Jody,  Thank you for my subscription and the attached list of articles.
I have not found the time to read all the information you send to me.

How I found you?  I'm member of the French AAIME and, in No. 22 of the
AAIME Bulletin, I found an article about Internet and your mailing
list.  So I write to you.

Two years ago, I attended a one-week training course, which title was:
"How to build a grind-organ".  This course is every year in July
organized.  Some months later, I had the pleasure to play the first
music-carton.  It's not a very difficult work, but an accurate one.

I try also to make the perforated cartons and construct therefore a
manual punchcard operator.

I hope other members of your group have built their organ.

Please, excuse my bad English.

Sincerely,

Jean Potteck

 [ A big "Welcome" to you, Monsieur Jean !  Yes, some of our organ-
 [ grinder members have built their own instruments, and I recall a
 [ discussion about drawings and kits of parts which may be purchased.
 [ I hope that we learn more of this.  Will you someday please write
 [ to tell us about the training course which you attended; this
 [ would be very interesting.  Your English writing is just fine, but
 [ if you wish assistance with technical writing, may I recommend our
 [ friend Philippe Rouille of Paris; his e-mail address is in his big
 [ "Musica Mecanica Agenda" article, below.   Best Wishes!  -- Robbie