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Photoplayer Census
By Marc Sachnoff

Hi All,  There are a surprising number of surviving photoplayers.
Bob Gilson of Madison, Wisconsin, owns a nicely restored Style 45
American Fotoplayer that was once in a Hawaiian collection.  Bob is
a well known collector who has amassed a fabulous collection of fine
mechanical music machines.  His collection is featured in Art Reblitz's
wonderful book, "The Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instruments."

A video of a Fotoplayer being played by hand from the Utrecht musical
museum, Van Speelklok tot Pierement, can be seen at
  http://bioscopic.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/the-fotoplayer/ 

A fun video of Joe Rinaudo playing an energetic version of 12th Street
Rag on his Style 20 American Fotoplayer can be seen at
  http://www.rinaudosreproductions.com/antique-photoplayer.html 

I believe Richard Reutlinger of San Francisco also owns a restored
American Fotoplayer, and last, Tim Trager, well known broker/dealer in
mechanical music machines, lists at least two photoplayers for sale on
his web site at http://www.timtrager.com/photo.htm 

But are there any out there still lurking silently under the boards of
old theaters?

Marc J. Sachnoff
http://www.EnlightenedEnt.com/ 


(Message sent Fri 16 Apr 2010, 18:10:55 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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