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Flooding Threatens Mark Twain Player Organ
By Donald Barton

[ D. L. Bullock wrote in 080614 MMDigest:

> I got the call Friday morning to move it to the second floor of
> the museum just to be safe as they watch the water rise on the
> Mississippi a hundred feet from the back door of the museum.

I think I can speak for the entire MMD community, "Thank you, Doug,
for your efforts in saving that fine instrument".

The Mighty Mississippi can certainly be a blessing and a curse at
the same time.  I will be making a donation to the museum designated
for the restoration of the Orchestrelle.

Don Barton



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