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Seek Mechanical Music for Waltham Steampunk Fest
By Roger Wiegand

The Charles River Museum of Industry in Waltham, Massachusetts[1],
is organizing an "International Steampunk City"[2,3] on the weekend
of May 6-8, 2011.  The Museum would very much like to have mechanical
organs as part of the festivities (and they would undoubtedly be happy
to have other mechanical music as well).

I am brokenhearted that I will not be able to bring my Diamond
Jubilee Gavioli organ to the event; it is still in England undergoing
its latest round of repair and renovation and can't be back in time.
I will still be going, but with a Castlewood busker organ instead of
the Gavi.  There is room and interest on the part of the organizers
for others to participate -- or if someone wants to loan a larger
organ I am happy to operate or help operate it.

This is a great opportunity to get mechanical music in front of a
younger audience with a predisposition to appreciate and become
interested in it.

The Charles River Museum is very good small institution devoted to
turn of the (last) century technology.  They are still recovering from
a devastating flood last year and don't have a lot of extra cash to
spread around, so compensation will probably be minimal at best.  If
you are interested contact me or Elln Hagney at the museum[4].

A piece on steampunk, for those not familiar with it, can be found at
[5].  Grab your goggles and come on down, it should be a great time!

Cheers,
Roger Wiegand
Wayland, Massachusetts
http://www.carouselorgan.com/ 

Ref.:
1. http://www.crmi.org/ 
2. http://internationalsteampunkcitywaltham.org/ 
3. http://www.crmi.org/events/museum-events/new-england-steampunk-festival-2011/ 
   "A Festival For the Jules Vern Inside You!"
4. Elln Hagney <elln@crmi.org.geentroep> [delete ".geentroep" to reply]
5. http://www.wbur.org/2010/12/17/steampunk "Blowing Off Creative Steam"


(Message sent Wed 20 Apr 2011, 00:37:00 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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