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Antique Musical Instruments and Allied Interests
By Michael Woolf

My collecting interests are similar to those of many friends here and
overseas: I started with phonographs (and gramophones) many years ago.

Records are an active interest, particularly the great personalities of
vaudeville and the British Music Hall, plus a representative collection
covering past operatic artists.  All aspects of mechanical music from
small music boxes to the Wurlitzer theater organ and Decap cafe organ;
juke boxes; and arcade coin machines including the most recent
acquisition, a Mills Panoram Soundies --  art deco delight!  Can't
afford to buy mint items so do my own restorations with the help of good
friends here and there.

A parallel interest is magic.  A sometime performing semi-professional
magician myself, I'm president of the local magic club and collect old
apparatus and posters.  I've seen items related to conjuring in many
American collections.  I think there's a common thread of fascination
with mechanical mysteries, reaching its height with the great automaton
figures such as those restored by magical expert John Gaughan.

Michael Woolf
New Zealand


(Message sent Sun 18 Jul 1999, 08:08:44 GMT, from time zone GMT+1200.)

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