Wilcox & White "Pneuma Symphony" Player Organ
By Adam G. Ramet
In MMD 020213 Pat DeWitt asked about Wilcox and White organ rolls.
The ones he describes are not the standard 58-note widths ones. They
sound like the rolls for the "Pneuma Symphony" player organ which was
the predecessor to the "Symphony". I think the rolls are 44-note
rolls.
The instrument had a keyboard and was an equivalent market competitor
to the first 46-note Aeolian player organs. These organs are very
scarce though there was a complete playing one with 80+ rolls that
turned up on eBay in Australia last year. As to value of the rolls
I haven't a clue.
Adam Ramet
agr@lineone.net
http://website.lineone.net/~agr/index2.html
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