Hello to all.  In regards to Aeolian-Skinner rolls for the Hammond
BA organ, I quote a bit from the Diapason Magazine from April 1, 1937.

  Makers of Electronic Organ Sign Contract with Aeolian-Skinner

  Perfection of a player mechanism for the Hammond electronic organ
  is announced with the signing of contracts between the Hammond Clock
  Company and the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company for production of the
  player instrument.  The first of these players will be ready for the
  July music trades convention, officials believe.  They will make
  available to owners the extensive library of recorded organ music
  now owned by Aeolian-Skinner.

  The Hammond player mechanism developed by Aeolian-Skinner
  engineers is an adaptation of the Duo-Art principles.  It is of the
  "semi-automatic" type, wherein the player roll does nothing but
  actuate the keys, leaving the operator free to select his own tone
  colors and expression and thereby making him an integral part of the
  playing.  It also leaves the keyboard free for manual operation when
  desired.  To accommodate the Duo-Art mechanism, the design of the
  instrument will be changed and although details have not been decided,
  it is known that it will be somewhat larger than the manually operated
  Hammond.

  The production and sales contracts governing it, which are exclusive
  on both sides were negotiated by C. E. Penny, sales manager, for the
  Hammond, and George L. Catlin, vice president and treasurer, for
  Aeolian-Skinner.

And that is the whole article, hope that is of interest to some of you.

Jerry F Bacon
Dallas, Texas

P.S.: My Seeburg L is still for sale and will come with four great
recuts of Capitol rolls.

 [ Found at http://www.bentonelectronics.com/hammondstory.html 
 [
 [   A curious product appeared under the Hammond name in 1938.
 [ Curious because it seemed to take a step backward out of the
 [ electrical age and borrow some wind from the old pipe organ.  It was
 [ a roll player organ.  The instrument was the basic 1937 BC Model
 [ Hammond in a higher case to accommodate the roll playing mechanism
 [ that was made available through agreement with the Aeolian Skinner
 [ Organ Company of Boston.  The basic price of $2,000, however, was
 [ more than the public wanted to pay for an automatic organ, so the
 [ model was discontinued after that first year (a production of
 [ only 100).
 [
 [ -- Robbie