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Aeolian Orchestrelle with Duo-Art Player
By Jim Weisenborne

Yes, I saw one in Saginaw, Michigan, several years ago.  It did, indeed,
play the Duo-Art rolls, although I don't see how it could render an
effective performance because the Duo-Art could handle 30 ranks of
pipework.  This instrument used to belong to John Farnsworth and it may
well have changed hands again.

The last time I heard, the price has increased dramatically and I lost
interest in it.  I mean, why drive a Chevy when you can drive the
proverbial Rolls Royce?  So I elected to go first class with the Kimball.
To paraphrase dear old Gertrude [Stein], "A reed organ is a reed organ is
a reed organ."  ... Oh, quit pumping, for heaven's sake!

Jim Weisenborne

 [ Editor's note:
 [
 [ A good musical arrangement on music roll sounds good no matter what
 [ size instrument plays it.  Clark Music Rolls made adaptations of the
 [ same fine piano performances to play on many, many target machines, and
 [ the Bruder firm in Germany likewise used their master templates over
 [ and over, often for instruments made by competitors!
 [
 [ Dave Junchen enjoyed this form of re-use of great arrangements.  His
 [ 88-note player piano transcription of a Welte organ roll, originally
 [ arranged by the master Henry Burkhard, is also a masterpiece.  It
 [ just sounds more like a piano than a pipe organ.  (Keep pumping! :-)
 [
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 29 Sep 1997, 18:37:02 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Aeolian, Duo-Art, Orchestrelle, Player

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