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Unknown Piano Roll Labels & Manufacturers
By John McClelland

Greetings all, I'm working through a list of roll labels and have come
across some that are familiar, some not. But I'm curious as to who
actually manufactured the rolls. Many companies put out various labels,
often clones of their other offerings, sometimes completely different
tunes.

I have included some mysteries that I need help with. If you know
the manufacturer of the label, I'd appreciate the information. If you
want to forward it privately, delete ".geentroep" from my address.
List follows:

Ace
Collector's Classics
Little Gem
Marvel
Pola
Empire
Autokrat
Guarani
Rollos Nacionales
Sajewski

I currently have 675 labels identified. I'm sure there are more out there.
An excerpt from the spreadshhet is below.

Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays.

John McClelland
Portland, Oregon
redwelte901@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

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Code / Label /                       Manufacturer /
88N    88 note                       Connorized Music Co, New York City
STR    88 Note                       Starr Piano Co, Richmond, Indiana
88S    88 note                       United States Music Co, Chicago
88T    88 note Themodist Metrostyle  Aeolian Company, New York City
88M    88 note Themodist Metrostyle  Orchestrelle Co, London
88U    88 note Universal             Aeolian Company, New York City

 [ The chart at https://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/MMMedia/brands.html says
 [   Collector's Classics (Don Rand & Ed Openshaw, Thomaston, Maine)
 [ 'CC' was previously located in Hollywood, Calif. A related product is
 [   Hollywood Vintage Series (Steve Nielsen, pastel label)
 [   Hollywood Vintage Series (Steve Nielsen & Don Rand, bright label)
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Sat 16 Dec 2023, 21:13:46 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Labels, Manufacturers, Piano, Roll, Unknown

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