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Interesting 88-Note Rolls Seen at Antique Sale
By Damon Atchison

I was in an antique mall and I saw about 8 piano rolls for sale, none of
which looked like any I'd ever seen before.  The first was a 1924 QRS.
The song title was "Memory Lane".  The interesting thing about this was
the box it was in.  It had a box with a black outer cover with the black
paper covering and QRS logos in gold.  The best part was it was in such
good condition!  I'd never seen a piano roll like that in such condition.
The box was like new!

The next roll said "Gulbransen
                          the regulating piano

                               Introduction roll
             Teaching the proper use of the pedals
                                    1924"

The next one was from FAMOUS MUSIC ROLLS
 # 60114 "Reels and Hornpipes Medley"
Reproducing player roll Co., Grand Rapids MI

If any of these are of any interest to anyone you can e-mail:
cen19670@centuryinter.net.  The woman who gave me that address wasn't
sure if it was correct, however, so let me give you her postal address:

    Classic Antiques
    625 W. Broad St.
    Chesaning, MI 48616

Damon Atchison
Damon66@juno.com


(Message sent Sun 25 May 1997, 15:24:44 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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