My goodness!  When I asked Jody and Robbie if it was possible to
establish a better link from the MMD Web site to my Musica Mecanica Site,
and especially to the Associations and Museum listings, I didn't expect
the wonderful comments they added to these links.  I certainly blushed ...
And that is sure the best gift I could have for my birthday!  So thank
you very much, Jody and Robbie.

Once again I insist that, although I collect the information, write the
texts and choose the pictures, a tremendous work is also done by Olivier
Delaroziere, the Web specialist of the Musee des Arts et Metiers in
Paris.  He probably spends much more time than reasonable on formatting
these pages.  And many other people (I mention some of them in the
credits) help me building there pages with their collaboration or
remarks.  Thanks, Robbie, for the music, thanks Christine for the German
translations, thanks, Beatrice Robertson, Angelo Rulli, Walter Tenten,
Hauke Marxsen, Joyce Brite, and many others.

I strongly believe in cooperation, not in competition (although a pinch of
competition obliges us to go forward!), so I am happy if this site may be
a useful source of information for everyone.

For those who have access only to the e-mail and not to the web, and want
to know the address of an association or of a specific museum, I may try
and answer their request (as long as I do not receive too many of them!).

Of course, I try to update as frequently as possible the information.
There is sometimes discrepancies between the English, French and German
versions: the main reason is that the computers of the Musee des Arts et
Metiers are not always immediately available to transfer every change on
the web.  And of course, there are certainly some errors and mistakes, so
please e-mail me at: rouille@cnam.fr


A word now about the posting on the MMD web site, a few days ago, of the
listings of events and museums from Fair Organ Preservation Society
(FOPS): I realized very quickly that we are not in competition, but are
complementary.  The FOPS is a large and long established association,
whereas I am on my own, although a member of many associations (including
the FOPS).  The listing of future events of the FOPS is very impressive,
the listing of traveling rides with organs (mostly in England) shows the
importance of rallies in that country, and there are of course in the
FOPS listing some museums I didn't know about, same as I mention many
museums which are not in the FOPS listing (especially for France, USA and
Japan).

I am also giving, always in 3 languages, some informations which are
not in the FOPS listing, about associations throughout the world,
instruments, etc.  I try to update the incoming informations as soon as
possible, which is one of the great qualities - and demands - of the Web.
(Don't forget to reload the pages, if you want to get the updated
information.)  The next step in Musica Mecanica will probably be a more
simple presentation of the pages.

May I remind you the web address of Musica Mecanica :

    http://www.cnam.fr/museum/musica_mecanica/

You may have a look at the same time at the site of the Musee des Arts
et Metiers:

    http://www.cnam.fr/museum/

with a description of its huge collections and publications (including
a CD-ROM), a radio on line, and many interesting links to other museums,
events and good sites on the Web

Best regards,

Philippe Rouille (Paris, France)¶
rouille@cnam.fr   http://www.cnam.fr/museum/musica_mecanica/