Welcome to the ROS

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.

Membership Benefits

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)

ROS Quarterly

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.

ROS Staff

International Headquarters:
Membership Office: Charles Robison (email: chuck99er@yahoo.com) ,
Publications Office: Paul Carey, Carey Organ Company, (email: CareyOrgan@aol.com), 108 Jefferson Street, Troy, New York 12180-4609, USA

OFFICERS:
President: Paul Carey, Carey Organ Company, (email: CareyOrgan@aol.com), 108 Jefferson Street, Troy, New York 12180-4609, USA
Vice-president: Brenda Ebie (email: BrendaEbie@neo.rr.com),
Secretary: Carol Kuhn (email: carolon81@earthlink.net) , 490 Breezy Banks Road, Roper, NC 27970
Treasurer and Membership Secretary: Charles Robison (email: chuck99er@yahoo.com) ,

REGIONAL COUNCILLORS:
U.S. Northeast: Christopher Cusumano (email: ChapelCus@optonline.net),
U.S. South, and Central and South America: Coleman Kimbrell
U.S. MidWest: Ralph Young
U.S. West: Marilyn Swett (mailto:don_swett@earthlink.net), 9219 Fox Fire Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129, USA
Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland: Mark Jefford
Europe and Africa: Hans Riben
Australia, New Zealand and Asia: Milton Wainwright

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS:
Advertising Manager: Carl Shannon (mailto:cshannon@epix.net), 535 Perry Auger Road, Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972-9650 USA
Historian: Robert Gellerman (mailto:gellermanf@aol.com), 1400 Hancock Blvd Apt 511, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USA
Membership Secretary: James Quashnock (mailto:Quashnock@aol.com), 3575 Hwy. 258 E., Wichita Falls, TX 76310-7037, USA
Publicity Director: vacancy
Activities/Events Chair: Dana Hull (mailto:DJHull@umich.edu), 1407 E. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Survey Chairman: Lonny Kuhn (mailto:carolon81@earthlink.net), 70 Willliam Blaydes St., Atoka, TN 38004-7188 USA
Website Manager: Joop Rodenburg (mailto:rodenburg96@zonnet.nl), Zweerslaan 1, 6711 GD Ede, Netherlands

EDITORIAL STAFF:
Quarterly Editor: James Tyler (organs@bdcsi.net), 959 S. Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 91335-5048
Publication Chairman: Christopher Cusumano (mailto:ChapelCus@optonline.net), 273 W. Neck Road, Huntington, NY 11743-2460 USA
Editorial Board:
- James Richards, 4809 Scottwood Drive, Waco, TX 76708 USA
- Paul Toelken, (mailto: ptoelken@northlink.com) P.0.Box 25017, Prescott Valley, AZ 86312 USA
Publisher: Doug Jackson (mailto:rospublisher@jacksons-usa.com), Jackson's PC Services, 1009 Central St., Palmer, MA 01069, USA
Publications Secretary: Paul Carey (mailto: CareyOrgan@aol.com), 108 Jefferson Street, Troy, NY 12180-4609, USA
Directory: Charles Robison (email: chuck99er@yahoo.com) ,
Index: Joop Rodenburg (Rodenburg96@zonnet.nl) , Zweerslaan 1, 6711 GD Ede, Netherlands

Last update to this page has been made on januari 06, 2008