Robin Timms, the only person in the UK who arranged lots of new
tunes for the 11-inch (28 cm) Polyphon, was a member of The Musical
Box Society of Great Britain and was also a church organist, local
preacher and singing teacher.  He mostly arranged directly from the
sheet music and composed two tunes himself especially to be punched
on these discs.  It has been felt that his work was rather unique
and important and worth preserving in some way.

Over the past 30 years the discs were punched by Patch Pierce and
now Lester Jones of Renaissance Discs here in the U.K. who has
master discs for most, but not all, of these 94 tunes.  Kevin
McElhone acquired most, but not all, of Robin's self-arranged
discs from the executors of his estate and has recorded all these
tunes for others to enjoy.  Kevin does have some duplicate discs
which are for sale so may be contacted via the MBSGB officers page.

So far there are 5 titles missing from these recordings and Kevin
would be grateful if you could send in additional recordings so this
work may be made complete:

9002  Sesame Street. Sunny Days.
9026  Gestillte Sehnsucht.
9077  Princess Ida. If Kindly Death.
9084  Jabberwocky. Foxtrot.
9089  Nesting Time

The tunes may be heard on the members' page of the MBSGB website,
perhaps an incentive for you to join us -- the first year is at
a greatly reduced price but includes all benefits of membership.
The password is available from Kevin and is changed each year at
the date of the AGM.

Kevin McElhone