About the Reed Organ Society

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.

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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 ROS Quarterly 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 subcription to the ROS Quarterly, which 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: Nancy Varner - 3911 Hwy 22, Blue Grass, IA 52726
Vice-president: Nelson Pease - 38 Pearl St., Palmer, MA 01069
Secretary: Allen Myers - PO Box 111, Brooklin, ME 04616
Treasurer: Charlie Robison - PO Box 47, Independence, MO 64051-0047

REGIONAL COUNCILORS:

Region I (U.S. Northeast):
Christopher Cusumano 273 W Neck Rd, Huntington, NY 11743-2460

Region II (U.S. South, and Central and South America):
Jerry Taylor PO Box 101, Young Harris, GA 30582-0101

Region III (U.S. MidWest):
Tom Gregory 716 W. College Ave., Waukesha, WI 53186-4569

Region IV (U.S. West):
Michael Hendron 4628 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94114-1834

Region V (Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland):
Mark Jefford 4 Meadowcroft, Donington on Bain, Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 9TP, UK

Region VI (Europe and Africa):
Louis Huivenaar Industrielaan 16a 6951 KG Dieren, Netherlands

Region VII (Australia, New Zealand and Asia):
Milton Wainwright 50 Tay St, Woodville, New Zealand

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS:

Membership: 
Charlie & Pam Robison PO Box 47, Independence, MO 64051-0047

Organ Database Survey:
Don Swett 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 36 Village Green Way, Baden, ON N3A 2V7

Activities and Events:
Dana Hull 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:
Rodney Jantzi 36 Village Green Way, Baden, ON N3A 2V7

EDITORIAL STAFF:

Quarterly Editor:
James Tyler 959 S. Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 91335-5048

Editorial Board:
Paul Toelken P.0.Box 25017, Prescott Valley, AZ 86312 USA

Publisher:
Doug Jackson Jackson's PC Services, 1009 Central St., Palmer, MA 01069

Publication Chairman:

Publications Secretary:
Beverly Pease 38 Pearl St., Palmer, MA 01069-1739

Publications Archives:
Nelson B. Pease 38 Pearl St., Palmer, MA 01069-1739

Directory Preparation:
Charlie & Pam Robison PO Box 47, Independence, MO 64051-0047

Index Preparation:
Joop Rodenburg Zweerslaan 1, 6711 GD Ede, Netherlands

Music Consultant:
Michael Hendron 4628 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

Last update to this page has been made on March 06, 2013