Philippe Rouillé died this weekend in Paris.  I cannot say more for
the moment.  He was very active in the AAIMM (the French mechanical
music association).  It is a great loss for all the mechanical music
friends in France.

Gérard Dabonot - Le Turlutain
Sommerviller, France
http://www.leturlutain.fr/ 

 [ Philippe was honored at the 1999 MBSI Convention in Philadelphia
 [ as the recipient of the Q. David Bower's Literary Award.  He was
 [ also recognized for his web site, "Musica Mecanica", with links to
 [ mechanical music societies and activities throughout the world:
 [ http://www.musicamecanica.org/musica_mecanica/index.html 
 [ His articles published in Mechanical Music Digest are indexed at
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/archives/Authors/Aut439.html  -- Robbie