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Kuhl & Klatt "Original Pneuma" Music Roll
By Tom Jansen

Dear Peter,  "Pneuma accordéon jazz" rolls are _very_ rare, so
I suggest that the roll you mentioned is probably a standard Kuhl
& Klatt music roll.  Most of these rolls, bearing the name "Original
Pneuma", were manufactured for the Kuhl & Klatt company by the
"Excelsior Notenrollenfabrik", Berlin.  This company was run by the
well-known organ builder, Giovanni Bacigalupo.  Some information
about this roll can be found at
http://www.maesto.com/US/identifyingrolls.html

Pneuma Accordéon Jazz rolls are of the same size and spacing, but
with a totally different layout.  These rolls do not play on any
Kuhl & Klatt piano model because they are specially designed to play
accordion and percussion.  These rolls can be easily identified by
looking at the actual perforations: the Pneuma Accordéon rolls contain
extensive percussion tracks along the borders for bass drum, snare
drum (two tracks), wood block and cymbal.

Hope this will help,
Best regards,
Thomas Jansen
http://www.maesto.com/


(Message sent Fri 31 Mar 2006, 18:32:09 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

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