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Mechanical Music Contacts in Spanish-Speaking Countries

In my quest to collect, catalogue and study all of the approximately
1057 rollers ("cobs") that were made for the 20-note Gem/Concert/
Chautauqua roller organs, I have now passed the 80% point.  Of the
210 cobs I still do not have, about 40% of them are foreign and,
of these, 48 of them are Spanish titles.

The fact that such a large part of the catalogue was devoted to Spanish
cobs probably means that there was some market for them at some point,
but I come across them here in the U. S. only occasionally.  I wondered
if perhaps some mechanical music dealer or collector in Spain or a
Central or South American country would either have some for sale or
be able to provide a lead as to where they might be found.

MMD subscribers, do any of you know of such a person?

I would pay well for any Spanish cob definitively identifiable by
either number or title.  Unfortunately, I do not speak Spanish myself,
but my secretary does, and could probably translate any letter of
inquiry I composed.

Thank you for your help!

Richard Dutton
16 Bloomfield Way, Llewellyn Park,
West Orange, New Jersey 07052  USA
(973)-669-4783