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Filmusic "Picturoll" Piano Rolls
By Ron Bopp

[ Ed Gaida wrote in 150417 MMDigest --

> I know very little about Filmusic Picturolls so I called Joe
> Rinaudo, who has probably forgotten more about Fotoplayers and
> the rolls that were played on them than others have learned.

Joe Rinaudo helped me restore my Style 20 American Fotoplayer in
the early 1980s.  I accumulated probably 100 or so of the Filmusic
Picturolls and used them to accompany silent movies, especially those
featuring Charlie Chaplin.  It was great fun and great entertainment.
Time marches on and my Style 20 Fotoplayer is now in the collection
of Joel Jancko in South Florida.

Ron Bopp
Bradenton, Florida

P.S.: MMD'rs, our new mailing address is
5207 10th Avenue Dr W, Bradenton, FL 34209 USA


(Message sent Sat 18 Apr 2015, 18:27:50 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Filmusic, Piano, Picturoll, Rolls

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