Updated Mechanical Music List
By Paul Johnson
Here's the final (for now) list of Mechanical Music Sources. Thanks to all of you who supplied comments and additions (particularly Dan Wilson, Fritz Gellerman, Mathew Caulfied and Robbie Rhodes).
As you can see, it has grown quite a bit. I've tried to include most of the comments sent my way.
This listing contains vendors who create/sell music for mechanical musical instruments. While it covers a lot, it doesn't cover everything. For example, it doesn't include folks who work on machines. Also, the listing of MIDI vendors is not comprehensive, but intended (eventually) to be a listing of some of the companies most often used by our readers. Any other big names anyone wants to add?
Again, thanks for all of the input.
Paul Johnson
"MECHANICAL MUSIC SOURCES - 8/96"
Originally compiled by Robbie Rhodes and Larry Fisher. Further edited and appended by Paul Johnson [ via collaboration on the Automatic Music Mailing List. This information may be freely copied and distributed [ with appropriate attribution]. Send additions or corrections to:
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CATEGORIES:
Sorted alphabetically by vendor name or proprietor's last name
PIANO ROLLS, STOCKING DEALERS
PIANO ROLLS, NON-STOCKING DEALERS
PIANO ROLLS, MAIL AUCTIONS
ROLL COPYING SERVICES
NICKELODEON & ORGAN ROLLS
PIANO DISKS (YAMAHA DISKLAVIER/PIANO DISK/PIANOMATION)
MIDI SUPPLIES - SELECTED SUPPLIERS
MUSIC BOX DISKS & CYLINDERS
AUDIO
BOOKS
SOCIETIES
PIANO ROLLS, STOCKING DEALERS
Artcraft Music Rolls
L. Douglas Henderson
P.O. Box 295
Wiscasset, ME 04578
tel: 207-882-7420
E-mail: artcraft@wiscasset.net
New music rolls for 88-note and reproducing pianos, arranged by Henderson.
Bam-Bam Piano Rolls
Bill Jelen
1750 Karg Drive
Akron, OH 44313
bjelen8875@aol.com
Web Site: http://users.aol.com/BamRolls
88 note rolls arranged by Jelen. Mostly rock and roll, some ragtime and marches
MMM GmbH
Siegfried Wendel
Rheinalle 7 u. 8,
D-65385 Ruedesheim am Rhein
Germany
tel: 06722-47994, 06722-49217
fax: 06722-47994, 06722-4587
Recut rolls for Red Welte & Green Welte systems.
Keystone Music Roll Company
Box 650
Bethlehem, PA 18016
1-800-367-8259 (outside PA)
(610) 434-5611 (voice)
(610) 434-2993 (fax)
Reproducing and some 88 note rolls
Mastertouch Piano Roll Co. PO Box 206
Petersham, NSW 2049
Australia
tel: 612 569-5128
fax: 612 550-0201
88 note rolls
Pedals, Pumpers & Rolls, Ltd
Roger Dayton
240 E. State St
Batavia, Il. 60510
708-879-5555
Nickelodeon O, A, G, and M rolls, originals and recuts
The Piano Roll Center
Paul & Cindy Johnson
26390 Big Valley Road NE
Poulsbo WA 98370
tel: 360-697-2422
fax: 360 697-2522
email: 76651.1710@compuserve.com
Ampico, Duo-Art, Welte and 88 note ragtime, jazz and blues
PlayRite Music Rolls, Inc. P.O. Box 1024
Turlock, CA 95380
tel: 209-667-1996
fax: 209-667-8241
QRS Music Rolls, Inc.
1026 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14213
tel: 1-800-24ROLLS or 716-885-4600
fax: 716-885-7510
Web Site: http://QRSBUFFLO@AOL.COM.
Upright & Grand
Eric Bernhoft
P.O. Box 421101
San Fransisco, CA 94142
tel: 415-885-3335
New ragtime arangements by Bernhoft, also Duo-Art
reproducing rolls played by San Fransisco pianist Peter Mintun
PIANO ROLLS, NON-STOCKING DEALERS
Artists' Choice Music Rolls
515 Scott Street
Sandusky, OH 44870-3736
(419) 626-1903
(419) 626-4807
Periodic listing of Ampico & Welte popular rolls plus Apollo-X and themodist
BluesTone Music Rolls
Rob Deland
485 Gatewood Lane
Grayslake, IL 60030
88 note blues, ragtime, jazz plus Ampico, Duo-Art, Welte and QRS XP
Michael Boyd
Universal Music Co
18 Cinque Ports Street
Rye
East Sussex TN31 7AD
tel: +44 1797 223688
Universal 88n rolls (copies of UK 1909-1955 Universal/Metrostyle/Themodist etc plus new titles); Duo-Arts from UK masters; Perforetur (new classical, in Themodist style).
Frances Broadway
39 Sydner Road
Stoke Newington
LONDON
N16 7UF
tel: +44 171 254 6145
fax: +44 171 249 0130
Sales outlet for Southport Music Rolls (new, "hotel piano" music, also good Duo-Art recuts)
Bennett Leedy Rolls
4660 Hagar Shore Road
Coloma, MI 49038
tel: (616) 468-5986
fax: 616-468-3844
Periodic listing of Ampico & Welte rolls
Magic Melodies
Shelby & Laura Lee Kennard
1356 Versailles Rd.
Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
Vintage 88 note and reproducing rolls at fixed prices
Patriot Piano Roll Co.
29 Terfidia Lane
Milpitas, CA 95035
(408) 263-3382
echaban@netcom.com
Reproducing rolls
PLAYTIME
17214 Front Beach Road
Panama City Beach, Florida 32413
tel: (904) 230-8283
Fax: (904) 230-1877
Phone: (800) PLAYTIME
Play Time (no relationship to the above company)
Lagoon Road
PAGHAM
West Sussex PO21 4TH
tel/fax +44 1243 262041
88n and Duo-Art recuts
He will copy rolls in very good condition Also has medium stock of 2nd-hand rolls
Mark Reinhart
118 North Lawrence Street
Charlestown, WV 25414
304-728-0277
Recuts of Red Welte rolls
Rock Soup
Bob and Ginny Billings
1518 Sunnyslope Ave.
Belmont, CA 94002-3732
tel 415-593-4792
fax 4115-592-5722
Specializing in Recordo recuts
Mike Schwimmer
325 E. Blodgett
Lake Bluff, Il. 60044-2112
708-295-1901
PIANO ROLLS, MAIL AUCTIONS
Frances Broadway
39 Sydner Road
Stoke Newington
LONDON
N16 7UF
tel: +44 171 254 6145
fax: +44 171 249 0130
Also the sales outlet for Southport Music Rolls (new, "hotel piano" music, also Duo-Art recuts)
Echoes
Ed Sprankle
1768 Leimert Blvd
Oakland, Ca. 94602-1930
510-531-7867
Occasional "A" roll and 88 note roll auctions
Bennett Leedy Rolls
4660 Hagar Shore Road
Coloma, MI 49038
tel: (616) 468-5986
fax: 616-468-3844
Bi-monthly auctions of 88 note and reproducing rolls
The Music Roll Shop
Elizabeth & Harold Rettig
P.O. Box 510
131-1/2 Gaw Street
Rawson, OH 45881
tel (419) 963-3075
Regular auctions of 88 note, reproducing, organ, Aeolian Pipe Organ and `unusual' rolls
Dan Inglima
PO Box 769
Hayesville, NC. 28904
704-389-3744
88 note rolls
The Piano Roll Center
Paul & Cindy Johnson
26390 Big Valley Road, NE
Poulsbo WA 98370
tel: 360-697-2422
fax: 360 697-2522
email: 76651.1710@compuserve.com
Bi-monthly auctions of 88 note and reproducing rolls
QRS Music Rolls, Inc.
Dan Wilke
1026 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14213
tel: 1-800-24ROLLS or 716-885-4600
fax: 716-885-7510
e-mail: via AOL (Music, The Studio, Tools of Trade, QRS)
Web Site: http://QRSBUFFLO@AOL.COM.
See also "Piano Disks" below.
88 and 65 note rolls as well as reproducing rolls
Rag Daddy's Music
17342 E. Ford Drive
Aurora, CO 80017
88 note rolls
ROLL COPYING SERVICES
Custom Music Rolls
Richard and Janet Tonnesen
903 Sandalwood Avenue
Richardson, TX 75080
tel 214-235-4497
e-mail: VUGU75A@prodigy.com
Roll copying; incl. labels. Short runs (5 copies) okay.
Michael L. Kitner
162 D Streetv
Carlisle, PA 17013
tel: 717-249-3851
Can duplicate many formats using hand perforator.
PlayRite Music Rolls, Inc.
John Malone
P.O. Box 1024
Turlock, CA 95380
tel: 209-667-1996
Roll copying of many tracker-bar formats (Weber Maesto, Hupfeld Pan, Violana, WurliTzer, etc.), including labels, boxes, lyric stencilling.
Play Time
Lagoon Road
PAGHAM
West Sussex PO21 4TH
tel/fax +44 1243 262041
88n and Duo-Art recuts
He will copy rolls in very good condition
NICKELODEON ROLLS
Clark Music Rolls Don Rand
163 Main Street
Thomaston, ME 04861
tel: 207-354-8033
Recuts of A and G nickleodeon rolls under "Clark" label. Also 6 ch./in copying services.
Echoes
Ed Sprankle
1768 Leimert Blvd
Oakland, Ca. 94602-1930
510-531-7867
"A" rolls, recuts
Occasional auction and/or recut offerings. Buys and sells nickleodeon rolls, esp. blues and ragtime.
MMM GmbH
Siegfried Wendel
Rheinalle 7 u. 8,
D-65385 Ruedesheim am Rhein
Germany
tel: 06722-47994, 06722-49217
fax: 06722-47994, 06722-4587
Recut rolls for Seybold, Losche, Poppers, Hupfeld, Helios, Hupfeld Phonoliszt, Violina.
Hack Music Rolls
Dick Hack
81C Forest Plaza
Annapolis, MD, 21401
tel: (410) 841-6688
Subscription recuts of Violano Virtuoso rolls.
ORGAN MUSIC
This section includes music copying and new music production
Ian Alderman
Old St. James
Chedington, Beaminster
Dorset DT8 3HY
England
Phone: 01935-891437
Music for paper roll organs of all scales. List available.
Mathew Caulfield
Retail sales of Wurlitzer 150 and 165 band organ rolls
Need further information
CAULFIEL@MAIL.LOC.GOV
I.B. Crafty
Garden House
66 Rochester Crescent
Hoo, Nr Rochester
Kent ME3 9IJ
England
Phone or FAX: 01634-296263
20 note rolls.
20/22 Keyless book music and 20/31 note paper roll music. All scales catered for. List available.
Tony DeCap, Belgium
(contact via J. Verbeeck)
Has book music punch controlled by computer. Details unknown.
Mike Grant
3755 S. 150 East
Columbia City, IN 46725
tel: 219-248-8288
Retail sales of 125/150-style organ rolls. Copying service for Wurlitzer band organ rolls,
Happy Cow Music
Stephen Simpson
103 Nottingham Drive
Wingerworth, Chesterfield
Derbyshire S42 6ND
Phone: 0246-231608
List available.
Perforated cardboard music and rolls.
Wayne Holton
6960 Brace
Houston, TX 77061
tel: 713-644-6824
Arranger for roll and book music; associated with Mike Kitner.
Gerhard Kern
Am Ziegelgrund 26
D-50170 Kerpen-Buir
GERMANY
tel 02275-6778
fax 02275-4783
e-mail: 101670.1066@compuserve.com
Catalog of the "Complete Archives of Carl Frei Jr." which can be copied from the master templates to new book-music and rolls. Can also modify the arrangements for other organs of related scale.
William J. Luca
14 Rainbow Terrace
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 508-745-2456
150-style band organ rolls.
Retail sales of Wurlitzer band organ rolls
Tom Meijer
De Spinne 15-18
4463 CL Goes
NETHERLANDS
tel: 01100-33539 (good English)
Talented arrangeur-noteur, actual punching of book or roll by Verbeeck or others. (Ref CD of WurliTzer 146, "Good Old USA Carousel Music", publ. by Marion Roehl.)
Hal O'Rourke
311 Four Islands Trail
Lanexa, VA 23089
Phone 804-966-2278
FAX 804-966-7160
US dealer for Melvyn Wright and Happy Cow Music (Stephen Simpson), 20 note and larger monkey organs.
Dean Organs
Withybed Lodge
The Witheys
Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QB
England
Phone & FAX: 0275-834474
Perforated music for all scales.
Alan Pell Music
36 Broadgate
Whaplode Drove
Spalding PE12 0TN
England
Phone & FAX: 0406-330279 or 0850-169867
Edward Schmidt
5010 Elsmere Place
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301-530-3203
Rolls for organettes.
Francis Stapleton
17 Howard Road
Newbury, Berks. RG14 7QG
England
Phone: 0635-40277
David Stumpf
810 Carl Street
New Kensington, PA 15068
tel: 412-337-8819
Arranges for the Wurlitzer band organ (all styles) and can punch out a roll of any tune for which he is given sheet music.
P.K. Watts
14 Rock Hill
Chipping Norton
Oxon. OX7 5BA
England
Phone: 01608-642950
Veretti Mechanical Organ Music
W.A. Everitt
7 Beecroft Way
Dunstable, Beds, LU6 1ED
Phone: 0582-664882 Mobile: 0378-320757
Book music for all standard keyed and keyless scales up to 89 key. Catalog available.
John Verbeeck, Orgelbau
Eikenlei 179
2960 St.-Job-in't-Goor
BELGIUM
tel: 011-32-36-63-4203 (best between 7-8 AM local; good English)
or 011-32-36-63-0411
fax: 011-32-36-63-0958
Can provide new music and copy and reformat book music for any organ.
Melvyn Wright
11 Edendale Road
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire LE13 0EW
England
Phone and FAX: 01664-60666
PIANO DISKS (YAMAHA DISKLAVIER/PIANO DISK/PIANOMATION)
Invisible Touch Music Software
Box 1651
Fair Oaks, CA (USA) 95628-1651
tel & fax: 916-729-2653
New recordings in your choice of format (Roland, Clavinova, Disklavier, Kurzweil, PianoDisc, General MIDI)
Hal Leonard Music
7777 West Blue Mound Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53213
Distributor of Wayne Stahnke's Live Performances (see below)
Live Performance
Wayne Stahnke
11434 McCune Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90066
tel: 310-391-4921
fax: 310-391-3131
Catalog of new performances and 1920's rolls (via reproducing piano emulation), for Disklavier, PianoDisc and all electronic pianos. Also, all of Wayne's product is now distributed by Hal Leonard Music
PianoDisc
Mark Johnson
4111 North Freeway Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95834
tel: 916-567-9999 or 1-800-566-DISC
fax: 916-567-1941
Catalog of new performances for PianoDisc system. Check also with local dealer.
PianoMania Music Publishing
Richard and Nancy Riley
8300-D Sierra College Blvd.
Roseville, CA 95661
tel: 916-791-8079
Catalog of new performances of Ragtime, Blues & Jazz, for Midi, Disklavier and others.
QRS Music Rolls, Inc.
Tom Dolan
1026 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14213
tel: 1-800-24ROLLS or 716-885-4600
fax: 716-885-7510
e-mail: Tom Dolan <QRSTAD@aol.com>
Online catalog soon to be available
Yamaha Piano Co.
6600 Orangethorpe Ave.
Buena Park, CA 90620
tel: 714-522-9011
Catalog of new performances for Disklavier system. Check also with local dealer.
MIDI SUPPLIES
Musician's Friend
P.O. Box 4520
Medford, OR 97501
tel: 800-776-5173
tel: 541-772-5173
fax: 541-776-1370
Source of hard-to-find midi supplies
MUSIC BOX DISKS & CYLINDERS
Barry Johnson Music Box Company
2423-F Old Middlefield Way
Mountain View, CA 94043
(415) 964-0685
Music box disks
Porter Music Box Co.
Dwight G. Porter
Randolph, VT
tel: 802-728-9694
Copies of music box disks, many different sizes.
AUDIO
PianoMania Music Publishing
Richard Riley
8300-D Sierra College Blvd.
Roseville, CA 95661
tel: 916-791-8079
Catalog of CDs of Ragtime, Blues & Jazz made from Disklavier performances.
Marion Roehl Recordings
3533 Stratford Drive
Vestal, NY 13850-2222 USA
Tel: (607) 797-9062
Fax: (607) 797-2624
Tapes and CDs of player pianos, music boxes, photoplayers, calliopes and band organs
BOOKS
The Player Piano Co.
704 East Douglas
Wichita, KS 67202
Purchased most of the remaining book stock from Vestal Press
Rock Soup
Bob and Ginny Billings
1518 Sunnyslope Ave.
Belmont, CA 94002-3732
tel 415-593-4792
fax 4115-592-5722
Big 3-volume Rollography of QRS and Recordo rolls.
The Vestal Press
P.O. Box 97
Vestal, NY 13851-0097
phone: (607) 797-4872
fax: (607) 797-4898
Books with history, illustrations, technicalities about all forms of automatic music instruments. Also audio CDs & cassettes. Sold some stock to the Player Piano Company of Wichita, KS
SOCIETIES & JOURNALS
AMD
Automatic Music Digest
Jody Kravitz, moderator/editor
e-mail: automatic-music-request@foxtail.com
A world-wide Internet forum discussing all aspects of automatic music. E-mail notes and letters are accumulated daily, lightly edited to help assure international comprehension, and then broadcast to all members (like a Newsletter, but much quicker).
Australian Collectors of Mechanical Musical Instruments
Ian Savins
19 Waipori Street
St. Ives 2075
AMICA International
Bill Chapman, Membership Secretary
317 Erie Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
AMICA = Automatic Musicial Instrument Collector's Association; many local chapters with regular meetings. Publishes regular bulletin
Fair Organ Association of Great Britain
(more information needed)
Friends of the Pianola Institute:-
Mike Davies or Dan Wilson
9 Jillian Close
Chestnut Avenue
Hampton
Middlesex
Gesellschaft fuer Selbstspielende Musikinstrumente e.V
Dr Jurgen Hocker
Heiligenstock 46
51465 Bergish Gladbach
GSM
c/o Dr. Juergen Hocker
Heiligenstock 46
D-51456 Bergish-Gladbach
Germany
German language journal, "Das Mechanishe Musikinstrument (DMM)", is published three times annualy. GSM = Gesellschaft für selbstspielende Musikinstrumente e.V. Society for self-playing musical instruments]
MBSI
Beatrice Robertson, Membership Chair
12140 Anchor Lane SW
Moore Haven, FL 33471
941-675-5828
Fax 941-675-3746
E-Mail brobrtsn@directnet.net.
MBSI = Musical Box Society International Publishes regular bulletin
Musical Box Society of Great Britain
Alan Wyatt
PO Box 299
Waterbeach
Cambridge CB4 4PJ
Nederlandse Pianola Vereniging (NPV)
M R Graus
Korte Dijk
2871 CB Schoonhoven
North-West Player-Piano Association:-
Everson Whittle
47 Raikes Road
Preston PR1 5EQ
Player-Piano Association of South Wales & The West:-
J A Frampton
161 Longmead Avenue
Horfield
Bristol BS7 8QG
Player-Piano Group
Membership Secretary:-
Malcolm Billingsley
80 Montalt Road
WOODFORD GREEN
Essex IG8 9SS ph +44 181 505 1850
The Reed Organ Society
James Quashnock, Membership Secretary
3575 Hwy 258 E.
Wichita Falls, TX 76308-7037 |
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