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Apollo/ArtEcho Reproducing Pianos & Rolls
By Brian Smith

Karl Petersen wrote in MMD050516:

  > The State of California owns the San Simeon Museum collection which
  > includes a Wurlitzer ArtEcho-Apollo and, hopefully, rolls for it.

I was there a few years ago and noticed the piano in the beautiful
living room of the Hearst Castle.  I asked several officials about the
piano and any rolls, but nobody seemed to know anything.  I did see
several piano rolls in an exhibit they were having at the time.  I think
they were just QRS 88-noters, but I can't recall.  The person there said
he didn't know whether the rolls were actually from the Hearst
collection.

Maybe the curator would have some information.  Someone might try
emailing him: curator@hearst-castle.org.geentroep (deleting .geentroep)

I would like to know whether they have restored the piano since then.
That would be good excuse for a trip back up there to the beautiful
Hearst Castle!

Brian Smith
Calimesa, CA


(Message sent Tue 17 May 2005, 16:14:54 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Apollo/ArtEcho, Pianos, Reproducing, Rolls

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