The speakers for the MBSI Annual Meeting has been firmed up and there
are now 13 great mechanical music workshops (see descriptions below).
Make arrangements now to attend this mechanical music meeting October
7-12, 2014, in Weston, Florida.  More information at

  http://www.mbsise.org/Inside%20Pages/2014_Annual_Meeting.html 

This year, there is no limit on number of attendees.  All are
invited to join MBSI in this annual extravaganza of collection visits,
workshops, mart and friend making!  This year you can register and pay
on line: http://mbsi2014.org/collections.html 

 [ The list following is condensed; see the full descriptions at
 [ http://mbsi2014.org/workshops.html  -- Robbie

 - "Ornate Music Box Case Replication" Workshop (George Fryer) The
techniques used to reproduce an ornate Olympia music box case.

 - "The Sanfilippo Collection" Workshop (Marty Persky) The
development of the collection and its stately settings.

 - "When the Time Comes - and it Will" Workshop (Steve Stanton) An open
discussion of selling your collection at auction.

 - "A Musical History of Patriotic Music" Workshop (Ron Bopp) A fun
filled history of patriotic music using band organs to play the tunes.

 - "Play it Again - the First Hundred Years" Workshop (Richard Bair)
Ideas on how to recapture the glory and enthusiasm that accompanied the
early public demonstrations of mechanical music in boxes, phonographs
and pneumatic instruments.

 - "Japanese Museum Collection of Yoshihito Namura" Workshop (Rex
Burgett) Video presentation of the instruments.

 - "Twitter and Tweets of Yesteryear" Workshop (Moe Goldy) A review of
mechanical singing birds covering their history, the craftsmen who made
them and graphic examples.

 - "Recreating the Chess playing Turk Automaton" Workshop (Rick Swaney)
Creating a scale model of Kempelen's automaton using the latest
electronic components and software design tools.

 - "Jack of all Trades" Workshop (Howard Wyman) Problems solved while
working on a wide variety of instruments.

 - "Dispersing Your Collection - What are Your Options" Workshop (Nancy
Fratti) The current market and the plusses and minuses of the ways of
dispersing your collection to the next generation of caretakers.

 - "One Tooth, Two Teeth, Three Teeth - More" Workshop (David and Carol
Beck) A comparison of sectional comb mechanisms to multi-comb cylinder
boxes such as sublime harmonies, piano fortes, and others.

 - "The SISAR Project" Workshop (Matteo Malosio & Flavio Pedrazzini)
Different technologies specifically developed to scan, archive and
record ancient musical pieces for different mechanical instruments,

 - "Making Beautiful Music on a Mills Violano - from an iPad" Workshop
(Dr. Wayne Finger) Restoration of a Mills Violano Virtuoso, addition of
a MIDI system and interface, and the software to play your songs.

Wayne Finger
Southeast Chapter MBSI
http://www.mbsise.org/