Thanks Roy: As you've seen, I was only kidding (obviously, not well). Bought my first guitar from him in 1962. Had $15 burning a hole in my pocket and went into his shop in Kirkwood. He took an old country-western "S" hole guitar and made it 'sing' for me. I of course, bought it, took it home and practiced until my fingers bled. Couldn't understand why it was so hard to play until I figured out that the strings were about an inch too high off the fret board. The neck was warped! I told him that story years later and got a laugh - but, of course, no discount. I hear he's still alive with all his money, living in Pacific, selling his guitar & music books. Roy, if you are near Mel's age - you are a geezer! Congratulations on making it this far. Hope you've left your memories on a disc somewhere. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Johnson" <roy.w.johnson@att.net> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 7:36 PM Subject: RE: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > Couldn't have been Mel Bay. He was a friend of mine. I'm an old geezer > but not that old. Mel had to be born some time around 1900. > > Roy Johnson > Researching Schnake/Schnacke in Kreis Minden (Westfalen/Westphalia) and > worldwide > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Stoltman [mailto:stopan@optonline.net] > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:53 PM > To: GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > Hi Marian: > > Don't think it was Joe Schirmer or Mel Bay! Just gotta' believe there > was > more than one mandolin players at the Fair - officially The Louisiana > Purchase Exposistion of 1904. This wasn't a 'backwoodsy' country fair - > the > Olympics were also held there and over a million people attended. > > Gary Stoltman > Merverville, NJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MARIANDGEN@aol.com> > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > > > Would you (or anyone else on this list) happen to know who the > musician > was > > in the World's Fair in St. Louis who played the mandolin? My g > grandfather > > was musically inspired by someone who was at the fair and I don't know > who > it > > was...supposedly someone well known. Mandolin playing has been passed > down in > > my family since then (although I'm not any good at it - my Dad sure > was!) > > Marian > > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > > OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or > historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in > German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing > old > German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To > subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com > (Mail > Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, > cultural or historical interest in German traditions. Anything that > concerns traditions, culture, folklore, heritage, or why not old recipes > and daily life in ancient times in Germany or former German areas is an > appropriate topic. To subscribe click on > mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail > Mode) or > mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe > (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-SURNAMES-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German surnames, given names, etc. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-SURNAMES-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >