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Database of Hupfeld Piano Rolls
By Robert Senior

Dear fellow enthusiasts,  I recently asked for co-operation from
subscribers in helping me compile a database of all 73- and 88-note
Hupfeld piano rolls.  The response was excellent and fellow collectors
have been both generous in lending me catalogues and friendly in
offering advice.

Most 73-note rolls were also issued as 88-note rolls and Animatic rolls
issued as T(riphonola) and S(pezial) rolls used the same numbers as the
regular rolls.  In all I have recorded over 11,000 titles and I think
that only about 600 are missing from a full catalogue.

Many rolls seem to be only recorded in minor lists or supplements and I
am trying to track these down.  I am filling some gaps by perusing
private collections, auction lists, etc., but it is only by finding
these lists that I can get closer to a complete list.  Below is a list
of the main catalogues/lists that I have been using and, should anyone
have even a single sheet not listed here, then I will be pleased to
hear from you.

Best wishes,
Bob Senior

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ANIMATIC ROLLS
(1) Main catalogue 1921 - 21/22 32 (Latest number 58574)

ANIMATIC-T ROLLS
(1) 500 chosen pieces. 23/24 17 ( Latest number 59174)
(2) Main catalogue valid up to June 1925 (70 pages) (Latest No. 59532)
(3) Main catalogue 27/28 95 (O. B. 5 6 28) (138 pages) (Latest No. 59878)
  Supplements;
No. 6 - 8, 28/29 34 (4 10 28) (Latest No. 59973)

ANIMATIC-S ROLLS
(1) Main Catalogue - valid to March 1927 (55 pages) (latest No. 59793)
  Supplements;
No.  2. 27/28 93
No.  3. 27/28 94
No.  4. 27/28 24
No.  5. 29/30 31 (OB 1929)
No.  6. 27/28 63a (B & H 2500 228)
No.  7. 27/28 81a
No.  8. 28/29 5a (OB 3500 8 28)
No.  9. 28/29 51a (OB 4 11 28) (Christmas 1928) (Latest No. S59989)
No. 10. 28/29 82a
No. 11. 28/29 103a
No. 12. 29/30 4a
No. 13. 29/30 53a (Christmas 1929) (Latest No. S60058/S123)
No. 14. 29/30 75 (Latest No.s S60081/S128)

SPECIAL LISTS
A) Franz Schubert Gedenkjahr - 1929? (Not seen)
B) OPERA EXTRACTS played by Kapellmeister Alfred Szenderei 27/28 B. H.
(2 11 27)

NON-HUPFELD LISTS
(A) Bluethner & Co. Ltd. "Hupfeld: Animatic Artists Rolls" 88 note.
(date?) 88 pages. (Latest number 54496)

(B) Bluethner & Co. Ltd. "Animatic Artists Music Rolls" 88 note. (1923?)
96 pages (Latest number 59133)

(C) Bluethner & Co. Ltd. "Animatic Artists Music Rolls" 88 note.
Uncertain date (1927) - 144 pages.  Latest number 59759
  Supplement (8 sides) - 1929 Latest Number 60038


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