At http://www.itnstills.com/ are still images taken from the British
Pathe film, "Pianola Man" (1961), which some may have downloaded or
bought already.
Hopefully this link will lead you to a collection of pictures of
Gordon Iles at work in 1961 at Ramsgate. It was new to me, anyway.
Best wishes
Robin Cherry
[ The web site server seems quite cranky (and terribly slow, too).
[ I could not access the description of "Pianola Man" by URL, but
[ only by searching from the home page for key word pianola.
[ Results returned:
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[ Pianola Man (186 stills) 11 Sept 1961 British Pathe
[ C.E.M. Joad (aka CEM Joad) (185 stills) 23 Apr 1944 British Pathe
[ Ancient Music Boxes on Show (125 stills)
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[ "Ramsgate, Kent. Gordon Iles is seen making a paper music roll at
[ his factory, then plays it on his pianola. Medium shot and close-up
[ of a pianola playing; piano keys moving by themselves. Various
[ shots show Gordon Iles in his pianola factory making a pianola roll;
[ holes are punched in a long sheet of paper by a special machine with
[ pins. The finished paper roll is rolled over a tube; Gordon takes
[ it to a pianola in his living room and starts it up. Several shots
[ of the pianola playing 'Beale Street Blues' (natural sound, recorded
[ at Gordon's factory) while Gordon sits in a chair and nods his head
[ to the music."
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[ -- Robbie
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