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Unisolo Piano Rolls
By Bryan Cather

In today's mail came two piano rolls I won on eBay auction.  I have
never run across this brand before, so I'm turning to the MMD to see
if anyone can shed some light on them.

The brand is Unisolo.  They are # 45349, "Over There", by Cohan, played
by Gilbert and Carroll, and # 45357, "I May Be Gone For a Long Long
Time", by Von Tilzer, played by Milton Delcamp.  There are no flange
markings, and the perforations are circular, rather than slotted.

The boxes are black: one is "alligator skin", the other is embossed with
a repeated torch and laurel design.  The paper is lower than average
quality, but not horrible.  Also, there is an expression line, but no
words.

Before I saw these on eBay, I had never heard of Unisolo.  Perhaps they
were a department store brand, or an "economy" or "companion" label for
some other brand.  As I say, they're completely new to me, so any
information about them will be gladly received

I am also sending a scanned image of the label, under a separate
heading.

Regards,

Bryan Cather

 [ Could Unisolo be related to Rythmodik and/or Ampico?  Both Adam
 [ Carroll and Milton Delcamp were Ampico artists in the 1920s.
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 26 Nov 1999, 22:51:58 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

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