Dear MMDers,

As many of you might all ready know I have, for some time, been
developing a "Grand Index" of mechanical music. (As a NOTE: Progress
has been slow as I have been in Graduate School, for a second time,
and I finish my studies in June for High School Principal.)

I started this project with the research material I developed for the
"Index of Journal Articles" 1967-1985 for the MBSI (Musical Box Society
International.) To start I added to that work the journal articles
published before 1967 and since 1985

(A body of work that was promised for publication for MBSI members, but
never supplied), Then I added the journals of the MBSoGB (Musical Box
Society of Great Britain) and the journals of the ROS (Reed Organ
Society) to the mix. This summer I hope to add the AMICA Journals
offered to me for the project by Mr. Ed.Sprankle.

Knowing the political nature of the many different groups and societies,
I don't expect any of them will ever pick up the material for a printed
version, but I hope to be able to provide an electronic version in the
future either CD ROM or (possibly on line through the MMD).

As part of my continued hunt for research material, I am searching for
the Vestal Press catalogs (numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4.) I am also searching
for issue number 15, (1978) of the Vestal Press "House Organ."

Any help will appreciated

Gary G. Stevenson
South St. Louis, Mo.