This weekend COAA (the Carousel Organ Association of America) will hold
a rally at The Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York.  The weather
should be better than when we last visited there a few years ago in
late September.  The larger organs expected to attend include:

- Roger Wiegand and "The Diamond Jubilee Gavioli", a well rebuilt
89-key instrument;

- John Ravert with his Page & Howard "DeWitte" playing a 90-key
Carl Frei scale and some Carl Frei books;

- Dave & Darlene Wasson's "Trudy", the 98-key Wasson Concert Organ;

- "Just Plain Bill" McCleary's "King William" Stinson 2000,
a big organ with two accordions;

- Peter & Jill Hallock's 1905 Bruder 56-key converted to Wurlitzer rolls;

- Terry & Pat Fitch's North Tonawanda 184;

- Eddie & Bernice Evarts' 2009 Stinson 58-M 78-key, a mid-sized
Wurlitzer descendant;

- Burl Updyke "Updyke Military Band Organ" 41-key, that started as a
"Wurlitzer 105 homebuild" but now enlarged in scale;

- Michael & Debbie Falco's Handcrafted Wurlitzer 105 style Super 105/51;

- Bob Buckler's 1930 Wurlitzer 105 in park paint with folk decals,
a historic display which still works!

On the crank organ side we are expecting to see:

- Tim Wagner's "Finster Baby" from Der Orgelbau in Wienerwald,
a 20-note busker organ

- Craig & Kathay Smith are bringing two 1930 Molinari crank organs;

- Aliyah Luccitti and a 2001 Castlewood 20-key;

- Paul Senger with his John Smith busker;

- Bob Buckler's Pell 31-key;

- "Sweetie Pie" McCleary's Raffin R20/31;

- Dan Wilke's 1986 Hofbauer 20-note crank organ;

- Tom, Billy & Margaret & Victoria Odell are bringing a 1986 Hofbauer
20-note crank organ;

- Greg & Linda Swanson with a Hofbauer 20-note crank organ;

- Norma and I are bringing "Epona", a 20-note OSI center section
expanded as a 32-note MIDI organ with glockenspiel and percussion.

The Farmers' Museum is home to the New York State Carousel which has
a Wurlitzer 165 roll-playing Stinson.  This is a great location where
we can stroll in a historic village setting as well as hearing music.
Details are available at  http://farmermuseum.weebly.com/ 

General COAA information is at http://www.coaa.us/ 

Wallace Venable