I also could use some Peerless 44 note rolls.  At last count there were
seven known Peerless 44 note pianos according to Rick Crandall that still
used the Peerless roll.  There are others known, such as the one in a
Dallas clock shop, one in California that had been converted to Pianolin
rolls and two that used A rolls.  The one in the Treasures book is shown
with the cover closed because it used Pianolin rolls.  Crandall  wrote an
excellent article in the MBSI several years age.  I think Ron Bopp also
wrote an article on Peerless.  They were an early entry in the coin
field.  Several of the Peerless machines have the Englehart name on them.

The seven known original 44 note machines with original roll frames had
the roll in a bin such that the roll goes front to back and the ones with
Pianolin conversions had the roll go left to right.  The seven original
Rick knew about were all oak except mine which is mahogany.  I have seen
three other mahogany ones since but all had Pianolin roll frames.  I
wanted one of these for some unknown reason and the fever hit.  The fever
is slang around my house for when I get it in my mind that I want a
certain machine I have to find it and then scramble to buy it.  Lucky the
Seeburg H fever never hit.

Mine came from the hoard of 44 note pianos that Harvey Rhoel found in
the 1960's.  Loyd Kelly then bought or traded for it.  It went to
Houston where it sat untouched for about twenty years until I found a
nice Regina to trade for it.  Maybe a good trade or maybe not. Depends
on how you look at it.  It was missing the original top and front.  It
is also missing the coin mech.

A neighbor that collected and dealt in vintage 78 RPM records of blues
artist came over and said that he had seen one in Mississippi some
years ago.  The hunt was on and after all how big is Mississippi when
you are looking for a needle.  Since he was from Meridan, MS that is
where I started.  I had to go to Peavey Electronics for a week so I
figured why not try a search.   It was in an estate sale but had been
turned into a Curio cabinet.  It was mahogany and had the parts I
needed including the top gallery.  I bought it for $100.00 and completed
my cabinet.  The original motor turned up at a flea market and a friend
gave it to me.  Now that is just plain old good luck.

Unfortunately I do not have that good luck at the gambling boats here.
So if anyone has any 44 note Peerless rolls for sale let me know.

Don Teach

Shreveport Music Co
1610 E. Bert Kouns
Shreveport,  LA  71105
dat-smc@juno.com