Hand-cranked organs expected at Wurlitzer Recall, North Tonawanda

I don't have access to the actual rally registration list, but if
past experience with rallies in this area of the country are any guide,
a very wide range of small instruments can be expected at the COAA
Wurlitzer Band Organ Recall in North Tonawanda on 10-11 July.  Of
course there will be several Raffins and homemade organs built from
John Smith plans or Castlewood kits.

The Buffalo-Rochester area is home to several builders and collectors
who tend to travel not more than a hundred miles or so from home.
If they turn out, we may see:

  A Hofbauer kit organ,
  A Vienna Woods miniature, shoulder-carried 20er busker,
  A collection of superb homemade miniature organs,
  An antique English Hicks shoulder-carried street piano,
  Several antique barrel and roll playing organs in various stages
    of restoration.

If you are involved in building a small organ, the rally should be
a source of good ideas and inspiration, as well as fellowship.  For
details on times, etc., see the announcement on http://www.coaa.us/ 

Wallace Venable