I am creating a web page titled, "Identifying Music Rolls", which lists
the physical characteristics of all the music rolls.  Examples of rolls
for player organs are show below.  Details about how the rolls are
played will be at another web page; the current effort is just to pro-
vide information for someone like an antique dealer or a bargain-hunter
at the flea market.

Please contact me with corrections and further information.  I need
descriptions for Welte and Moller and Austin rolls, and probably some
others I don't yet know about.  Also images of the labels.  Thanks.

Robbie Rhodes
rrhodes@foxtail.com

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"116-note residence pipe organ"

paper:  10.125 inches wide
holes:  116, 12 per inch (0.2117 cm/hole)
spool & flanges:

produced by:      Aeolian Co. (?-1933)
label, 1st line:  AEOLIAN PIPE ORGAN
label, 2nd line:
label, bottom:
music source:     recorded/arranged by Aeolian NY.
appearance:  Swell manual notes begin with 'slots' of overlapping holes,
Great manual notes begin with non-overlapping 'chained' holes.

tracker bar:      two rows separated 0.25 inch vertically,
                  holes in upper and lower rows are offset

comments:  Plays two 58-note manuals, pedal controlled via Great manual,
no registration controls.

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"176-note residence pipe organ"

paper:  15.25 inches wide
holes:   176, 12 per inch (0.2117 cm/hole)
spool & flanges:

produced by:  Aeolian Co. (?-1933)
label, 1st line:  Aeolian Pipe Organ
label, 2nd line:    DUO-ART MUSIC
label, bottom:
music source: Aeolian NY, many rolls derived from "116-note" masters.
appearance:  Swell manual notes begin with 'slots' of overlapping holes,
Great manual notes begin with non-overlapping 'chained' holes.

produced by:  Skinner Organ Co. (1933-?)
label, 1st line: DUO-ART MUSIC
label, 2nd line:
label: bottom: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
music source: both Aeolian and Skinner masters
appearance:

tracker bar:  two rows separated 0.25 inch vertically,
              holes in upper and lower rows are offset
comments:  Plays two 58-note manuals, pedal controlled via Great manual,
has controls for registration and swell shades.

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"120-note Hammond electric organ"

paper:  10.125 inches wide
holes:  120 holes, 12 per inch (0.2117 cm/hole)
spool & flanges:  same as American player piano roll

produced by: Skinner Organ Co. (1938)
label, 1st line: DUO-ART MUSIC
label, 2nd line: Semi-Automatic
label: bottom:
music source: from Skinner 116- & 176-note masters

tracker bar:  single row tracker bar

comments:  For Hammond model BA electronic organ.  Plays two 60-note
manuals, no registration controls.  Music adapted from masters created
by Skinner (not from Aeolian recordings).