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

OFFICERS:
President: Brenda Ebie (email: BrendaEbie@neo.rr.com) 1475 Saxe Rd. , Mogadore , OH 44260
Vice-president: Nelson Pease (email: nbpease@comcast.net) 38 Pearl St. , Palmer, MA 01069
Secretary: Carol Kuhn (email: chkuhn@mchsi.com), 105 S. Perry Street, Hertford, NC, 27944
Treasurer : Charlie Robison (email: reedorgansociety@yahoo.com), PO Box 47 , Independence , MO 64051-0047

REGIONAL COUNCILLORS:
U.S. Northeast: Christopher Cusumano (email: ChapelCus@optonline.net), 273 W Neck Rd, Huntington, NY 11743-2460
U.S. South, and Central and South America: Jerry Taylor  (email: BR68630582@yahoo.com) PO Box 101, Young Harris, GA 30582-0101
U.S. MidWest: Tom Gregory (email: tgregory1@wi.rr.com), 716 W. College Ave., Waukesha, WI 53186-4569
U.S. West: Michael Hendron (email: HavishamSF@aol.com), 4628 18^th St., San Francisco, CA 94114-1834    
Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland: Mark Jefford (email: Mark@nle.demon.co.uk), 4 Meadowcroft, Donington on Bain, Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 9TP, UK
Europe and Africa: Louis Huivenaar, (email: louis.huivenaar@wxs.nl), Industrielaan 16a 6951 KG Dieren, Netherlands
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 (mailto:don_swett@earthlink.net),  595 S. Alton Way Apt. 3D, Denver, CO 80247-5816  
Historian: Robert Gellerman (mailto:gellermanf@aol.com), 5100 SW 25^th Blvd, Apt 2110, Gainesville, FL 32608
Advertising: Nelson Schneider, 60 Kennedy St., Freehold, NJ 07728-7748
Publicity:
Activities and Events: Dana Hull (mailto: 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, PO Box 25133, Prescott Valley, AZ 86312-5133
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
Editorial Board:
- 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
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 64050-0047
Index Preparation:  Joop Rodenburg (Rodenburg96@zonnet.nl) , Zweerslaan 1, 6711 GD Ede, Netherlands
Music Consultant: Michael Hendron, (email: HavishamSF@aol.com), 4628 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114