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Coinola Orchestrion Cabinet Pushup Player
By Ed Sprankle

Jack Conway commented in 030202 MMDigest on a Kingston Player
(Wurlitzer) with Coinola works: "I am surprised that there would be a
Coinola player (mfd. by Operators Piano Company) in a Wurlitzer piano."

Coinola made a pushup nickelodeon which may be what Jeff Agee was
referring to in 030301 MMDigest.  At least that's what I thought of
when I read his posting.

Refer to Bowers' Encyclopedia, bottom of page 545, for further info.
I wonder how many of these Coinola instruments survive -- yeah, like
hen's teeth!  The "O" roll unit had everything but a piano!

Ed Sprankle, Oakland, CA

 [ Visit the MMD Pictures site, http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/ and
 [ see the article by Don Teach, "Coinola Advertising Postcards".  At
 [ the lower right corner of image file coinPoster2.jpg is a "Coinola
 [ Orchestrion Cabinet".  It looks as large as the piano it's playing!
 [
 [ A slightly smaller version, the "Little Empress" electric cabinet
 [ player, sold by Lyon & Healy, is also pictured.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 3 Mar 2003, 20:16:54 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Cabinet, Coinola, Orchestrion, Player, Pushup

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