Monday, March 9, 2009

A Club Newsletter from the Early Days!

The Club owes its existence to Peter Torckler who in 1977 sold organs and established the Lowrey Organ Club - Lowrey organs were very popular in the 1970's and were always at the leading edge of technology. As the Lowrey Club became more popular, Peter suggested that the members may wish to formalize the Club and as more and more members owned different brands of organs, it was suggested that the Club may wish to consider changing its name to the North Shore Family Organ Club. So that is how the Club evolved into the North Shore Organ Club and at some stage the 'Amateur' tag was added and about the year 2000 the name of the Club was changed again to its current name "North Shore Amateur Organ and Keyboard Club" (NSAOKC for short). Courtesy of Ngaire Lonergan a copy of one of the earliest Newsletters is presented below - the registration tips on page two are just as relevant today as they were 30 years ago!

Torckler Newsletter p1

Torckler Newsletter p2

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