In response to the request for rolls for the 44-note Wilcox & White
organs, a very plausible explanation for the scarcity of the Wilcox
& White rolls could be because Aeolian held about 95% of the market.

Secondly, by the late 1890s the 44-note scale was dead, as the
58-note format was now in wide use.  Aeolian introduced their
"Princess" model which had a keyboard and 46-note player, and it
sold for an unbelievably low price of only $75 -- at which price
they certainly could not have made any profit.  Possibly it was just
used to sell the player concept to a first-time buyer who would then
trade up to an Aeolian Grand or Orchestrelle.

This also kept the production run going of these rolls while the
44-note rolls were discontinued (probably by 1895) by the competing
firm of Wilcox and White.  These models could not get new music and
were shortly junked as the new 65-note piano players, player pianos
and phonographs were introduced.

It is amazing that any survived at all -- today's major collections
have an abundance of nickelodeons and orchestrions, but not a player
organ can be found.

Greg Filardo