Hello Everyone !

My name's John Wale and I live in Coventry in the Midlands of England.
I've been interested in mechanical music for as long as I remember - my
parents tell me I danced to the music of a fairground organ at a steam
rally when I was about 2 years old !

My interests are mechanical organs, player pianos and computer music. I
have recently completed a 25 note organ which originally played from
cardboard book music, but is now driven from an electric action
controlled by a home computer.

Last year I bought a Brinsmead player piano, which I have been
rebuilding and is now just about in playing condition (but with a few
things left to sort out).

In addition to mechanical music I also write and record electronic
music on a synthesiser setup at my home, which has involved learning
most of the MIDI protocol and writing real-time software for musical
applications.

I am a member of the Fair Organ Preservation Society and the Player
Piano Group in the UK.

I'd love to own a 'real' mechanical organ (Gavioli, Marenghi, Decap
etc), but unless my fortunes take a sudden turn for the better (has
anyone got one of these organs in need of restoration ?) I'll continue
with building my own.

Any comments to essfc@csv.warwick.ac.uk would be most welcome.

Bye for now,

John.