I guess I'll put my 2 cents worth in about the origins of the QRS
name.  The earliest rolls produced by QRS were 58-note rolls.  They
are punched at 6-to-the-inch but are 1/8-inch wider than Angelus or
Aeolian rolls, and have a square drive hole rather than pin ends.

These are the rolls that played the early Apollo pianos and push-up
players.  The rolls were originally developed when Melville Clark was
still with Story & Clark, and played Story & Clark organs.

From the rolls I have in my collection, it would seem that Melville
Clark took the roll business with him when he left Story & Clark.
I've seen "Apollo" 58-note rolls with four different labels; Juelg,
Perfection, Story & Clark and QRS.  None of the rolls I've ever seen
were labeled either Melville Clark or Apollo.

Juelg and Perfection were independent roll makers, and probably didn't
have any direct connection with either the Story & Clark or Melville
Clark companies.

The Story & Clark roll titles that I can match with QRS titles have
related numbers; S&C D 5 = QRS 3005, S&C O 235 = QRS 2235, S&C D 110 =
QRS 3110.

It seems likely that the original QRS library was inherited from the
Story & Clark Company.

Since no early rolls seem to have either the Apollo or Melville Clark
name on them, QRS must have been part of the Melville Clark Company
from the very start.  And it would seem likely that if the origin of
the name QRS is based on the letter case story, that letter case was
a memory from Melville Clark's days at Story & Clark.

Rich Schommer
Alliance,  Nebraska

 [ Melville Clark Piano Co. was a big firm so they probably had
 [ a letter case, too.  -- Robbie