[ In 010529 MMD Terry wrote that he acquired a Welte-Mignon roll
 [ catalogue supplement of 1927.  Scanned images and a downloadable
 [ zipfile archive are now at the MMD Pictures site, at
 [ http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/Welte/Welte1927/index.html
 [ I asked Terry to tell us how he found it.  -- Robbie

In my quest for related ephemera, I routinely check for interesting
material at Associated Book Exchange (ABE),  http://www.abebooks.com/

Searching on "Welte" typically turns about 30 items, mostly all
associated with the petroleum industry or the ministry.  This
particular catalog appeared recently in the hands of a book store
in Van Nuys, California, that specializes in music related items.
The catalog was priced at 20 US$ and I landed it in my home for a
total of 30 US$.

It was my second purchase from this store through eBay.  The other
was a 1923 Ampico Roll Catalog, priced at the time for 30 US$.

I have found ABE to be an occasional source of ephemera, although eBay
is much more fertile.  The critical ingredient for both is frequent
visits and searches; I'm not the only one looking for such ephemera.

After initially posting my offer on MMD to send out photocopies, I had
an immediate response from six people.  At that point, I decided to
scan all the pages and package them up into a ZIP file which I initially
posted on my personal web site.  Now that it is up on MMD, I've taken
it off my web site.  It would not surprise me to receive such requests
for years to come.  About a week ago, I received an email in response
to a message I posted in 1997 on MMD about some Solo Apollo rolls I
have available.

Through both ABE and eBay I have also acquired a huge 455-page 1905
Universal Music Roll catalog of 65-note rolls, and an undated (ca.
1920) 70-page Artistyle (London, UK) catalog of 88-note rolls.  The
latter might be a candidate for a similar image display at the MMD site
as the Welte catalog.

Perhaps I should mention that my quest for related ephemera does not
emerge from my collecting compulsion, but rather from a desire to share
some of this interesting history through the pages of the AMICA Bulletin
and our AMICA website.  While I have this stuff, I scan it and pass the
scans on to Robin Pratt, AMICA Publisher.  The actual ephemera I will
likely pass on to some worthy repository, as yet undetermined.
Thoughts of others about a repository would be appreciated.

Regards,

Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
http://www.mts.net/~smythe