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Seek Roesler-Hunholz Pipe Organ Player Unit
By Gary Shipe

I am looking for a Roesler Hunholz player unit that would have
been hooked to a pipe organ to play paper rolls.  These players have
a tracker bar that looks like a regular player piano but it will
have either 98 or 100 holes, regular 9-to-the-inch, 11-1/4-inch wide,
just like a player piano.

I am interested in buying a player unit with or without rolls and/or
any rolls that may be available.

The player may or may not have a Roesler Hunholz name plate on it.
Many organ builders used these players so it could be a Kilgen,
Reuter, Wicks or any number of other builders.  I saw one on a Lewis
and Hitchcock organ.

There was a version of the player that took large spools much like
a band organ style of roll.  That is okay also.  The paper is still
standard player piano width, 9-to-the-inch holes.

There were perhaps three versions of these players.  I am primarily
interested in the "Consolette" model or the "Concert" model.  Others
were the "Standard" or the "CR" and perhaps even some other styles.

If there is one of these machines sitting around please help me find
it.  I have a number of the rolls and would very much like to hear it
playing the organ in my home.

Gary Shipe
Buffalo, New York


(Message sent Mon 24 Jun 2019, 14:55:02 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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