I am currently the custodian for Ed Sprankle's piano roll catalogs.
I will provide copies of any of the material at a cost of 5 cents
per page. Ed's widow, Joan, has stipulated that none of the original
material will leave my hands until it passes to the next custodian,
so please don't ask.
Ed put together this collection of catalogs for over 35 years, and
it includes about 230 originals and copies of the catalogs of most of
the major roll producers, from 58-note through nickelodeons. It's an
excellent research resource.
The catalogs are listed below. To order photocopies contact me at
<toadhall@sprynet.com> or at 1-775-853-4659.
Bob Billings
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/Pages /Date /Company /Format
~ /Ed's Description
598 1905 Aeolian 65N
~ Hard Bound. Complete to July 1, 1905. Alpha by category, composer, numerical.
574 1906 Aeolian 65N
~ A real monster!
111 1906 Aeolian 65N
~
23 1906 Aeolian 65N
~ Themodist. Classical, alpha by title.
181 1907 Aeolian 65N
~ Metrostyle & Themodist. July 1907 - July 1908. Alpha by composer.
111 1908 Aeolian 65N
~ July 1908 to July 1909
482 1910 Aeolian 65N
~ Sorted alphabetically by tune title and composer.
130 1913 Aeolian 65N
~ Metrostyle-Themodist.
16 1915 Aeolian 88N
~ December 1915. 2nd section, tiny print: Sep/Oct/Nov. Courtesy of Rob Deland.
133 1915 Aeolian 88N & 65N
~ Metrostyle-Themodist.
5 1916 Aeolian 88N
~ April 1916 Supplement.
16 1917 Aeolian 88N
~ Jan. 1916. 2nd section, tiny print previous months. Intro SONG ROLLS. F. Adams reprint.
85 1917 Aeolian 88N
~ Lists MetroArt, Metrostyle Themodist, and the new Song Rolls.
40 1921 Aeolian Grand Organ
~ For Aeolian Grand and Orchestrelle
16 1906 Angelus 58N
~ 58 Note Rolls for Angelus SYMPHONY player organ. Issued by WILCOX & WHITE
5 1909 Angelus 58N
~ December 1909 supplement.
123 1924 Apollo (QRS) 88N Reproducing
~ June of 1924. Courtesy of Rob Deland.
4 1920 Artempo 88N
~ Via Deland/Schwimmer/Howe.
69 1940 Artistyle 88N
~ British. Annual catalog for 1940.
18 1939 Artistyle/Regent 88N
~ British. Sept. 1939 and March and December 1940 Supplements.
11 1928 Atlas 88N
~ Supplement for unknown month in 1928. Hundreds of mouth-watering titles.
118 1916 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Heavy on A rolls, but cover most Seeburg instruments. Complete year.
73 1917 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Heavy on A rolls, but cover most Seeburg instruments. Complete year.
146 1918 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Heavy on A rolls but cover most Seeburg instruments. Complete Year.
150 1919 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Heavy on A rolls but cover most Seeburg instruments. Complete Year.
168 1920 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Heavy on A rolls but cover most Seeburg instruments. A rolls missing May. Rest OK
380 1921 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Heavy on A rolls but cover most Seeburg instruments. Complete year.
400 1922 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Heavy on A rolls but cover most Seeburg instruments. Complete year.
21 1924 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Monthly bulletins for November and December
36 1925 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Undated, estimate 1925.
18 1926 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Undated, estimate 1926.
33 1926 Automatic A & G rolls
~ 33 pages with 28 or 30 rolls per page!
48 1927 Automatic Most Seeburg
~ Undated, estimate 1927
2 1908 Baldwin Ellingt. 65N
~ Extracts only from 1908 catalog.
4 1979 Berry Wood 65N endless
~ Sale list shows titles and roll numbers for 21 Five tune rolls.
144 1925 Capitol A Roll
~ Separate monthly supplements for popular A-rolls and for Ethnic A rolls. Complete yr.
2 1926 Capitol O roll
~ Supplement for August 1926. Lists 26 rolls.
10 1930 Capitol A, G and O
~ Private listings.
4 1908 Chase & Baker 65N
~ Extracts from the April 1908 catalog. The 'good stuff'.
92 1927 Clark A & G Roll
~ Catalog dated October 1927
28 1930 Clark A & G rolls
~ 20-30 rolls/page
8 1939 Clark A & G
~ Late catalog, probably 1939-40. 8 pages with 4+/page.
14 1929 Clark Supp. A & G rolls
~ Supplements for June and August 1929
8 1935 Clark Supp. A & G rolls
~ Supplement for July and August 1935.
9 1939 Clark Supp. A & G rolls
~ Supplement for 1939-41 based on copyright years of tune titles.
6 1971 Classics/Ragtime 88N
~ Hal Boulware's complete catalog of his CLASSICS OF RAGTIME arrangements.
6 1920 Columbia 88N
~ December, 1920 88Note Supplement
4 1920 Columbia 88N
~ Year a guess. July Supplement.
120 1922 Columbia A & G rolls
~ Separate monthly supplements for popular A-rolls and for Ethnic A rolls. Complete yr.
100 1923 Columbia A & G rolls
~ Complete except for month of June.
144 1924 Columbia A Roll
~ Each month for 1924: A standard A-roll, plus a separate Ethnic A-roll
3 1924 Columbia 88N
~ April, 1924 88N supplement.
500 1911 Connorized 88N
~ 8th edition, complete from #1 -Year 1903 [number of pages estimated]
3 1911 Connorized 88N
~ A catalog extract from the 1911 catalog. The 'good stuff'. Early 88N material.
3 1912 Connorized 65N
~ A catalog extract from the 1912 catalog. The 'good' stuff'. Later 65N material.
122 1918 Connorized 88N
~ Complete to July 1918.
126 1919 Connorized 88N
~ Complete to Sept. 1919. Hand-played word & instrumental + arranged.
127 1924 Connorized 88N
~
13 1988 Connorized 88N
~ Rob Deland's extracts of CON rolls hand-played. Sorted by artist, number, title.
24 1923 Connorized 88N
~ Supplements for 1923. Incomplete year missing 6 months.
17 1918 FilMusic 88N
~ Picturolls - Mood music for early silent films. FilMusic was located in Los Angeles, CA
80 1924 FilMusic 88N
~ Picturolls - Mood music for early silent films. FilMusic was located in Los Angeles, CA
160 1970 Freyer Recuts A & G
~ 160 tune cards in A & G.
7 1914 Full Scale 88N
~ Extracts from the September 1914 catalog. Only the 'good stuff'. 8pgs, 25+ rolls/page.
2 1917 Imperial (Cable) 88N
~ Extracts from the 1917 Imperial hand-played rolls. List published by Montgomery Ward.
116 1920 Imperial (Cable) 88N
~ This catalog is issued by The Imperial Player Co. (a Cable Company.)
21 1925 Imperial(Indust.) 88N
~ My original.
21 1925 Imperial(Indust.) 88N
~ This catalog issued in July 1925. X series. Imperial Industrial Co, (not Cable).
4 1926 Imperial(Indust.) 88N
~ Date's a guess. Might be later. Lists X series and 0 series.
10 1928 Imperial(Indust.) 88N
~ June 1928 supplement. A mix of X and O series.
16 1972 Imperial(Indust.) 88N
~ Bill Bonner research outcome. Imperial X series. Span is X5000-X5800. About 75%
5 1972 Imperial(Indust.) 88N
~ Bill Bonner research outcome. Imperial X series - Rolls with no corresponding QRS iss.
4 1970 International 88N
~ Bill Bonner's research into the INTERNATIONAL label
30 1914 Kibbey A-Roll
~ Appears to be a dealer/wholesaler. 65N endless and rewind.
30 1915 Kibbey A-Roll
~ Appears to be a dealer/wholesaler. 65N endless and rewind.
32 1916 Kibbey A-Roll
~ Appears to be a dealer/wholesaler. 65N endless and rewind.
240 1916 Kimball 88N
~ I don't have this. Deland copied from Biasella orginal. Borrow from Deland. 65N too?
1 1917 Lakeside 88N
~ Single sheet lists several hundred rolls in teeny-weenie type.
3 1970 Majestic 88N
~ Bill Bonner's research into the MAJESTIC label.
89 1920 MelOdee 88N
~ Lists new MEL material with some previously issued UNI rolls. Great artist pics.
7 1921 MelOdee 88N
~ Annual supplement covering September 1920 - September 1927.
5 1923 MelOdee 88N
~ A single supplement for May 1923.
2 1923 MelOdee 88N
~ Excerpts from the 1923 catalog.
96 1923 MelOdee 88N
~
629 1908 Melographic 65N
~ Published by CHASE & BAKER. Complete to 1908.
16 1937 Meloto 88N
~
166 1906 Melville Clark 58, 65, 88N
~ Nice early selection. Before QRS!
765 1907 Melville Clark 88N & 65N
~ Alphabetical by title and composer.
20 1984 National (MI) National (65N)
~ Mfd by Automatic Musical Instr. Co., Grand Rapids, MI. Amatuer rollographies.
40 1922 National (NY) 65N
~ Mfd by National Music Roll Co., St. Johnsville, NY. for PEERLESS & others. 1922 supps.
900 1989 Nickelodeon A & G rolls
~ Numeric by Co.: Clark, Automatic, Col/Cap. Courtesy of Art Relitz. Incredible resource!!
4 1930 Paramount 88N
~ The March, 1930 Supplement. Lists quite a few titles.
44 1912 Pianolin Pianolin
~ Made by North Tonawanda Instrument Works. Pianolin=44 note endless rolls.
4 1924 Pianostyle 88N
~ The September 1924 Supplement.
4 1925 Pianostyle 88N
~
96 1980 Playrite O
~ Playrite (Turlock) rolls sold by them and by Ray Siou.
11 1973 Powell O Roll
~ Powell recuts. Lists about 40 rolls.
32 1923 Q R S Bulletins 88N
~ January, February, March, April, May, June, November, December + Foreign -Undated
48 1920 QRS 88N
~ Bulletins, complete by month for 1920.
4 1925 QRS 88N
~ January, December
9 1927 QRS 88N
~ September and November Bulletins + Curent Ethnic
5 1929 QRS 88N
~ May Dealer's Order Sheets (2 pages) - August
53 1932 QRS 88N
~ Jan/February, March, May/June, December+ December 80, 000 Classical (23 pages)
9 1933 QRS 88N
~ August, October, November. As of December 1, making & selling WELTE. Lists IMP too.
19 1934 QRS 88N
~ January, February, May, June, July, September. Offering WELTE an RECORDO.
5 1928 QRS 88N
~ February only
14 1910 QRS 88N
~ Early all classical and salon pieces on Autograph
60 1912 QRS 88N
~ Supplements for 1912. #pages an estimate. Covers Autograph rolls. From Rob Deland.
84 1915 QRS 88N
~ Complete to January 1, 1995.
15 1915 QRS 88N
~ A large supplement for October 1915.
44 1916 QRS 88N
~ Covers Autograph and SoloArt Apollo. Deland/Montgomery.
28 1916 QRS 88N
~ Autograph and arranged rolls - supplements for 1916. June/July/November/Dec only.
21 1916 QRS 88N
~ 250 Hand-played, Arranged and Story Rolls. From Rob Deland.
200 1917 QRS 88N
~ Via Deland/Howe.
47 1917 QRS 88N
~ Covers Autograph and Solo Apollo. Deland/Montgomery.
70 1917 QRS 88N
~ Monthly supplements for 1917. Missing Sept. & Dec. 10 x 7pages= 70 pages
217 1918 QRS 88N
~ Covers early Word Rolls, Autograph and standard 88N.
55 1918 QRS 88N
~ Monthly Supplements for 1918. Missing February and May.
213 1919 QRS 88N
~ Covers Standard (30, 00), Autograph, alpha titles, alpha composer. Complete to 9/19
14 1919 QRS 88N
~ Supplement #3 -Sept 1919 to Sept. 1920. Courtesy Deland/Howe.
48 1919 QRS 88N
~ Full year of supplements for 1919. Supplements are 4 pages each.
36 1920 QRS 88N
~ Suplements. About 7 pages/month. 9 months. Via Deland/Howe.
213 1920 QRS 88N
~ Complete to September 1st 1919.
208 1925 QRS 88N
~ Complete to January 1st 1925. Via Deland/Howe.
206 1925 QRS 88N
~ Complete to January 1, 1925.
99 1926 QRS 88N
~ A supplemental catalog with a major ethnic selection.
185 1927 QRS 88N
~ Covers 'Expression' rolls. Deland/Schwimmer.
83 1928 QRS 88N
~ Complete from January 1, 1925 to January 1928,
83 1928 QRS 88N
~ A large supplement-alpha by tune.
85 1929 QRS 88N
~ A large supplement-alpha by tune.
23 1935 QRS 88N
~ Covers 1935. Via Deland/Howe.
35 1916 QRS 88N
~ Supplements for 1916. Five months @ 7 pages/month. From Rob Deland.
15 1912 QRS Autograph 88N
~ Via Deland/Schwimmer/Howe.
84 1914 QRS Autograph 88N
~ Via Deland/Schwimmer/Howe/Montgomery.
93 1916 QRS Autograph 88N
~ Via Deland/Montgomery.
128 1917 QRS Autograph 88N
~ Via Deland/Montgomery.
44 1918 QRS Autograph 88N
~ Via Deland/Montgomery.
50 1987 QRS Autograph 88N
~ Rob Deland's complete listing of QRS Autograph rolls. Various sorts. Masterpiece!!
150 1989 QRS Autograph QRS 88N Autograph
~ Rob Deland's comprehensive survey of QRS' Autograph issues. Several sorts. Pg #est.
100 1926 QRS Bulletins 88N
~ 1926 + Current Ethnic
48 1921 QRS Bulletins 88N
~ Complete by month for 1921
32 1922 QRS Bulletins 88N
~ March, April, May, June
7 1932 QRS Supps 88N
~ Supplement for 1932. 1 month 7x1=7. Dick Howe.
7 1935 QRS Supps 88N
~ Supplement for 1935. 1 month 7x1=7. Dick Howe.
7 1938 QRS Supps 88N
~ Supplement for 1938. 1 month. 7x1=1 month
14 1921 QRS Supps. 88N
~ January and February 1921. Dick Howe.
49 1923 QRS Supps. 88N
~ Supplements for 1923. 7 months. 7x7=49 pages. Dick Howe.
28 1924 QRS Supps. 88N
~ Supplements for 1924. 4 months. 7x4 =28 pages. Dick Howe.
21 1925 QRS Supps. 88N
~ Supplements for 1925. 3 months. 3x7=21 pages. Dick Howe.
14 1926 QRS Supps. 88N
~ Supplements for 1926. 2 months. 2x7=21 pages. Dick Howe.
42 1927 QRS Supps. 88N
~ Supplements for 1927. 6 months. 6x7=42 pages. Dick Howe.
7 1928 QRS Supps. 88N
~ Supplement for 1928. 1 month 7x1=7. Dick Howe.
49 1922 QRS Supps. 88N
~ Supplements for 1922. 7 months. 7x7=49 pages. Dick Howe.
196 1911 QRS- 88N & 65N
~ Incomplete- starts with alpha L ends at Z. Includes Accompaniment, Lodge, etc.
250 1989 R. Riley Rollogr. 88N + Reproducing
~ Richard Riley's invaluable rollography. Lists recuts by recut label + special sorts.
52 1980 Ray Siou OS & NOS
~ List by Ray Siou of 52 NOS/ORS recuts by Playrite in Turlock, Calif. Most are CAPITOL.
50 1989 Recuts/Deland 88N
~ Comprehensive coverage of all 88N recuts - Courtesy of Rob Deland. Various sorts.
30 1920 Republic 88N
~ Various lists and this catalog.
111 1916 Rolla Artis 88N
~ A large catalog of these tough-to-find rolls.
18 1917 Rolla Artis 88N
~ Monthly supuplements for May, June and August, 1917.
6 1918 Rolla Artis 88N
~ A bulletin for February, 1918.
6 1929 Rolmonica Harmonica
~ The October Bulletin plus another sales piece.
130 1910 Royal 88N
~ Date is a guess. Can't find one.
61 1913 Rythmodik 88N
~ From Mike Schwimmer.
16 1975 Rythmodik 88N
~ A massive compilation by Dick Howe and Vernon Brown. Hundreds of rolls by year.
1 1981 Seeburg XP
~ List by Ray Siou containing 11 eight-tune recut rolls
1914 1914 Seeburg (Auto) Most Seeburg
~ These supps. list rolls for most Seeburg instruments. July and September only.
110 1915 Seeburg (Auto) Most Seeburg
~ These supps. list rolls for most Seeburg instruments. Missing June and July.
3 1916 Sextrola Sectrola
~ Date's a guess. A listing of 12 rolls in the Disneyland collection.
404 1906 Simplex 65N
~ A jobber for Aeolian? Entries look like it.
339 1905 Smith & Nixon 65N
~ Date's a guess. Sort by # in categories, alpha by title, then composer. Aeolian jobber?
5 1970 Staffnote 88N
~ Lists 40 page STAFFNOTE and PLAYRITE rolls.
300 1915 Tel-Electric Tel-Electric
~ Date year is a guess. Sorted by composer & type (Ballad, Pop, Classical, etc.)
296 1915 Tel-Electric Electric-Brass
~ Date's a guess. Listed by alpha composers, then categories (Classic, Sacred, etc.).
268 1910 Universal 88N
~ Standard 88 note rolls - all issued issued to July 19
80 1912 Universal 65N and 88N
~ A supplementary catalog for July 1912 to July 1914.
131 1915 Universal 65N and 88N
~ One of the most useful for info on medley rolls!
8 1919 Universal 88N
~ Supplement November. Deland/Howe.
9 1915 USM 88N
~ The October supplement for 1915.
127 1918 USM 88N
~ Has all the rags & medlies.
150 1918 USM 88N
~ Research by Bonner/Schwimmer. USM artists only on BL, not RL, no BL, no artist.
27 1918 USM 88N
~ Monthly supplements at 9 pages/month. September, October and December 1918.
4 1919 USM 88N
~ Monthly supplements at 9 pages/month. January and February for 1919.
103 1927 USM 88N
~ Their 'General Catalog', Volume XII. Published by QRS!! May 1927. Listed by categories.
400 1989 USM 88N
~ Various compilations by researchers: Bill Bonner, Rob Deland and Mike Schwimmer.
9 1989 USM 88N
~ Comprehensive review of USM rag rolls. Sorted by roll # and title.
24 1911 USM Supps A-Roll 65N
~ Spans September 1911 up to January 1912
24 1912 USM Supps A-Roll 65N
~ Incomplete year
24 1914 USM Supps A-Roll 65N
~ Spans April 1915 up to April 1916
18 1915 USM Supps Type A and C rolls
~
30 1916 USM Supps Type A and C rolls
~ Incomplete - covers May through December 1916
40 1917 USM Supps Type A and C rolls
~ Pencilled on cover: Covers June, July and August 1917
12 1918 USM Supps Type A and C rolls
~ Spans January, February and March for 1918
60 1916 Violano Virtuoso Violino Virtuso
~ Number of pages an estimate. Pages are un-numbered.
600 1977 Violano Virtuoso Violino Vurtuoso
~ Art Reblitz' comprehensive 10 yr. research project.. Sorted by tune/roll#. Thanks Art.
60 1925 Violino Virtuoso Violino Virtuso
~ Number of pages an estimate. Pages are un-numbered.
500 1977 ViolinoVirtuoso Violano Virtuso
~ Art Reblitz catalog of almost every Violano roll.
284 1905 Virtuoso 65N
~ Date a guess. Numeric by roll, alpha by composer. Jobber for Aeolian??
223 1915 Vocalstyle 88N
~
95 1922 Vocalstyle 88N
~
82 1926 Vocalstyle 88N
~ This is the one with the undiscovered Morton rolls listed.
256 1923 Welte 88N Reproducing
~
60 1910 WUR Pianino
~ Ca 1910-11. Rolls #1-197. Numerical and apha lists.
28 1910 WUR Supps Mando. Qtet
~ Undated rolls, List titles L-Y (only). Tune cards for 9 rolls. Covers 1904-1910, broken.
100 1913 WUR Supps All WUR NICK FMT
~ These supps. list rolls for most WUR instruments in production.
42 1914 WUR Supps All WUR NICK FMT
~ These supps. list rolls for most WUR instruments in production. Missing 1, 2, 3, 12.
42 1917 WUR Supps All WUR NICK FMT
~ These supps. list rolls for most WUR instruments in production. Only Oct/Nov/Dec
216 1918 WUR Supps All WUR NICK FMT
~ Lists most WUR instruments in production. Missing Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May Dec.
168 1919 WUR Supps All WUR NICK FMT
~ Supps. list rolls for most WUR instruments in production. Complete Year.
168 1920 WUR Supps All WUR NICK FMT
~ These supps. list rolls for most WUR instruments in production. Complete Year.
4 1917 WurliTzer PianOrchestra
~ Format same as Style W? 4 theater. 14 listed w/titles, 13 roll numbers only. Disneyland.
112 1920 Wurlitzer 65N APP-. 5 Tune.
~ Five tune changer rolls. Date's a guess. Mostly ethnic & theater material.
92 1920 WurliTzer 65N APP-10 Tune
~ 10 tune long roll frame. Date's a guess. Mostly ethnic and theater material
4 1920 WurliTzer 165 Band Organ
~ 4 tune cards circa '20's.
12 1923 WurliTzer Style W
~ Format is same as for PianoOrchestra. For theatre use. 14 tunes. Disneyland list.
60 1928 WurliTzer 125 Band Organ
~ 60 tune cards ranging from 1928 to 1945.
227 1929 WurliTzer 150 Band Organ
~ 227 tune cards ranging from 1920 to 1940 + Supplement listing 32 circa 1950's.
3 1930 WurliTzer Style A Band Organ
~ Eleven tune cards.
14 1930 WurliTzer Style B Band Organ
~ Fourteen tune-cards, catalog listings. Tune cards from '30's. Catalog earlier but no date
36 1930 WurliTzer Caliola
~ 36 tune cards
14 1931 WurliTzer Style C Band Organ
~ Style C -Artizan & No. Tonowanda. 60 cataloged, 7 tune cards. 52 key.
17 1931 WurliTzer Style D Band Organ
~ Style D-Artizan, No. Tonawanda 57key and 61 key. Tune cards & catalogs listings.
2 1931 WurliTzer Style E Band Organ
~ One catalog page and 4 tune cards.
2 1964 WurliTzer Pianino
~ A listing of WurliTzer Pianino rolls in the Larry Givens collection. About 17 rolls.
14 1976 WurliTzer Various
~ Recuts by Doyle Lane 1976. 125/150/5&10 tune 65N App, +Caliola 10 tune medlies.
20 1979 WurliTzer 65N APP
~ WurliTzer 5 & 10 tune APP rolls. Recut by Playrite, sold by Durrell A. Player Piano Co.
20 1979 WurliTzer 65N APP
~
4 1983 WurliTzer PianOrchestra
~ A Playrite recutting subscription project. Approximately 30 rolls per page (120).
600 1989 WurliTzer 165 Band Organ
~ Matthew Caulfield's comprehensive rollography. Very nearly complete!
370 1921 WurliTzer Supps All Formats
~ Starts with Feb: 65N 5/10, Pianino, Bijou, Mando. Piano Orch, Sextette, Band Organd
260 1922 WurliTzer Supps All Formats
~ Missing October, November and December 1922.
150 1911 Wurlitzer Supps Pianino
~ Approx. 150 Pianino tune cards in numeric order, but not consecutive.
23531 = TOTAL PAGE COUNT as of 2/8/99
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