In 990713 MMDigest, Ed Gaida wrote: " ... if you scratch the surface
of a musical instrument collector, you are most likely to find: ..,"
with a list of 'alternative' interests.

I'd like to ask: other than myself and the one or two others of whom
I'm already aware, are there any old clock collectors in the ranks of
MMD?  My wife feels that the clocks are just a smaller manifestation
of the "Mechanical Music Syndrome"...

> An old friend used to call such people 'filberts' -- "We may be
> 'nuts', but we are a special kind of nut."

Well said, Ed!

Regards,

Bob Loesch -- who's a 'filbert', too!