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Manufacturers of Music Roll Brands & Labels
By Richard Friedman

Following up on the subject of music roll manufacturers: I attach
a list from the 1930 revised edition of "How To Publish Your Own
Music Successfully".  The title pretty much says it all: aspiring
songwriters were advised to send their compositions to the
manufacturers on the list.  The book contains similar lists of
record manufacturers, music jobbers, band leaders, and so on.

I sense that by 1930 the list was not quite up-to-date, and that
a few of the companies (Waterbury Brass, for example) didn't
manufacture rolls at all.

Richard Friedman
Upstate New York

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Filmusic Co., 6701 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.
Waterbury Brass Goods Corp., 26 Crane, Waterbury, Connecticut
Capitol Roll Company., 721 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, Illinois
W.W. Kimball Co., 306 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Q.R.S. Music Co., 25 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois
Seeburg Piano Co, 1510 Dayton St., Chicago, Illinois
U.S. Music Co., 2934 W. Lake St., Chicago, Illinois
Victor Music Roll Co., 2830 W. Lake St., Chicago, Illinois
Clark Orchestra Roll Co., 128 S. 2nd St., De Kalb, Illinois
Mel-O-Art Record Mfg. Co., 665 W. Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland
Skinner Organ Co., 677 Fifth Ave, Boston, Massachusetts
Atlas Player Roll Co., 35 Fifth St., Newark, New Jersey
Link Piano Co., Inc.,, 183 Water St., Binghamton, New York
International Player Roll Co., 30 Main St., Brooklyn, New York
Pianostyle Music Co., 83 33rd St., Brooklyn, New York
A.C. Cheney Piano Action Co., Castleton, New York
Aeolian Co., 28 W. 42nd St., New York City, N.Y.
Ampico Corp., 437 5th Ave., New York City, N.Y.
Berni Organ Co., 216 W. 20th Street., New York City, N.Y.
Connorized Music Co., Austin Pl. and E. 144th St., New York City, N.Y.
De Luxe Reproducing Roll Corp., 653 W. 51st St., New York City, N.Y.
J. C. Hoffman, Inc., 2585 3rd Avenue., New York City, N.Y.
Italian Player Roll Co., 30 Main St., New York City, N.Y.
Plaza Music Co., 10 W. 20th St., New York City, N.Y.
Union Paper Co., 842 Washington St., New York City, N.Y.
Welte-Mignon Corp., 665 Fifth Ave., New York City, N.Y.
Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co., North Tonawanda, New York
National Music Roll Co., St. Johnsville, New York
Vocalstyle Music Co., 412 E. 6th St., Cincinnati, Ohio
Leabarjan Mfg. Co., 521 Hanover St., Hamilton, Ohio
Rose Valley Music Roll, 55 and Hunter Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Staffnote Player Roll Co., 721 Fond Du Lac Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin


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Key Words in Subject:  Brands, Labels, Manufacturers, Music, Roll

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