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Player Piano Associations in UK
By Dan Wilson

Denis Anderson asks what player-piano associations there are in the UK. The Player Piano Group PPG) Bulletin (very informative these days) and Membership List between them list all the UK suppliers of materials and rolls; you join the PPG by writing to the Membership Secretary,

   Malcolm Billingsley
   80 Montalt Road
   WOODFORD GREEN
   Essex IG8 9SS ph 0181 505 1850

The 1996 subscription price was =L=11.00.

The PPG is a jolly and sociable group who have meetings in the London area sometimes as often as twice a month. The main thing is enjoyment and chat with serious seminars on particular systems or performers less in fashion than they once were.

The more serious side of the player and reproducer is attended to by the Friends of the Pianola Institute (FPI), being a charitable trust with intentions to set up an archive and demonstration rooms. The Pianola Institute produces an annual Pianola Journal pitched to interest inter- national musicological libraries, so a fairly severe affair. The latest issue carries the first printed score of Paul Hindemith's Toccata for Mechanical Piano, transcribed from the (red) Welte roll. The FPI Membership Secretary is:

   Mike Davies
   70 Blackheath Park
   Blackheath
   LONDON SE3 (I don't have phone number - he's just moved)
Both the PPG and FPI host high-quality recitals, sometimes jointly. Regional groups are:

   North West Player Piano Assocn
   % Everson Whittle
   47 Raikes Road
   PRESTON PR1 5EQ ph 01772 792795

   The Player Piano Assocn of South Wales & The West
   % Graham Kent
   Goldtrieve
   54 Over Lane
   Almondbury
   BRISTOL BS12 4BW (no phone number given)

Good hunting !

Dan Wilson

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