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Frank James was one of the most interesting men I ever had the pleasure to know, in a scale of 1 to 10, her was very near the top. Yes, it has been a very sad day for me-and I see for many of you, who knew him, and held him as a very good fried. I won't ramble on too much, but the way I met Frank was back in the early 1990s. I heard someone was writing a book on the EMG, Ginn and associated external horn machines. I wrote to him offering my services of drawing some pictures for the book. Frank wrote back-well we did in those days!-and I did some illustrations of the premises occupied by the famous manufacturers. It took off from there, and I regularly went to his homes, Yartleton Farm then later the lovely old Brook Farm at least once a year with either Phil Lewis, then later, Roger Mackey. Those yearly visits were always memorable ones indeed! He will be much missed by all who had the pleasure to know him as a friend and the "EMG Guru". His knowledge of the finest acoustic machines was boundless, always finding out more information, or when we visited, another couple of machines to view, and play. He was also an author, and had a very good knowledge of house restorations. He also had a keen interest in old transport.
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I am putting on a few pictures. Roger has put on the "before and after" pictures of Brook Farm, so I will put on Yartleton Farm and some of Frank.
Rest in peace old friend-there will never be another like you.