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An organized list of resources related to Mechanical music, including firms who offer services and supplies for all types of mechanical musical instruments.

Compiled by / Send updates to: Jody Kravitz
Compilation Copyright (C) 1999-2017 by Jody S. Kravitz
Last updated: January 01 2016 10:28:35.

Piano Music Rolls - Sales/Perforators	Music Boxes, Disks, and Cylinders	Books	No Longer In Business
Roll Mail Auctions	Organ Rolls / Strips / Cardboard	Audio	Restoration Supplies
Piano Discs	MIDI Supplies	Societies
Instrument Manufacturers	Museums / Libraries / Universities	Discussion Groups	Miscellaneous
Player and Reproducing Piano Dealers and Restoration	Crank / Barrel-Organs	Appraisal and Shipping Services	Top

Societies

Vendor	(AAIMM) Association des Amis des Instruments et de la Musique Mécanique
WebPage	http://www.aaimm.org/
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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.
Email	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
Email	acmmi@collector.org
WebPage	http://www.zip.com.au/~job

Vendor	Club Deutscher Drehorgelfreunde e.V.
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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.
Email	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]
Email	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
Email	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/
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	PeterCraig1@x-stream.co.uk
Cont2	Editor: Robert (Boz) Oram. --> Contact
Phone	+44 (0)1264 738260. Fax: +44 (0)1264 738812
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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/
Email	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
Email	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
Email	perforons@yahoo.fr

Vendor	Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Addr	Liebiggasse 5, A-1010, Vienna, Austria
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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
Email	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)
Email	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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