Dick Kroeckel, a long-time friend of Johnny Maddox, just pointed out
to me that only the first three or four piano roll record albums were
recorded on Johnny's Jewett A-roll piano. Subsequent volumes were made
on a player piano -- a Steinway, as Dick recalls.
The shortened versions of certain QRS tunes would have been on
Automatic, Cremona, or Clark "A" rolls. All of these brands used QRS
88-note masters as a source for many of the tunes. To fit ten tunes
on one "A" roll, each tune was usually shorter than its 88-note QRS
counterpart by one chorus, or by one verse and chorus.
Art Reblitz
Colorado Springs, Colorado
http://www.reblitzrestorations.com/
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