
| Vendor | International Vintage Phonograph & Mechanical Music Society |
| Addr | Secretaire General: Kees Nijsen, 19 Mackaylaan, 5631 NM Eindhoven Netherlands |
| Phone | 040-02-815.394 |
| Vendor | International Midi Association |
| Addr | 5316 West 57th St Los Angeles, CA 90056, USA |
| Phone | (415) 321-MIDI |
| Vendor | Les Fadas de la Musique Mécanique |
| Addr | Président: André David Gamet Sud, F-47240 Bon-Encontre |
| Phone/Fax | +33 (0)5 53 96 92 93 |
| fadas@wanadoo.fr |
| Vendor | Les Joyeux Tourneurs De Manivelles {Merry Crank Turners} |
| Contact | Sarl Sedii |
| Addr | Canta Aoussel, 34130, Mudaison - France |
| Webpage | http://www.chez.com/ljtm |
| Desc | Fait des organes, les automatise et programmation. |
| Phone | 33 04 67 70 30 04 |
| LJTM.chez.com |
| Vendor | Kring Van Draaiorgelvrienden |
| Vendor | (Dutch Society For The Preservation Of Fair Organs) |
| Contact | General Secretary/Webmaster: Dr. Hans van Oost |
| Addr | Naaldwijkseweg 262 NL 2691 PW's-Gravenzande |
| Editor | Tom Meijer, Wilgenstraat 24, VS Goes NL-4462 |
| Membership Secretary | Herman Meddeler, Mastwijkerdijk 78, NL 3417 BT Netherlands |
| WebPage | http://www.draaiorgel.org (Dutch/English Languages) |
| Desc | The KVD is a Dutch society for the preservation of fair organs, street-organs, dance hall organs, orchestrions and other automatic musical instruments; their history and development, and their present situation. |
| Vendor | Mechanical Music Digest |
| Owner | Robbie Rhodes, Jody Kravitz |
| Addr | The Foxtail Group, P.O. Box 502230, San Diego CA 92150-2230 USA |
| Phone | 858-848-5540 |
| WebPage | http://www.mmdigest.com |
| Subsription | http://www.mmdigest.com/Login |
| Desc | A world-wide moderated forum discussing all aspects of automatic music. E-mail notes and letters are accumulated daily, lightly edited to help assure international comprehension, and then broadcast to all subscribers. |
| Vendor | Musical Box Society International (MBSI) |
| Contact | Matthew Caulfield |
| Contact | 3902 Culver Rd., Rochester, NY 14622-1257 USA |
| Phone | 585-338-1186 |
| WebPage | http://www.mbsi.org |
| President | B. Bronson, Box 154, Dundee, MI 48131 U.S.A. |
| Administrator | Jacque Beeman |
| Publisher | Rosanna Harris |
| Descr | MBSI=Musical Box Society International, publishes regular bulletins. |
| Vendor | Mechanical Organ Owners Society |
| Cont1 | Chairman: Peter Craig |
| Cont2 | Editor: Robert (Boz) Oram. --> Diplands Court, St. Mary Bourne, Andover, Hants, SP11 6AP U.K. |
| Phone2 | +44 (0)1264 738260 |
| Cont3 | Membership/Correspondence: Jeremy Brice --> |
| Cont3 | 16 Robin Place, Boundary Way, Gartson Watsford, Hertfordshire WD2 7SL U.K. |
| Phone3 | +44 (0) 1923 662998 |
| jbrice@globalnet.co.uk |
| Vendor | MechaMusica (Belgain Society) |
| WebPage | http://www.mechamusica.be |
| Desc | The first Belgain society with a focus on mechanical musical instruments |
| Vendor | Musica Mecanica (Philippe Rouille) |
| WebPage | http://www.musicamecanica.org |
| Desc | Street organs, automatic pianos, music boxes, with many photos and music. A large site devoted to Mechanical Music, maintained by Philippe Rouille within the site of the Musée des Arts et Metiers in Paris. You will find a complete list of specialized Museums and Associations throughout the world, an agenda of collectors meetings and events, descriptions of instruments, and many links to other mechanical music Web sites. |
| Lang | En Français, English, und auf Deutsch. |
| Vendor | Mechanical Organ Owners Society |
| Addr | President: Roger Burville |
| Cont1 | Chairman: Peter Craig |
| PeterCraig1@x-stream.co.uk | |
| Cont2 | Editor: Robert (Boz) Oram. --> Contact |
| Phone | +44 (0)1264 738260. Fax: +44 (0)1264 738812 |
| boz.oram@andover52.fsnet.co.uk | |
| Cont3 | Membership/Correspondence: Jeremy Brice --> 16 Robin Place, Boundary Way, Garston Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 7SL U.K. |
| Phone | +44 (0) 1923 662998 |
| jeremy@bricemusic.fsnet.co.uk |
| Vendor | Musical Box Society Of Great Britain |
| WebPage | http://www.mbsgb.org.uk |
| Desc | Publishes a quality magazine quarterly on all types of automatic musical instruments. Archivist of M.B.S.G.B. is compiling tune catalogues for many instruments which will help you to identify tunes with partially complete labels. Please send number, title, composer and size/make of instrument the music you have is for. Currently working on Ariston 16-, 19-, 24-, 36-note, Amorette 16-, 18-, 24-, 36-note, Clariophon, Gem Cobs 20- & 32-note, Aeolian 46-note, Cecelian 65-note, _all_ types and sizes of disc musical boxes, particularly need Polyphon 11-, 15-, 19- and 24-inch sizes. Also Pianostyle 88-note. |
| Vendor | Musica Meccanica |
| Addr | Massino Monaco, Borgo la Noce, 7, 50123 Firenze Italy |
| Phone/Fax | 0039 - 0559179089 |
| musica.meccanica@val.it | |
| WebPage | http://www.musicameccanica.it (Italian Language) |
| Vendor | Nederlandse Klokkenspel-Vereniging (Netherlands Carillon Society) |
| Contact | Secretary: Jos Mijland, Poeldrik 30, 6681 VH Bemmel, Netherlands |
| Phone | +31 (0)481 46 25 67 |
| nkvjosmijland@zonnet.nl | |
| WebPage | http://www.klokkenspel.org |
| Vendor | National Carousel Association |
| Desc | Since 1973 the National Carousel Association has been working to keep America's remaining carousels in operation. Through a wide range of programs and projects, the NCA has participated in the restoration and preservation of many of the antique carousels in operation in our country today. |
| WebPage | http://www.nca-usa.org |
| Vendor | Northwest Player Piano Association |
| Cont | Secretary: Everson Whittle |
| Cont | Paramont Organ Studios |
| nwppa@hotmail.com | |
| WebPage | http://www.nwppa.freeserve.co.uk |
| Phone | +44 (0) 1204 529939 |
| Vendor | Nederlandse Pianola Vereniging |
| Cont1 | Secretary: Secretariaat van de Nederlandse Pianola Vereniging, Chopinrode 25, 2717 BH Zoetermeer, Nederland |
| WebPage | http://www.pianolavereniging.com/ |
| secretariaat@pianolavereniging.com | |
| Cont2 | Membership Secretary: Hendrik Strengers |
| Vendor | Pianola Institute, The |
| Cont1 | Secretary: Claire L'Enfant --> |
| Cont1 | 43 Great Percy St., London WC1X 9RA U.K. |
| Desc | Publishers of The Pianola Journal (for more information on the journal, see the website, or contact Claire L'Enfant at the Email address above. |
| Quote | The Friends of the Pianola Institute Chairman: Mike Davies The Granary, Fenny Compton Wharf, Southam, Warwickshire CV47 2FE |
| WebPage | www.pianola.org |
| pianola@ndirect.co.uk | |
| Comment | Founded 1985 |
| Vendor | Perforons la Musique |
| Desc | Journal: Les Cahiers de Perforons |
| Addr | Lorraine et J. Pierre Aressy, 27 rue Labat de Savignac, F-31500 Toulouse |
| perforons@yahoo.fr |
| Vendor | Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| Addr | Liebiggasse 5, A-1010, Vienna, Austria |
| pharchiv@kfs.oeaw.ac.at | |
| WebPage | http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/DLI/mech/dlidem1.htm |
| Desc | This organization's goal is to document mechanical musical instruments and to preserve their musical repertoire. |
| Vendor | Player Piano Group |
| Cont1 | George Fleming, membership Secretary |
| Addr | 2 St. Giles Barton, Hillesley Gloucs GL12 8RG U.K. |
| Cont | Editor: Julian Dyer |
| fleming@steck.demon.co.uk | |
| WebPage | www.PlayerPianoGroup.org.uk |
| Desc | Quarterly bulletins, local meetings. |
| Vendor | Player Piano Association of South Wales & The West |
| Chairman | Gerald Atherton: |
| Secretary | Hazel Atherton: |
| Address | Rose Glen, Bristol Road, Churchill, Winscombe, North Somerset BS25 5NJ UK: |
| Phone | 01934 852670 |
| playerpiano.asww@gmail.com | |
| Description | Active group of mechancial music enthusiasts, local meetings South Wales and the West of England. |
| Vendor | Ritournelles et Manivelles |
| Contact | Association de Défense des Joueurs d'orgue de Barbarie Professionnels |
| ritonlamanivelle@wanadoo.fr | |
| Addr | 22 rue Maryse Hilsz, 75020 Paris. |
| Phone | +33 0143562432 |
| Fax | +33 0130927317 |
| Vendor | Reed Organ Society |
| Contact | James Quashnock - Membership Secretary |
| Addr | 3575 Hwy 258 E,. Wichita Falls, TX 76308-7037 USA |
| Quashnock@aol.com | |
| WebPage | http://reedsoc.org |
| Vendor | The Reproducing Piano Roll Foundation |
| Contact | Albert M. Petrak - Founder |
| Addr | 4800 Country Lane, Warrensville Hts, Ohio 44128-6101 |
| WebPage | http://www.rprf.org |
| Vendor | Société Française de Campanologie Cloches et Carillions/Bells & Carillons/Glocken und Glockenspiele |
| Contact | Président: M. Eric Sutter --> |
| Addr | 41 bis Avenue de Charlebourg, F-92250, La Garenne Colombes France |
| Fax | +33 01478580 |
| Vendor | Schweizerischer Verein der Freunde Mechanischer Musik (SFMM) |
| info@sfmm.ch | |
| WebPage | http://www.sfmm.ch |
| President | Hansjoerg Surber |
| Adress | Rickenstrasse 4, CH-8730 Uznach |
| Vendor | Music Organizations @ Harmonicity.com |
| WebPage | http://www.harmonicity.com/education/organizations.htm |
| Desc | ... This is within the Harmony City commercial site. |
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