In MMD 990814, Dan Wilson wrote:

> Some barrel pianos (KP-labelled or not, I don't know) ended up in
> the hands of an ordained minister who repaired them and continued
> to rent out a couple until the 1970s.  One of these is now in the
> County Museum in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk where it is played occa-
> sionally.  I don't think I ever knew his name.

The minister referred to above is most probably Cannon Wintel, who
operated the East Anglian Barrel Piano Company (or some similar name).
This was based at (or in a village near) Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk,
England.  East Anglia is the name given to that part of England made up
of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

Moises Hall museum, in the centre of historic Bury St Edmunds, con-
centrates on local history and contains a barrel piano which passed
through the Cannon's business.  Incidentally, the museum also contains
a large coin operated Polyphon to relieve visitors of their spare
change.  Amongst the more unusual exhibits is a book bound with the
skin of an executed murderer.

Judging by the frequency that East Anglian Barrel Piano Company labels
appear on existing street pianos, the company must have been responsi-
ble for a large percentage of the surviving examples.  I understand
that the company, as well as undertaking general maintenance, often
re-pinned barrels.  This presumably accounts for why street pianos
often have repertoires of still well known songs, rather than a
collection of little known tunes as might be expected.

Regards,

Douglas Bush
UK