The Reed Organ Society, Inc.
Welcome to the Reed Organ Society.
Founded in 1981, the Society is an international, non-profit organization
devoted to the appreciation, study, collection, restoration and preservation of
reed organs. Membership is open to anyone who is genuinely interested in reed
organs. If you enjoy these organs and want to learn more about them, there is a
place for you in the ROS.
The Reed Organ Society does
not appraise reed organs. Some individual members are qualified to do so.
- Scope of instruments we are interested in
- Aims of the Reed Organ Society
- Membership of the Reed Organ Society
- The Reed Organ Society
Quarterly
- ROSS Staff members
Scope of instruments we are interested in
The scope of instruments
ranges from harmonicas, accordions, concertinas, and lap organs, through
melodeons, harmoniums, parlor, chapel, and church organs to mechanical player
organs, whether they be foot-pumped, hand-cranked, or motorized.
Aims of the Reed Organ Society
- To
bring together through publications, correspondence and meetings all
persons seriously interested in all types of free reed instruments.
- To
encourage the restoration and preservation of extant instruments by
members and the general public.
- To
make reed organs known as historically important, as well as musically
viable instruments for present-day use
- To
encourage public performances of extant and new reed organ music; and to
advise on performance techniques.
- To
foster research of a scholarly nature in the reed organ field, and to
encourage publication of these findings in both the Society's BULLETIN
and other related journals.
- To
survey and document as many extant reed organs as is possible.
- To
foster the publication of reed organ musical compositions and
arrangements; to locate and preserve extant reed organ music; and to
reprint all types of reed organ publications and related materials for the
benefit of the members and the public at large.
- A
quarterly BULLETIN contains informative articles, news of
members' activities and classified ads.
- A
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY list members' interests and specialties
enabling correspondence, meeting and examining collections, trading,
buying and selling organs, parts, photographs, tape recordings and other
related memorabilia.
- Attempts
are made to identify organs, do historical research and appraisals by a
staff of specialists. (Upon request - at a fee)
- Offers
recourse materials and aid for all types of restorations. (Upon request)
- The ROS is published four times a year and
contains informative articles, news of members' activities and classified
ads.
- Some articles from this quarterly can be accessed
from this website
- Back issues of the Quarterly can be ordered
- There is an index to the old issues, downloadable
from this website
More information here
ROS Publications
- The
ROS has reprinted some old reed organ publications. More information here.
OFFICERS:
President:
Nancy Varner (email: varnersdepot@msn.com
) 3911 Hwy 22, Blue Grass, IA 52726
Vice-president: Nelson Pease (email: nbpease@comcast.net
) 38 Pearl St., Palmer, MA 01069
Secretary: Allen Myers (email: acmyers65@yahoo.com
), PO Box 111, Brooklin, ME 04616
Treasurer : Charlie Robison (email: reedorgansociety@yahoo.com
), PO Box 47, Independence, MO 64051-0047
REGIONAL COUNCILLORS:
Region
I (U.S. Northeast): Christopher Cusumano (email: ChapelCus@optonline.net ), 273 W Neck
Rd, Huntington, NY 11743-2460
Region II (U.S. South, and Central and South America): Jerry Taylor (email: BR68630582@yahoo.com ) PO Box 101, Young
Harris, GA 30582-0101
Region III (U.S. MidWest): Tom Gregory (email: tgregory1@wi.rr.com ), 716 W. College
Ave., Waukesha, WI 53186-4569
Region IV (U.S. West): Michael Hendron (email: HavishamSF@gmail.com ), 4628 18th St.,
San Francisco, CA 94114-1834
Region V (Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland): Mark Jefford (email: Mark@nle.demon.co.uk ), 4 Meadowcroft,
Donington on Bain, Louth,
Lincolnshire LN11 9TP, UK
Region VI (Europe and Africa): Louis Huivenaar, (email: louis.huivenaar@wxs.nl ), Industrielaan
16a 6951 KG Dieren, Netherlands
Region VII (Australia, New Zealand and Asia): Milton Wainwright (email: milrose@ihug.co.nz ), 50 Tay St,
Woodville, New Zealand
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS:
Membership:
Charlie & Pam Robison (email: reedorgansociety@yahoo.com
), PO Box 47, Independence, MO 64051-0047
Organ Database Survey: Don Swett (email: don_swett@comcast.net
), 595 S. Alton Way Apt. 3D, Denver, CO 80247-5816
Historian: Robert Gellerman (died June 13th, 2011)—position currently
unfilled
Advertising: Nelson Schneider, 60 Kennedy St., Freehold, NJ 07728-7748
Publicity: Rodney Jantzi (email: rjantzi@coldstorage.com ), 36 Village
Green Way, Baden, ON N3A 2V7
Activities and Events: Dana Hull (email: djhull80@comcast.net
), 1407 E. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Teen ROS Experience: Tommy Quinn, 1290 Old Hackleburg Rd., Hackleburg, AL
35564-4032
Technical Mentor: Paul Toelken, (email: ptoelken@northlink.com
), PO Box 25133, Prescott Valley, AZ 86312-5133
Website Manager: Joop Rodenburg (email: rodenburg96@zonnet.nl
), Zweerslaan 1, 6711 GD Ede, Netherlands
EDITORIAL
STAFF:
Quarterly Editor: James Tyler (email: organs@bdcsi.net
), 959 S. Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 91335-5048
Editorial Board: Paul Toelken, (email: ptoelken@northlink.com
) P.0.Box 25017, Prescott Valley, AZ 86312 USA
Publisher: Doug Jackson (email: rospublisher@jacksons-usa.com
), Jackson's PC Services, 1009 Central St., Palmer, MA 01069
Publication Chairman:
Publications Secretary: Beverly Pease (email: nbpease@comcast.net ), 38 Pearl St.,
Palmer, MA 01069-1739
Publications Archives: Nelson B. Pease (email: nbpease@comcast.net ), 38 Pearl St.,
Palmer, MA 01069-1739
Directory Preparation: Charlie
& Pam Robison (email: reedorgansociety@yahoo.com
), PO Box 47, Independence, MO 64051-0047
Index Preparation: Joop Rodenburg
(email: rodenburg96@zonnet.nl ) , Zweerslaan
1, 6711 GD Ede, Netherlands
Music Consultant: Michael Hendron, (email: HavishamSF@gmail.com
), 4628 18th Street, San Francisco,
CA 94114
Last update
to this page has been made on June 20, 2011