====== Organizations ======

Several organisations that relate to mechanical musical instruments all over the world. These organisations are listed in alphabetical order.

===== AMICA International (Automatic Musical Instruments Collectors' Association) =====
__The__ International Association of Player-Piano, Roll-Playing and Automatic Instrument Enthusiasts.

[[http://www.amica.org/|www.amica.org]]

AMICA has local chapters in: Alabama, Alaska, (Arizona Northeast, all else), (Arkansas NW, NE, South), (California South,  Mid & North, S.F.), Colorado, (Connecticut Boston or NY), Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, (Illinois North or South), (Indiana East or West), Iowa, (Kansas East, West), (Kentucky North or South), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, (Missouri North or South), (Montana Montana West), (Nebraska East, West), (Nevada North or South), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, (New York West or East), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, (Oklahoma North, South, West), Oregon, (Pennsylvania North or South), Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, (Texas Northwest, all else), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, (Wisconsin North or South), and Wyoming.


===== Australian Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instruments (ACMMI) =====
[[http://acmmi.org.au/|acmmi.org.au]]


===== British Organ Grinders Association (BOGA) =====
[[http://www.boga.co.uk/|www.boga.co.uk]]


===== Carousel Organ Association of America (COAA) =====
**COAA** is devoted to enjoying, preserving, and sharing knowledge of all outdoor mechanical musical instruments; including band, fair, and street organs, calliopes, and hand-cranked organs of all sizes.

[[http://www.coaa.us/|www.coaa.us]]


===== Mechanical Music Digest (MMD) =====
The **Mechanical Music Digest (MMD)** is a moderated forum, published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail.

[[http://mmd.foxtail.com/|mmd.foxtail.com]]


===== Musical Box Society International (MBSI) =====
The **Musical Box Society International (MBSI)** is a non-profit organization dedicated to the enjoyment, study and preservation of all automatic musical instruments.

[[http://www.mbsi.org/|www.mbsi.org]]

MBSI has several local Chapters:
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#1|East Coast Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#4|Golden Gate Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#11|Japanese International Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#12|Lake Michigan Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#3|Mid America Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#6|National Capital Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#5|Northwest International Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#10|Piedmont Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#8|Snowbelt Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#7|Southeast Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#2|Southern California Chapter]]
  *[[http://www.mbsi.org/chapters.php#9|Sunbelt Chapter]]


===== Fair Organ Preservation Society (FOPS) =====
The **Fair Organ Preservation Society (FOPS)** is dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of the fairground organ, and other related mechanical instruments, and their music.

[[http://www.fops.org/|www.fops.org]]


===== Gesellschaft für Selbstspielende Musikinstrumente e.V. (GSM) =====
Society for Self-playing Musical Instruments in Germany

[[http://www.musica-mechanica.de/|www.musica-mechanica.de]]


===== Kring van Draaiorgelvrienden (KVD) =====
Dutch society for mechanical organs (such as i.e. barrel-, fairground-, street- and danceorgans)

[[http://www.draaiorgel.org/|www.draaiorgel.org]]


===== Musical Box Society of Great Britain (MBSGB) =====
[[http://www.mbsgb.org.uk/|www.mbsgb.org.uk]]


===== National Carousel Association (NCA) =====
[[http://www.nca-usa.org/|www.nca-usa.org]]


===== Nederlandse Pianola Vereniging (NPV) =====
Dutch society for Player Piano enthusiast

[[http://www.pianolavereniging.com/|www.pianolavereniging.com]] (webiste in Dutch only for the moment)