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great deal in AMICA's field of interest and we regret An AMCA HOnORARY MEMBER his passing. WE nEUER OOT The following is a reprint of an item which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 4,1980, which says BY ILF UlEROLlII it all. Usually AMICA's Honorary Membership Committee is happy to write that they have located another recording artist and that he or she has accepted The Legacy of Richard Rodgers Honorary Membership in our organization, as conferred by the Board of Directors. By EDWIN WILSON But there was one such artist, pianist and composer New York whom we did locate, but unhappily were never able to "Without music," Nietzsche wrote, "life convince he should accept our honor. How sadly we would be a mistake." Without the music of learn that he has passed away and our hope of getting Richard Rodgers, one might add, life him to change his mind is now forever gone. would be a mistake. As a modern theater Composer, Richard This renowned popular composer-pianist recorded at Rodgers, who died SUnday night at 77, was least eight of his wonderful compositions for the sui generis, tnlly one of a lUnd., His career spanned more than 50 years, from "The Ampico in the twenties and early thirties. He was born Garrick Gaities" in 1925 to "I Remember in 1922 on Long Island, New York, and began his Mama" ,last spring. Altogether he' wrote career by writing varsity shows while attending the music for 39 Broadway shows from Columbia University. He continued his studies at the which came literally 'hundreds of songs: Institute of Musical Art in New York and composed "Manhattan," "My Heart Stood Still," "Blue Room," "My Funny Valentine," innumerable successful shows in collaboration with "Spring is Here," "This Can't be Love,'~ / Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein. He was awarded "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning," "Some the Distinguished Public Service Medal by our Enchanted Evening." The list could go on government for his composition "Victory at Sea." for several columns. Nor did Rodgers go unrewarded for his His name? Why he was Richard Rodgers, who died at compositions. In addition to numeroos hon­ the end of December, 1979. He almost became an ors he earned more than $100 million. Honorary Member for in his last letterto me he said he But it is not merely his longevity nor his earnings that set him apart: it is the spe­ would consider accepting after he had completed a cial, quality of his talent. One aspect was new musical he was working on. He contributed a his adaptability. For the first 22 years of his professional life, from 1920 to 1942, he Cover: Cover design created from period collaborated with Lorenz Hart. With Hart, Welte & Gulbransen advertisem'ents. Rodgers always wrote the music first, spinning out a waltz, a ballad or a patter Contributed by Dick Merchant. song, and Hart would add his intricate, ur­ INDEX bane lyrics: "We'll go to Greenwich, where modern men itch to be free." International AMICA 42 When Hart, due to personal problems, Rolls & Music 47 could no longer serve as his lyricist, Rodg­ AMICA Forum 49 ers turned to Oscar Hammerstein II, and Instruments 50 began a second remarkable collaboration. (On~ collaboration would have been suffi­ Northern California 52 cient for most composers.) Beginning with Texas 54 "Oklahoma!" in 1943, Rodgers and Ham­ IOWA 55 merstein turned out hit shows year after Biographical Sketches year: "Carousel," "South Pacific," "The Cecile Chaminade 56 King and I," "The Sound of Music." Technicalities Where ,Hart's lyrics had been sophisti­ 58 cated, often, bittersweet, Hammerstein's Original Bulletin articles, or material for were sincere, straightforward, and some­ reprint that is of significant historical quality times even overly sentimental. But Rodg­ and interest, are encouraged and will receive ers adjusted; his music took on a warmer, -/ reimbursement in the form of AMICA down-to-earth quality. He even changed his membership dues discounts. (Chapter reports composing habits; instead of Writing the and Forum inquiries are excluded.) music first, he set his tunes to Hammer­ stein's completed lyrics.

- 42 - After Hammerstein died in 1960, Rodg­ S.F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle ers wrote on his own ("No Strings") or Dec. 9, 1979 with other collaborators for nearly 20 years more. He could write love songs, comic num­ bers, ballets-you name it. He could also capture the mood or the geographic loca­ Music man: tion of a play, from the turn-of-the-century American West in "Oklahoma!" to the Sia­ mese world of .'The King and I." It has been said that the musical com­ His time has edy is the one art form indigenous to America. If so, Rodgers was one of the people who created it. With "Slaughter on • Tenth Avenue" in "On Your Toes" (19361 he wrote the first ballet in a musical. "Pal come again Joey" (1940) was the first musical with a heel as a hero. And the Rodgers and Ham­ By Lynn Ludlow merstein musicals achieved a new high in Examiner Staff Writer the integration of book, songs and dances. Through all of these changes one thing Kay Ling Friml, who wanted to mail some letters, paused remained constant: Rodgers's great gift for a moment to predict a change in America's musical for melody and his solid musicianship. tastes. Alec Wilder, whose book "American Popu­ '1 think people are ready," she said, "to llsten to some lar Song" is probably the definitive study songs with music." of the music of composers like Jerome Rudolf Friml, who lived here during the melancholy Kern. Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Rodg­ years when operettas gave way to what he called "crooning ers, made a det8.iled analysis of more than and drums;' would have been 100 years old Friday. a hundred Rodgers tunes. Afterwards he As postal worker Jerry Smith stamped postmarks by wrote: "I am more than impressed and re­ hand on 100 letters imprinted with Friml's picture, his spectful: I am astonished." Over the widow said the Post Office had politely refused to issue a years, Mr. Wilder concluded, Rodgers's commemorative stamp. songs "revealed a higher degree of excel­ Although Friml composed "Rose Marie" and 32 other lence, inventiveness and sophistication' light operas performed on Broadway for another generation, than any other writer I have studied:' he died in 1972 at the age of 92. And the Post Office said that Sir Thomas Beecham once remarked, 10 years must go by. "If an opera cannot be played by an organ But his widow said a more important form of grinder, it is not going to achieve immor­ commemoration is planned next spring, when "The Vaga- tality:' Richard Rodgers's songs have bond King" will be revived during the Spring Opera season "- been played by organ-grinders, sung by sponsored by the San Francisco Opera Association. Ella Fitzgerald, and performed by a thou­ Last year it was performed by the Houston Opera with sand dance bands. They have more than such box office success that perhaps a new era of the met the test and have achieved their own operetta is about to begin. fonn of immortality. "I like a full-blooded libretto with a luscious melody, rousing choruses and romantic ~ion;' fum! once told an interviewer. He also said, "I am so full of music that if I don't sit down and let some of it flow, 1 think I would burst from the AFORmER HOnORARY mEmBER pressure." He didn't like ~~entury trends in serious music - and RUDOLF FRlmL he despised rock and roll. He said "Hello, Dolly" was typical of the downfall of the BY ALf UlEROLIn musical comedy in the years after he said goodbye to Broadway. The members of the San Francisco Founding Chapter "A terrible score," he said. "If I had written that music, treasure among their memories a very delightful they would have thrown me out of the theater." evening they spent with Rudolf Frimil, an AMICA When he saw "My Fair Lady," he walked out. Honorary Member at the time. He passed away a few Born Dec. 7, 1879, in Prague United States in 1901 as experience. (Note to chapter program chairmen: Be accompanist to violinist Jan Kubelik. He returned in 1906 as sure to make a tape of a meeting where you entertain a concert pianist - and he decided to stay. an Honorary Member.) In 1911, Friml was hired by Arthur Hammerstein to compose the score for a new operetta, "The Firefly," as a The following recent news interview from the vehicle for a star of the day, Emma Trentini. December 9, 1979 S.F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle The librettist was Otto Harbach, an English teacher from with Friml's wife Kay Ling Friml, who also came to Walla Walla who was lured from the classrooms of Columbia our S.F. Chapter meeting, brought back happy University to the bright lights of Broadway. memories, so we thought we would share it with With "Sympathy" and other song hit'! in the show, Friml became one of the leading composers of the day along with "­ AMICA members who may not have seen it. Sigmund Romberg, Victor Herbert, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kem.

- 43 - In 19'1A, after a succession of other operettas, FrimI and each day standing on his head ''to reactivate the bloOd." Harbach teamed up again for "Rose Marie." It brought to In 1952, he married Kay Ling, hhl secretary for the songbooks of America such classics as "Indian Love Call," previous 14 years. He was ff7; she was 39. They also main­ ''TIle Door of My Dreams" and "Totem Tom-Tom." tained homes in Hollywood and Palm Springs, traveling The latter tune is known to millions of television viewers throughout the world. ./ as the jingle for Hamm's beer: "From the land of sky blue "He always walked through Golden Gate Park when we waters...." FrimJ didn't like it - but it brOUght him $19,000 lived here," she said. "Every day." every year. They moved permanently to Hollywood in 1967 as his Music historian David Ewen says Friml's melodies are health began to fail. "tunes instantly sucked through the ear into the memory." Memorabilia from the composer's life are on display at Berlin once told him, "Rudy, you can shake music out of the San Francisco Public Library, where Friends of the your sleeve." Library sponsored a concert of his songs last week. The tunes included "Donkey Serenade," which Friml said "It was so lovely," said Kay Ling Frinll. "You know, Irving he figured out while dozing in a movie house in 1922. It was Berlin always said it was a cycle. He told Rudy, Theyll all added to the score of "The Firefly." come looking for us again.' " The operettas came, one after another, in days when stages appeared permanently set in scenes from middle

1980 COnVEnTiOn nEWS BY DOROTHY BROMAGE

In Preparation for the Convention, all of the Honoary Members have been contacted. The following summary shows a remarkable situation-a record number will attend the June, 1980 Convention in Pasadena. Of the Honorary Members, seventeen have responded that they are not able to attend. 1. Robert Billings (Niles, Illinois) - not able to come but sending us a tape of recorded incidentals and musical figurations as he arranged and played them in / the 1920s. 2. Elmer Brooks (East Rchester, NY) - President of the Aeolian American Corporation, has a company commitment in late June. 3. Shura Cherkassky (England) - in June, he is between Mexico and England and has rehearsals in London. Next year he will be giving a recital in Pasadena. 4. John Duke (Northampton, Massachussets) - in the fall of 1979, Cambridge Records released a new recording of Carol Bogard in a Recital of Songs, accompanied by John Duke, the composer ofthe songs. 5. Clarence Hickman (Jackson Heights, NY) ­ Composer RUdolf Friml, above, with his wife, Kay unable to travel but thanked us for the honor of being Ling, at the piano in their Richmond District home in 1967. Right, a postal employee cancels Mrs. invited. Friml's own version of a stamp to commemorate 6. Elmer Hunholz (Milwaukee) - sends best wishes 100-year anniversary of her late famed husband for a successful convention. 7. Frank Laffitte (Eng'land) - cannot travel at this European castles: "Katinka," 'The Bird of Paradise," ''The time. Being an Honorary Member of AMICA is Squaw Man," "High Jinks," "You're in Love," 'The Peasant something he mentions in all his biographical notices. Girl." 8. Mana Zucca (Miami) - sends best wishes to all the The wives arrived and went, one after another. Mathilde members of AMICA, but doctor's orders are not to divorced Frim1 and sued Trentini for $100,000 for "alienation of affection"; then Frim1 married Blanche Betters, star of travel. "Katinka" And she hired detectives when he took too warm 9. Max Morath (New York City) - has other an interest in Elsie Lawson, star of ''Tumble In," who became committments in June, wishes us the best of times at his third wife. the Huntington. The composer came to Hollywood in 1932 after Broadway 10. Leo Ornstein (Brownsville, Texas) - traveling is audiences began to regard his operettas as Viennese difficult Mrs. Ornstein (Pauline) writes. They send ../ schmaltz. regrets. In 1950, Frim1 becan1e an adopted San Franciscan. He bought a home on 48th Avenue across from Sutro Park. He 11. Wilfred Pelletier (New York City) - a reply from gave occasional concerts and told reporters that he began his wife, Rose, came with regret that Maestro will be unable to attend. - 44 . 12. Fred Rydeen (Walnut Creek, California) - sends The Smithsonian Institution itself has Honorary wishes for a Happy New Year 1980. Membership. Mr. Gary Sturm of the Musical "13. Germaine Schnitzer (New York City) - is sorry to Instruments Division will represent the Smithsonian. miss what will be a succesful gathering, she writes. Gary has many interests related to music. 14. Ernest Stevens (Montclair, New Jersey) - his doctor advises against the strain of the trip and Eubie Blake is busy with public appearances. His '-.-/ Convention. attendance will be confirmed later. Abram Chasins 15. Reginald Stewart (Santa Barbara, California) -the and Edwin Lester live in the Los Angeles area. They Summer Session of the Academy of the West begins and will be advising us of their decision later. the week of the Convention, and he is head ofthe Piano The 1980 Convention will be a unique experience for Department. AMICAns, with opportunities to get to know so many 16. Alexandre Tansman (France) - a week of his Honorary Members. They will be participating in works has been organized in his native Poland and he regular Convention activities plus the performances will be there. and interviews that are planned. In the Huntington 17. Maurice "Roy" Wetzel (Chicago) - called and Hotel, a lovely room has been reserved as a piano reminisced about the days when you got $5 for making salon. It will be used for both scheduled and informal a roll (if you were lucky). performances. There will be performances at the Several Honorary Members have passed away since Banquet and other events as well. the last AMICA Directory was produced including: With such a special occasion as this convention, there Lyle Downey, Julius Chaloff, Johnny Johnson and are plans to have newspaper, radio and TV coverage. Guiomar Novaes Pinto. Two Honoraries are "lost" as The archives will be richer after June, because of no current address can be found for Erwin photographs, tapes of interviews and video tape Nyiregyhazi or Joe Gold. If anyone has information recordings for this gathering ofthe Greats in AMICA's about these members please Contact Dorothy special field of interest. Bromage. P.O. Box 387, La Habra, CA 90631. The following Honorary Members have accepted the invitation to come to the 1980 Convention. 1. Pauline Alpert lives in the Bronx, New York and hopes to attend. 2. Louis Alter of new York City will come with his son adam. 3. Robert Armbruster lives in Los Angeles. He is scheduled for a piano duo performance with Bill Flynt. 4. Julius Burger and his wife are coming from Elmhurst, New York. 5. WilbUr Chenowith of Santa Monica is happy to come if he is not in England. 6. Matilaa Locust Hart lives in Los Angeles and is doing some coaching of singers. 7. Ursula Dietrich Hollinshead of San Antonio, Texas will perfrom a piano duo with Joseph Kirk. 8. Johnny Honnert is coming from Florida, will visit in the Los Angeles area after the Convention. 9. Henry Lange of Dayton, Ohio hopes he gets the doctor's OK to come. 10. Flora Mora from Miami is working on a translation of her book, "Music and Humanity." She has never seen the Grand Canyon and would like to know of anyone returning home by car through that area, following the Convention. 11. Genevieve Pitot of New Orleans will let us know SOME TIPS ON CONVENTION REGISTRATION for sure later, has been ill since the Philadelphia Pasadena in June-the Huntington Hotel itself-are Convention. likely to be drawing regular members in the same 12. Ruth Bingaman Smith in San Antonio, will visit great numbers as Honorary Members. Early the San Diego area after the Convention. registration with the hotel is advisable. BOTH 13. Ramsi Tick of QRS in Buffalo, New York is CONVENTION AND HOTEL REGISTRATION coming. QRS now prints on rolls (words, diagrams, FORMS ARE PRINTED ON THE INSIDE OF THE etc.) MAILING COVER OF THE BULLETIN. The Hotel 14. Victor Zuck, Pittsburg, a new Honorary Member, registration form is to be sent directly to the hotel. will attend the Convention with Mrs. Zuck. There is no partial registration for the Convention, but 15. Edwin Link (Binghamton, NY) another New tickets for the Banquet only will be available at the Honorary Member, will let us know for sure later on if time of registration (for $20) in June. he will be able to come.

- 45 - IIIUI 111m IlflBlITlGlA aamnlal nn 1&·18, lila Location: Huntington Sheraton Hotel- Pasadena, California (See separate materials for hotel accommodations.) CONVENTION REGISTRATION ... Early registration fee: $155 Registration received on or before May 31 will be at the above rate. ... Registration received June 1 or later: $170 The registration fee includes all Convention activities and 8 meals.

CONVENTION SCHEDULE • Wednesday, June 25 Registration 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Early Bird '!bur - Huntington Library and Art Gallery 2 p.m. Bus or shuttle provided. Tour to Baranger Studio Museum Evening Bus provided. • Thursday, June 26 Tour to San Sylmar - noon Dinner at the Great American Wind Machine Silent movie and theatre organ at San Gabriel Civic Auditorium Bus provided for complete day and evening events. • Friday, June 27 Annual Business Meeting - morning Mart and workshops - afternoon Dinner and program - evening • Saturday, June 28 Tours ofOpen Houses - all day - bus provided Banquet - evening • Sunday, June 29 International Board Meeting - morning Optional Open House visits - all day Detach form below & mail to Roy Shelso, 18042 Lassen Dr., Santa Ana, Ca. 92705 REGISTRATION - 1980 AMICA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Mail to: Roy SheIso ... 18042 Lassen Dr. Santa Ana, CA 92705

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Please print your name as you wish it to appear on your Convention badge. spliced to regular Aeolian paper and the first section is captioned "repetition note scale" and "Timing turn Duo-Art lever off, seven feet should play in one minute c7!olls and. cJ!(us;c -70-." In the repetition test each note is sounded 6 times. The A and A# above middle C are struck at 1', 2', 3', 4',5',6', 7', and 8'. All 88 notes are tested. The next "­ sections test proper sustaining and soft pedal operation. The accompaniment and theme sections are tested next in the following sequence for each section: AIIOTHER DUO-ART TEST ROLL 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15. This is followed by the usual BV Jillil R. llAIIT accompaniment and theme zero arpeggios tests. The chord tests (normal) are followed by an unusual The reprint ofthe instruction sheet for the Duo-Art test section captioned "These should play very softly at 0 roll shown here is a copy of an original sheet found by with Duo-Art lever on to show evenness of scale." Dick Dahlberg in the box of an original Duo-Art test Here each note is sounded once for about If.! second and roll in his possession. The roll is sort of unusual in the sustaining pedal is turned on and then off for each several respects. First, the label on the box is note. This goes from note 5 to note 65 at level absolutely plain and makes no mention of the Aeolian accompaniment zero. At note 66 accompaniment goes Company. It reads simply, "1921 Electric Duo-Art to level one, stays on through note 84, when it goes off, Tester." At the bottom of the label are the small and the notes start sounding in reverse (coming back numbers "8-2872." The same label is glued on a baby­ down the keyboard) at accompaniment zero, ending at blue leader which seems to be made of light oil cloth note 60. An excerpt then follows, "La Gondola" by and has a cream colored tab with an angel/lyre/globe Henselt, played by Godowsky (tempo 70). This plays illustration and the word "Aeolian." The leader is lap- for about a minute and is followed by an excerpt from TESTER FOR DUO-ART PIANO

The 1918 tester for the Duo-Art Piano has several im provements over previous testers. OLD TESTERS SHOULD BE DISCARDED.

The arpeggios used for setting dynamics or expression box at 0 arc the same as have beell in usc at our Factories. As some instruments have been changed in adjustment for various reasons, and play either too loud or too soft, for the best results of Duo-Art music we have added a few tests at 0 - I - 2 - 4 on the accom­ paniment which should demonstrate whether the piano is adjusted properly. After the first two arpeggios, of which each note should play softly are two which art: much faster and should not play, (or play an occasional note.) The same is true of the Themodist arpeggio. If all these play the instrument is adjusted too loud at 0, accompaniment and Themodist. The notes of the chromatic scale should play very softiy and will shew any uneveness in the piano. (The last few notes may not play on some pianos.) The first group of chords should not play at o. The second group SHOULD play with the Themodist perforation, and the third group should NOT play with the Themodist perforation.

The same is true of following sets of chords. At 1 - 2 and 4 one set should play and the second set should not play, (or play on occasional chord.) If these tests do not work as indicated on the roll, the instrument is not properly adjusted. The following suggestions may help in locating the trouble. FIRST: The- springs attached to the regulation bellows of Accompaniment and Themodist should have enough tension to keep them from being loose when the motor is turned off. SECOND: When the motor is started and the roll is stopped on blank paper, the regulation or ex­ pression bellows on accompaniment side should move up one-half inch and the Themodist bellows a fraction above the accompaniment, If they move more or less than this amount, the knife valve should be re-adjusted. If the instrument plays too softly or to loud at ° when expression bellows are adjusted as above, the n adjust with the spring. The bellows should make 66 to 70 pulsations in one minute for sufficient power.

- 47 - "Witches' Dance" by McDowell and played by Cone­ "A Kiss In The Dark" -A nice waltz ballad from the Baldwin. This is very brief (about 1 foot of music) and show "Orange Blossoms" which was written by is immediately followed by an almost identical section DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson with a copyright by captioned "same passage with soft pedal to show T. B. Harms Publishers in 1922. The roll is QRS #212 smoothness of adjustment." Theme coding for both played by Phil Ohman. In this writer's opinion the ../ sections is identical, however, accompaniment level is arrangement is extremely good. The arrangement "1" for the whole of the first section and "2" for the opens up with a little of Victor Herbert's "Kiss Me whole of the second section. Also, as stated, the soft Again" and continues with a smooth, elaborate piano pedal is on for the the whole of the second section. This style which Mr. Ohman does so well. Truly, nice. is the end of the roll, save for the printed warning, "This music roll is fully protected by letters patent and "Love Will Keep Us Together" - This song was trade-marks and our rights therein will be strictly written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and enforced against infringement. 237." published by Don Kirshner Music Inc. in 1975. The hit song was recorded on disc record by The Captain and Tennille and is also recorded on QRS #10-542 by Bob Berkman. This writer can find shortcomings in this roll arrangement but would say that it is good and true TWO UNLISTED AMPICO ROLLS LOCATED to the hit disc record version. Approximately two years ago "The Complete Catalog of Ampico Reproducing Piano Rolls" was published. This cat­ alog lists several roll numbers with unknown titles. Two of the unknown rolls have been located. Listed below is the com plete inform ation on these two Am pico recordings. RED ROLLS, AnYOnE? 54713 Tom, Dick, Harry and Jack One Step (Johnson­ Ager Played by Victor Arden and Thos. Griselle. 2684 Take The Welte roll-reformatting project, which was Me To That Swanee Shore (Muir) Played by Botsford and announced in the January/February Bulletin, has Gumble. apparently been well-received in the collector community since it is almost fully suscribed at this 54713 has the Ampico label on the roll. 2684 has the StoddarJ time. And as a result of this project, a number of Red Am pico label. Welte collectors have inquired about the likelihood of Frank Adams a future recutting of actual Red Welte rolls ... that is, not reformatted into the licensee configuration.

Such a project would have to be done on it subscription / basis, with a likely minimum of about 50 rolls per set, at a cost of $10 to $12 per roll. We would like to hear PIAno ROLL REVIEW from any collectors of Red Welte rolls who would be BY DAII nnTLE interested in participating in such a subscription recutting project, as well as those who have Red rolls 88-NOTE ROLLS that would be suitable for recutting. Or ifyou know of non-AMICAns who would possibly be interested, we'd "Crazy Words - Crazy Tune" -A humorous foxtrot like to know about them, too. written by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein. Most references today will refer only to Ager and Yellen as the Please contact: Bill Flynt, P.O. Box 401146, Garland, composer but old piano rolls, sheet music, or records Texas 75040. 214/278-8093 (home) and 214/276-3701 will reveal that Bornstein also had a part in the (office). composition. The roll is QRS #3853 played by Pete Wendling. The words are fun to read and sing to the clever Pete Wendling arrangement which uses syncopation between left and right hands then introduces 6th chords to freshen up the repeat of the chorus. A wonderful roll which should be reproduced. J. LAWREnCE COOK'S "I Am Going Back To Home Sweet Home" - This EARLIEST PIAno ROLLS? waltz song written by A. Holloway is published by Weile Publishing Company as well as being recorded BY MIKE MOIITGOMERY on Weile music rolls. Most Weile rolls have no artist I had always thought that J. Lawrence Cook made his listed. The roll number is #0756 and is a waltz with earliest piano rolls for either QRS or the US Music organ bass effects. The organ effects are produced by Company in Chicago. The QRS roll with the earliest­ two octave notes repeating rapidly, and with sustained or lowest-serial number is QRS 1829 - "Dying with use of the loud pedal control, you, your piano, and this the Blues." While the label doesn't show it, QRS roll can properly re-create thunder effects. Other than bulletins indicate the release date was February, 1922. the special effects, the rest of the song and words could induce napping especially when one notices there is The other day I received a photocopy of an ad that still one more verse and two more choruses. appeared in the "New York Age," June 11, 1921. This

- 48 - was sent to me by Karl Gert Zur Heide from Bremen, during the 1920s and who is still active in Detroit at the West Germany and he obtained it from Franz age of 81, still sings a song she calls "Lovin' Sam .Hoffmann in Berlin! Obviously these gentlemen (or at From Alabam." It is not the same song most of us least Hoffmann) has some sort of microfilm copy of know by a similar title ("Lovin' Sam, The Sheik of this black publication. Here's what the ad says: Alabam") and now it appears to be a tune that Perry Bradford composed but which saw little popularity. "'- MAMIE SMITH'S Do any AMICA members know anything about these HITS ON MUSIC ROLLS early rolls? It would be nice, also, to know what the With Words title was to roll 201 (not listed in the "Age" ad) and if June Bulletin Bradford offered any numbers with serial numbers higher than 206. 202 - IF YOU DON'T WANT ME BLUES $1.00 - Fox Trot Blues Bradford's Master Blues. Played by J. Lawrence Cook. ~aa~~~~~ 203 - JAZZBO BLUES $1.00 - Fox Trot. By Marion Dickerson, writer of It's Jlmica cJ!orum Right Here For You. Played ~~~~~~"""~~ by J. Lawrence Cook. 204 -U NEED SOME LOVIN' BLUES $1.00 - One-Step Blues. By Perry Bradford. Played by J. Lawrence Cook. You can't UALUE ADJUSTMEnT QUERY resist from dancing. Your Editor received the following query via the 205 - MEMORIES OF YOU, MAMMY. telephone and took this message where it was difficult $1.00 - Fox-Trot Ballad. By to write-and I write none too legibly anyway. The Perry Bradford. Played by J. point is, I've got the question but can't be sure if I got Lawrence Cook. Here is where the questioner correct since it has been some time Bradford shows his versatility from the taking of this note to this typing. I believe it by writing a Southern Lullaby. was Doyle Lane who requested: 206 - LOVIN' SAM FROM ALABAM The answer is desired to the method that the factory $1.00 - Fox-Trot. By Perry used to adjust the press-fit stem collars on the Bradford. Played by J. Standard Action valve. It might appear, that final Lawrence Cook. Mamie Smith accurate fitting needed to be done once the valve was tells how she loves "Sam" in this roll. installed (to obtain uniformity throughout) and if so how, or if not, how was "bench setting" uniformity NOTE: If your dealer can't supply obtained? you with these rolls, send in $1.10 and we will send one roll to you. Please forward your answer to the Bulletin and I will Send all orders to publish it for the benefit of all AMICAns. BRADFORD SONG ROLL CO. 1547 Broadway New York CARREno AnECDOTE I have never seen a roll issued on the "Bradford Song Roll" label, but it seems clear that Cook was actively BY Q. DAVID BOUIERS arranging rolls as early as June, 1921 if not earlier. I I received the latest issue of The AMICA Bulletin and am also not aware that rolls with these titles were ever note the article on Teresa Carreno. Several years ago I issued by any roll company. However, in another had the opportunity to visit Hanns Popper, the only "New York Age" ad dating back to November 27, 1920, surviving son of Hugo Popper, who founded Popper & a New York music shop was offering four Connorized Company, one of the foremost firms in the orchestrion rolls of Mamie Smith hits as follows: "You Can't Keep and automatic musical instrument business around A Good Man Down," "The Road Is Rocky," "It's Right the turn of the century. As "The Encyclopedia of Here For You" and "Crazy Blues." In all likelihood, Automatic Musical Instruments" relates, it was Hanns Bradford took the rolls Cook made for him and had a Popper who helped with the introduction of the Welte­ local firm like Connorized run off some copies for him. Mignon and arranged for various musical One interesting sidelight: Sippie Wallace, who personalities to make "recordings" on Welte rolls. "--' recorded blues numbers on the Okeh label extensively Hanns Popper has some interesting surviving

- 49 - correspondence from his father. Of particular note was an exchange of letters from Teresa Carreno. It seems that when her Welte rolls were released she objected violently and made all sorts of threats, claiming that Jnsfrumenfs they did not fairly represent her work, and so on. The - / matter was finally smoothed over by Hugo Popper who, among other things, gave her a luxury automobile as a gift! UIIUSUAL PLAYER ACTIOII BY DICK PARKER

I recently bought a Chase & Baker rosewood case WE LIKE THEM TO START YOUIIO upright player, SN 8699 (1929?) with an unusual action it it. Evelyn Meeder of Santa Barbara sends THE AMICA the following photographs of her grandson who was 10 In hopes that others will do the same with their oddball months old at the time of the filming on December 31, actions, I am submitting these pictures for the 1979. His name is Jarad Meeder and he has recently Bulletin. moved to Santa Barbara from Hatboro, Pennsylvania. As you can see, the valve is a real "swinger," much like the Straube valve Durrell Armstrong pictures in his PPC catalog. Notice that the metal valve seat has a leather face in addition to the leather face on the valve button. The valve button fits loosely on the reduced tip of the dowel from the pouch button.

Selecting the roll.

The tracker bar is just a tad different too. I can see where it would allow more "mis-tracking" of the roll because of the wider slot, but it might also lean toward "floating" valves of the adjacent notes. And in the case of damp rolls where the perfs ride the right side of the treble notes and the left side of the bass notes it might throw the timing of the music off noticeably. I haven't rebuilt this baby yet, so I don't know. The third picture shows the individual screw-on pneumatics and "Standard-like" fingers. The smaller hose (V2'') is the only air supply to the primary valve deck above so I suspect there had better be very little Assisting the roll. leakage through those valves and chest. large and more perfect instruments. Their results brought gold medals from all the industrial expositions and a factory was started in nearby Frieburg. In 1865 a New York studio was opened to engage in the lucrative American market. From this time on the Welte firm gained success in the "­ mechanical music business. The Welte orchestrions were owned and played for royalty and the rich all over the world. Some luxurious residence installations cost $10,000 to $15,000. Some were installed on yachts. The new Welte invention using punched paper roll music appeared in 1887 and was protected by patents in every country. For years there was no competition and the financial success of the new idea led to finer achievements resulting in inventions actually This action may be in everyone's garage but I've never reproducing the playing of the great organists of the seen one. Come on guys-of all sexes, let us see some time. pictures of any unusual actions you have out there. Being aware of the "mechanical" sounds of the rolls like that of the early player pianos, the Orchestrion rolls were renditions of the full orchestral score and were cut with identical spacing between each beat. Triplets, ritards and especially rubato were difficult to achieve. Much effort and many patents were devoted to the perfection of a record-playback system that would reproduce keyboard playing on the instrument that had made the record. The resulting interest and popularity of the player piano and the famous pianists led to the development of the first successful reproducing piano player in 1905. It was the result of the inventions of Edwin Welte and was the Welte Vorsetzer. ',- By 1900 the Welte orchestrionsevolved into complete pipe organs with the company embarking on a full scale manufacture of finely crafted instruments both in Frieburg and at the new American factory in Poughkeepsie, New York. The Welte Reproducing Organ player was first exhibited at the Turin Exposition of 1910 with great success. The recording system for the organ player was somewhat less of an engineering feat than the THE WELTE PHILHARMOniC ORGAn Vorsetzer. In the electropneumatic organ action of all B¥ EMMET M. FORD the signals were either on or off and every movement of stop, key and expression pedal was electrically In 1976 at the AGO Convention held in Boston, transcribed onto the roll. Recording organs were Massachusetts, there were two recitals by the Welte located in Frieburg and at the New York studio. Philharmonic Organ, a reproducing player organ During World War 1 the Welte holdings were using Welte rolls and made by M. Welte & Sons in 1910­ confiscated by the American Government under the 1930. The recitals were on June 21 and 22 in the Church Alien Property Act. The Frieburg factories were of the Covenant in Boston. Two Dolby cassette tapes bombed by ~he U.S. forces. The Welte organs were were made of the organ rolls, WP0101 and WP0102. again manufactured in the 1920s at the Poughkeepsie They may be ordered from Welte Recordings, 292 factory. In 1929 the factory was purchased by Donald Shawmut Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, $8.00 each or both for $15.00 postpaid. Tripp and moved to Sound Beach, Connecticut. Two years later it was moved to St. Louis where Welte­ In 1832, after a five year apprenticeship, Michael Welte Tripp was absorbed by the Kimball Organ Company. established a musical clock business in Vohrenbach, a Edwin Welte died in 1949 and the proud form of M. village in the Black Forest region of Germany. His Welte and Sons ceased to exist. three barrel orchestrion, containing 110 pipes received The last original Welte installation in the United the attention and praise of the Grand Duke of Baden. States was the Welte-Tripp organ Opus 287 installed in Welte and his sons turned their interest into making the Church of the Covenant. It was contracted in 1927, hour, and included classical organ music, operatic and installation begun in January 1929, finished in April orchestral transcripts. On the tapes, all rolls were and dedicated by the longtime organist of the church, hand played except the "Poet and Peasant Overture," Henry R. Austin, on May 16, 1929. which was arranged by Michael Welte and taken directly from an earlier orchestrion barrel. The organ is located behind the ornamental oak and plaster grillwork on either side of the chancel. The Appreciation and thanks must be extended to the Swell and Solo Divisions on the left, Choir and Great Ministers, Council Members and Congregation of the Divisions on the right. Pedal stops are divided between Church of the Covenant for their preservation of the the two. Wind presssures from the 25 horsepower Welte Opus 287 organ and for supporting the Welte blower range from 3lf2 inches from the unenclosed Reproducing Player Project. Great Diapasons to 15 inches for the Solo Tuba. Considering its age of 50 years, the organ is in remarkably good condition and the chests and reservoirs still function with the original leather, Tonal additions and alterations in recent years have slightly altered the character of the instrument toward greater flexibility in service playing, but nearly all the tone colors required for authentic performance by the c9r.fBalilornia Reproducing Organ Player are original and intact. Appropriate ranks of pipes and a harp have been added for this performance to complete the specification of the original instrument on which the rolls were made. WES CAUETT HOSTS no. CALIFORniA Ken Clark, who has been interested in pipe organs and BY JACK EDWARDS player mechanisms for years, acquired a Welte Reproducing Player from a North Shore residence in "I felt the earth move." - "It's not my fault." 1970. Years of disuse and damage from the ocean air A person could have heard these two lines at the had reduced the complex electrical and pneumatic January meeting of the Northern California Chapter actions to near junk condition. The essential portion of and both speakers could have been telling the truth, the registration mechanism was severely damaged unless the second speaker's name was San Andreas. and the ingenious "computer" section that sifted pedal This meeting, held at Wes Cavett's beautiful Victorian notes from the maze of accompaniment perforations home in San Francisco, began with Mother Nature was missing entirely. A complete' rebuilding and cranking up one of her famous Bay Area earthquakes, reconstruction of the missing portion was necessary and ended with one of the most expansive arrays of before the Welte rolls could play again. It was delicious food imaginable at a pot luck dinner. necessary to locate a church with a Welte organ in good condition and large enough to realize the complete'resources of the registrational scheme. Mr. Clark's three years of restoration and documentation brought him to Lloyd Davies, the last remaining Welte technician from the Poughkeepsie factory. Mr. Davies' collection of technical journals was an aid in final adjustments to get a perfect and original performance. Forty-four years after the original organ dedication, the Church of the Covenant Welte was heard again in two recitals. The artists were no longer alive, but their rolls brought to light their performances at the consoles of organs all over the world. The 74 year old Alexander Guilmant was enthused about making rolls and had prepared for a trip to Freiburg, but his untimely death changed plans and it became important that other great organists be recorded. The list of organists making Welte rolls is astounding and of the world's most famous. They were: Bill McCoy at the organ. Joseph Bonnet, Gigout, Dupre, Bossi, Goss-Custard, Farnum, Heinroth, Hollins, Edwin H, Lemare, T. Tertius Noble, Max Reger, Clarence Eddy and Samuel Those in attendance put away great quantities of anc~ Baldwin. Clarence Eddy and Samuel Baldwin were lasagne, tamale pie, raw vegatables dip, tuna both founding fathers of the American Guild of casserole, baked beans, chicken salad, and desserts Organists. The Welte Music Library had over 1000 that would make tears come to the eyes of any dieter. selections, some rolls lasting over a quarter of an And there was wine, but what would one expect in Northern California where wine is to the natives as oil is to the Ayatollah. Wilcox will spend another year running around trying to get reluctant members to fork over their dues with Before all the goodies were even dented, chapter the same gusto with which they forked away the food . president Phil McCoy called everyone together for a at this party. The combined duties of reporter and brief business meeting. During the meeting, new chapter secretary fell on the shoulders of Jack and officers were chosen. For the coming year, Isadora Diane Edwards. Photography for the Bulletin will be Koff will be just a heartbeat away from filling the ',,­ done by David Fryman. After a brief report by shoes of re-elected chief executive, Phil McCoy. Bob treasurer Bob Wilcox, the chapter dues were raised to eight dollars by a semi-unamious vote. After the meeting, the guests settled down to totally destroying every bite there was in the place and to listening to a variety of artists show their expertise on the piano and organ which graced opposite ends of Wes Cavett's living room, which according to Wes, dates back to at least 1895.

Barbershop Trio. .. j.. As guests left, they noticed that Mother Nature had become less violent, and had blanketed The City in a gentle fog rolling in through the Golden Gate and across the San Francisco hills. . /

Jim Ponder (standing) and Jerry Miller. ROLL AUCTiOn HIGHLIGHTS nORTHERn CALIFORniA MEETinG BY JACK I DIAnnE EDWAIIJS

February's meeting at the home of Howard and Isadora Koff started off a little less earth-shaking than did January's meeting. There was no earthquake, but things did get moving on their own quite well. Immediately after chapter president Phil McCoy called the meeting to order, Dick Reutlinger made everybody there want to take up residence on Colorado. His description of the AMICA Board Meeting he went to, which was hosted by the Rocky Mountain Chapter, let us all know that the Mountain people have world class meetings, and have hospitality in a class all by itself. Dick then reported on efforts to assemble AMICA archives. When finished ...... reporting, Dick wandered glassy-eyed around the Koff

- 53 - home whistling John Denver songs and muttering is a pilot for Delta airlines. something about Coors beer. On the wall are several off-the-wall examples of old After the business part of the meeting, which was model airplane engines operated by compressed air. highlighted by Phyllis McCoy's going around These consist of cylinder-type engines connected to a collecting dues checks for ailing chapter treasurer propellor and attached to long cigar shaped reinforced / Bob Wilcox and saying something about changing her air tanks. When these are charged up they store and name to AMICA McCoy, Nick Jarrett got down to the release surprising energy in short bursts. business of auctioning off over a hundred piano rolls of various types and descriptions. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peterman took most of the rolls home, but the bidding war won by Dick Reutlinger over an Ampico rendition of "Over There" captured the most attention, and started mumblings about who might be the true AMICA archive. When the roll auction was concluded, all in attendance settled down to enjoying the delicious food and drink provided by Howie and Isadora, and to listening with pleasure to the large and well played selections played by guest performers Jerry Miller and Marv Bellis on the Koffs' twin pianos, a Steinway Duo-Art and a Mason & Hamlin, on which the player has to push down on all of the keys by himself. The absolute lowlight of the evening was the untimely demise of this reporter's camera resulting in a large number of pictures which look like sub-surface photographs taken by Jacques Costeau at the La Brea Richard Tonnesen takes a closer look at the Ba1tz1ey's Tar Pitts. This explaines the rather obvious lack of Chickering. Matthew Brady-esque blandishment of this report. In addition to the festive buffet, everyone got off to the beautiful and nicely redone Seeburg Nickelodeon with its art glass front and accurate action. The main room of the house contained a really nice Simplex upright pumper with an original engraved Jesse French plexiglas illuminated advertisement sign on top! cre:cas When completed, this piano will be a gem.

The piece de resistance, of course, was the sumptous art case Chickering Ampico A. This fine instrument was brought back to sonorous life by the joint efforts of the Baltzleys, who found it and had the eviscerated MULTIPLE COLLECTIOnS instrument rebuilt, refinished and restrung (complete EnTERTAin TEIAS AMICAns BY JAMES KELSEY

All AMICAns familiar with the Texas weather never know what to expect but when Merrill and Kay Baltzley are the hosts of a meeting, everyone can look forward to a good time. The weather turned out fine, and AMICAns turned out in respectable numbers (considering the hazardous road conditions due to snow the day previous) to enjoy the hospitality of our hosts in their home filled with "neat stuff." There were so many goodies to look at. While a select portion of our group were occupied with inspecting Kay's fascinating collection of antique dolls, another detachment of aficionados was minutely examining Merrill's display case prominently eXhibiting a ./ collection of large-scale old toy trains. This is an interesting hobby for a person involved with a newer New Texas AMICA president Jim Phillips directs the and more fashionable mode of transportation. Merrill meeting.

- 54 - with the gold Centennial medallion on the plate), and Ray Beckland, who rebuilt the collected Ampico !Oechanism. The drawer, which is a late A model, exactly matches the piano, and for all purposes could be the same one removed so many years before. The finish is perfect, the restringing and plate excellent, and the flawless virginity of the sounding board all combine to produce a beautiful piano. This particular model of Chickering, of which there are three in the Texas Chapter, is of a scale which is tonally almost 3RO AnniVERSARY IOWA MEETInG indistinguishable from the best 7' pianos. The BY AL JOHnSOn Coatsworths' of Houston own a plain case version, the Becketts' of Dallas have the voluptous Italian On Saturday February 9th a number of Iowa AMICAns Renaissance fantasy, and the Baltzleys' above­ made a pilgrimage to Oskaloosa, Iowa for it was here described Louis XVI brown mahogany version of the three years ago that a number of dedicated, same gorgeous piano proves that beauty can be more enthusiastic collectors met to form what is now known than skin deep! Also, that extra foot of length on the as the Iowa Chapter of AMICA International. end doesn't hurt matters. A thunderous version of "Exodus" recently released by the Malones, coded by Bill Flynt, and played by an unnamed pianist left our group craving more, and this was immediately supplied by a dynamic duo of young visiting virtuosi from Fort Worth who rendered a boogie version of "San Antonio Rose" arid a few other numbers in a foot-tapping style on the Chickering and Jesse French upright.

L. to R: from Richard Parker's collection - Celestina, 16 note dual reed Intona, Gem Roller organ.

What surprises were in store for us! Saturday we toured the Central Methodist Church Degan chimes which had been recently reconditioned by one of the members. It could be played from the church organ keyboard but couldn't be heard from inside due to the church construction and the new plexiglass covers over all the stained glass windows. Mary Lou Shimp was getting quite a kick out of working the organ foot AMICAns enjoying the foodstuffs. Do the Bennets look pedals-by hand!. a little bit posed? After that, we drove by the boyhood home of America's "Waltz King," Frederick Knight Logan, who lived After a short business meeting which included a most of his life in Oskaloosa. Later that evening at discussion of Richard Tonnesen's recutting of the Red founding member Dick Parker's house the "Angelus," Paper Welte rolls on the Licensee format mentioned belonging to the Oskaloosa Historical Society, was previously in the Bulletin, and plans for the 1981 disassembled thus commencing our first group Dallas AMICA Annual Meeting, we adjourned. One restoration project. repriseI of "Exodus" saw us doing just that, and we On Sunday we gathered at the home of John and Sandy headed 'em up and rolled 'em out. Parker to partake in another of our favorite pastimes, So, having arrived at this double bar and before the namely eating. Sandy had prepared a delicious buffet accusation of our being a coda, we will graciously for all present, along with some dishes other members withdraw and gather our forces for the next time. had brought with them. Then a little after dinner, music from John's fine Ellington Grand with the Welte-Mignon Licensee Action.

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The Angelus Orchestral before restoration. Martin Hubbard assisting in the disassembly process.

Leaving with the "spoils" of the meeting! L. to r: Mary The inner mechanisms of the Angelus. Lou Shimp, Don Crawford and Al Johnson.

Next, on to the business meeting. This turned out to be Chapter of the Musical Box Society held a meeting an exercise in how to run a meeting without a here a few years ago, so just ask anyone how much fun president, or vice president. Fortunately, however, we it is to visit this place! Everyone is invited so let's had a secretary who had no minutes and a treasurer have a big turnout. Music Wonderland is located at the who had temporarily misplaced the treasurer's report! junction of Iowa Route 3 and U.S. Route 65 just 9 miles Anyway, the meeting went smoothly after a rather north of Mason City, Iowa. bumpy beginning. The minutes were eventually found hiding in a tape recorder box (where else?) and the treasurer's report was found elsewhere. Then after "just one more roll" it was off to brother Dick's house to distribute the various components of the "Angelus" to our eager technicians! dJioDrapRical Our next meeting will be April 13 at Dick Parker and Marie Parker's again to hopefully conclude the &KefcRes restoration of the "Angelus."We're working on a "biggie" for our August 10th meeting which will be hosted by Tom Fretty at Tom's Music Wonderland. This is the finest public collection in this area. There will be a lunch served for a very nominal charge. There are a number of large automatic organs in this CECILE CHAMlnADE collection, nickelodeon pianos, and other smaller instruments such as roller organs and phonographs. B¥ EMMET M. FORD Take a stroll anound the Frontier Town and have a soda in the ice-cream parlor. The Mid-America Few composers, in the last fifty years or more, have had the good fortune to have their works so

- 56 - extensively pUblished and played as Cecile compositions. The 1889 debut with an orchestra was in Chaminade. She is well represented by pianists on Paris with the famed Lemoureux Orchestra, ·Ampico, Duo-Art and other piano rolls. Her English performing her "Concertstucke." Later, her debut in Duo-Art roll (061) of her playing one of her the United States was at Carnegie Hall, October 4, 1908 compositions, "L'Ondine, Op 101" is an exceptional appearing with the mezzo-soprano Yvonne de Saint­ roll and definitely proves her pianistic ability. She Andre and the baritone Ernst Groom. The program was an excellent pianist and gave concerts around the included ten piano works and twelve songs. One was world. her popular "The Silver Ring." This song became famous when David Bispham, the popular Quaker, This gifted French woman, Louis Stephanie Cecile used it on his concert tours. Cecile appeared with the Chaminade, was born in Paris, August 8, 1861. From Philadelphia Orchestra playing her "Concertstucke" early childhood her interest in music was strong and for piano and orchestra. A United States tour followed she composed and performed. Her musical training the two concerts. started at an early age and the interest of Bizet had a great influence. Bizet's interest in the talented child Early in 1900 she married the music publisher, M. caused him to recommend to her father to give her all Carbonel in Marseilles. His death was in 1906. possible opportunity but to be careful not to bore her Cecile was interested only in presenting her own with study. compositions and her music became so popular Cecile entered the Paris Conservatoire to study with Chaminade Clubs were formed. It was claimed she had Felix Le Couppey, author of a famous series of more music clubs named for her than any other elementary etudes for the piano to be used by his woman. Two of the more simple compositions, "La students. Le Couppey was the successor of Henry Herz Lisoniera" (The Flatterer) and "Scarf Dance" were the and was an efficient and very practical teacher. Study most popular and were not included in her recitals included harmony, counterpoint and fugue with except the latter which was used an an encore. Her Savard. Cecile did not care for his scholarly, pedantic compositions, though popular, never reached the manner and over-fondness of rules, feeling he was highest standard. They were more agreeable to the inclined to oppose more than he should have in salon as "student pieces." Neither were her more creating originality in the student. Later study was serios works such as "Concertstucke," a concerto for with Benjamin Godard, who had been a violini-st and piano and orchestra and two orchestral suites student of the great Vieuxtemps. Godard was best successful in gaining popularity. She composed "Les known as a composer of charming pieces for the piano. Amazons" for chorus and orchestra, chamber music, a Cecile described him as "very tall, incredibly stern ballet "Callirhoe" (premiered in Marseilles in 1888) and as unyielding as a stick. His hair, which was as and a light opera, "La Sevillane." The virility of her inflexible as his body, was worn very long. Speaking compositions caused critics, who didn't know her sex, little, much given to self-communion, he resembled to refer to her early publications as the works of a some vague legendary spirit. Godard's stiffness and man. Ambrose Thomas, the famous conductor of the reserve earned him some enemies, who attacked his Boston Symphony Orchestra. stated: "This is not a music more than his personality." woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman." In 1897 she played for the Diamond Jubilee and was honored by Queen Victoria with the Ribbon of the Legion of Honor. She became a member of the French Legion of Honor. Returning to France to live in seclusion and retirement, she was again heard by the publishers when she published her "Romanza Appasionata" which was her last work. She died on April 8, 1944, in Monte Carlo.

Two men who were influential in molding the career of Cecile were Charbrier and her brother-in-law, Moszkowski. In 1892 she made her London debut playing her

- 57 - note stack. From all appearances the stacks were made on the same assembly line with additions being ~ecRnicafifies made for the Duo-Art stacks. Of course, the 88-note stack had only the one vacuum line on the left end for the whole system. A Duo-Art stack would be divided and a second vacuum line added to the right, or treble end, but there didn't appear to be enough room to drill an identical 11/4" hole in that end. Well, don't let it be said that I can be caught THE TRIAL AND ERROR REINCARNATIOn OF napping twice. Two small inlets each serving 44 notes equals one large one serving 88 notes, and since the AHALF-BREED, FOOT-PUMPED AEOLIAN supply lines from the expression pneumatic were only STROUD DUO-ART 600-P PIAnOLA 1" tubing anyway, it wasn't difficult to figure out that a one inch hole was all that was required-further METROSTYlE THEMODIST THING reduced to 3/4" in going from the lower to the upper BY DICK "RUBE" PARKER deck. It was necessary to channel these holes into the valve chamber exactly as had been done originally at There it was-what remained of a Stroud single the left end. New one inch flanged nipples on both ends expression Duo-Art upright, stripped of its upper and we were on our way. action, shedding varnish and scarred where someone had once tied a dog to the left leg of the case. About the best that could be said of it was that it had been cheap and the complete expression mechanism below the keybed was still with it. Another junker to hold for parts. The chances of ever finding that particular action seemed remote indeed. A salvaged Aeolian 88-note player taken as .partial payment on a rebuilding job several years ago was the first hint of a possible transplant. It dropped right into place. All screw holes and push rods aligned, dowel lifters correct height and everything. It appeared the piano might play again; more like Tobor the Robot / perhaps than Rachmaninoff, but at least it would not sit in a corner gathering moths. Never quit when things are going your way. The next thought was to see if it was possible to convert the 88­ New air channels drilled in the 88-note stack. note action to Duo-Art since this action looked identical to the pictures in the Duo-Art Service The next item was the actual dividing of the stack into Manual except for its lack of Duo-Art fixtures. Well, I bass and treble sections. Since the normal Duo-Art thought it was identical until, while reassembling the stack is divided between notes #43 and 44 (as in the test stack, my sharp eye discovered suddenly that the roll #3) I saw no reason to do different here. A popsicle picture stack had 3 decks whereas mine had only 2­ stick is just the right size for this. Glued to the pouch but no mind, it all works out the same in the end, and board section of the deck and with a sponge neoprene maybe the so-called "expression" pianos only had two top to seal against the valve board when the deck is in the first place.) A request for information and/or parts to the Bulletin brought several helpful replies and, would you believe, a spool box from a foot-pumped Duo-Art missing only the tracker mechanism, air motor and tubing junction block. Things were still going my way! The old 88-note stack still had the tracker mechanism and air motor attached and layong loose in the bottom of the piano was the tubing junction block. In the end, all that is missing are those beautiful Duo­ Art tracker ears (the old Aeolian had holes in the tracker bar instead of ears). Anybody got their ears off??? Wanta sell them? The Duo-Art spool box with its mounting board --" required only slight elongation of the existing 8 screw holes in order to be mounted to the top of the old 88- The popsicle stick stack divider.

- 58 - reassembled, you have your deck divided once the seal you desire not to wake up Aunt Nellie. Without an cloth is glued on later. Make sure (not that anyone else original operator's manual or, as in my case, tearing .is going to try this sort of thing) that the bleed for each down and studying the expression regulator, there is pouch is in its respective chamber, bass or treble. I had no way of knowing that only when both levers are in to rechannel one for the lower deck, but the top deck "Soft" position is the Duo-Art apparatus in operation. worked out OK. Well, actually it is operating, but the expression knife "'­ valve is bypassed and rendered useless. In "Loud" So, with the addition of a hole and two popsicle sticks position, full strength unregulated air is removed the pumper had become a potential Duo-Art (not from the stack: so lock those levers on SOFT when counting the spool box, theme valves and cut-out playing the Duo-Art rolls! valves that came with the Duo-Art spoolbox of course). Chapter Two - Pump and Learn The single expression Duo-Art is just that. Whereas the full Duo-Art uses one pneumatic system to control the intensity of the general playing level of the whole keyboard and.an identical system (to a point) to set the proper intensity of the melody or theme notes, in the case of the Pianola only the general playing level is automatic. Theme notes ARE automatically emphasized, but the intensity of them depends entirely on how hard you are pumping. Continual hard pumping will result in all the theme notes being played very loud, drowning out the softer accompaniment so that any apparent expression is lost. Thus, the blue "pumping level guide line" on most old Duo-Art rolls must be followed. Not only does it supply the proper blast for the theme notes, but also the required volume of air for large chords,' etc. I wonder if any of these pianos ever had a pumping level indicator such as one on an old Apollo did, which had a pointer rod coming in from the left side of the spool box from a small pneumatic connected to the vacuum chest. Definitely on my list of"improvements" to make soon. The complete expression mechanism.

This leads us to manual expression. A slide valve covering a sort of mushroom shaped slot in the expression box is connected mechanically to each of the expression levers on the keyslip and these gradually increase the piano playing level as they are opened up-until at last the slot opens wide suddenly, providing a manual theme or "crash" valve. With no snake bites to operate the Duo-Art theme valves, those valves remain closed.

The locking lever.

One important note at this point. On the keyslip of these pianos (at least mine) are two modulation levers intended for manual expression of the bass and treble with non-Duo-Art rolls. The lever positions are marked "Soft" and "Loud." There is also a flip over lever which can be made to hold the expression levers in the "Soft" position. Logic will tell you that, as in the regular Duo-Art, this was meant for those times when Inside the expression box.

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1. Outlet to Pump 2. Knife Valve Port 3. Theme Supply 4. Theme Ports 5. Manual Expression U- Unregulated 6. Bass Inlet R -Regulated Air 7. Treble Inlet 8. Flap Valves

4. With keyslip levers locked on "Soft," move bass and treble expression slides by adjusting the leather The following is the proper way to regulate the nuts until the piano is completely cut off as a roll is expression mechanism according to my brand of logic. played. The knife valve is not closed if the piano Having changed my mind several times during this cannot be silenced. Since the knife valve will trial and error period, however, I am keeping an open eventually be set for minimum playing level, the soft mind and I am willing to accept constructive criticism. level is automatically taken care of. There may be more variations of equipment in these 5. Release the zero pneumatic, remove tape from the pianos than one would think if the previous letters of tracker bar, return Duo-Art switch to "ON" and, using advice to me are any indication. Anyway, here goes: the Duo-Art test roll set the regulating screw on the knife valve arm for softest playing with minimum 1. Set the spoolbox lever on "Arrow" position which pedaling. cuts off the expression mechanism without allowing 6. Try the complete test rolL For the accompaniment the 4 end notes to play. regulation section, pedal just hard enough so that 2. Tape over the theme holes in the tracker bar - or, when the theme test section comes up, those theme use a non-Duo-Art roll. notes will sound just a very little ("one degree"?) ./ 3. Clamp the "zero" pneumatic completely closed and louder than the previous accompaniment notes with turn the regulating screw all the way clockwise to be no increase in pedaling. A real test of you more than sure the knife valve has closed its port. the piano.

- 60 - Chapter 3 - Does It Work? How well does it work? I think it does pretty well. I say . "think" because you can never be quite sure it is the NEW MEMBERS system or your own pumping that is making the Kenneth & Barbara Spriggel: 293 Sundale Road. expression changes. Being a three-year student of the Akron. OH 44312. Weber 5'8" Duo-Art. Steinway Alvin Johnson School of Expressive Pedaling, it has 6' (not plyr). Referred by Terry Smythe. become somewhat second nature to add foot expression to any roll and this piano, with its small reservoir, is great for that. I am also working under Louis Gerrish: P. O. Box 342, Potsdam, NY the handicap of having old, rock-hard hammers which 13676. 1921 Aeolian upr Themodist. Referred by have yet to be replaced; also sitting too close to judge Bruce Bartholomew. any reproducer. Just steady pumping tells you nothing since you need George Angeloro: 7836 Elwill Road, Clay, NY variations in pumping to just meet the demands of the 13041. 1920 Aeolian upr Themodist. system. I would as soon put a crank on a 1980 Buick as I would put an electric pump in one of these pianos Jack Gustafson & Richard Quigley: 122 because of their uncontrolled theme notes. Following the blue pumping guide line does seem to make about Dunwell Court, San Jose, CA 95138. 1929 Knabe an 80% accurate rendition ofthe music as compared to 5'8" Ampico B; 3/9 Wurlitzer/Kimball pipe the same roll played on the full Duo-Art grand. organ; 1955 Hammond organ B-2. Referred by However, a little practice at reading the theme Phil & Phyllis McCoy. perforation by eye while keeping the other eye on the music perforations watching for trills and long chords Jack & Marjorie Inman: 633 East Ponderosa, does make for an even more accurate rendition Reedly, CA 93654. 1920 Mills Magnetic Exp. especially with "crash" notes. I have found that sometimes the pumping guide line, like the words on a Piano Nick; 1930 H.C. Bay upr plyr. word roll are not necessarily crossing the tracker bar at the proper time and have to be anticipated. John E. Meyers: Box 1255, Wheeling, West About the only other point of consideration is the two Virginia 26003. vs. three deck actions referred to previously. The smaller 314" wide strikers of the two deck action Gary Hanson: 10536 North River Road, Mequon, produce plenty of volume, about -as much as is WI, 53092. 1929 Wangerin 4 rank pipe organ possible by hand, maybe a little weak in the bass. This w /Verlinden roll player. Referred by Bobby mayor may not be due to the tighter valve settings I Clark. made (.028 instead of .032) in the belief that there was less air to remove from the small pneumatic for the same hammer speed. There are soft notes, but not the Jerry & Virginia Doring: 2727 Loganrita Ave., feather soft that a full Duo-Art is capable of. Again, Arcadia, CA 91006. Large, varied collection. hard hammers don't give them much of a chance. Referred by Ben & Mary Lilien. It does pass the test of my two favorite test rolls. They are "Turkish March" from "Ruins of Athens" and Jim & Rita White: Star Route - Box 19, Liberty, "Norwegian Bridal Procession," both of which give TX 77575. the impression of a passing parade, a sort of general level test for the whole keyboard as the parade approaches and recedes. Larry & Jackie Slosson: 9131 Baring Way, Everett WA 98204. Aeolian Themodist Special thanks to the following AMICAns for their Metrostyle. Referred by Frank Adams. helpful letters.

John Moody, Washington D.C. Ben & Mary Herring: Ft. Worth Piano Bob Bissell, Portland, Oregon Restoration, 3200 Greene, Ft. Worth, TX 76109. Bill Burkhardt, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1927 Stroud upr Duo-Art; 1920 Lakeside upr plyr; Paul Dietz, Oakford, Pennsylvania 1920 Hoffman upr plyr. Referred by Haden Allen Geddes, Glascoe, Scotland Vandiver.

Theron Ice: Theron's Piano Service, 4832 Melits, Ft. Worth, TX 76133. Referred by Ben Herring.

Robert & Mary Ann Waugh: 154 Carriage Drive, Waterbury, CT 06708. Referred by Harvey Roehl. '-

- 61 - Elias & Harriet Marsh: 25 Cooper Road. North Richard & Mary Zipf: 1531 Elsdon Circle, Haven, CT 06473. Weber grand Duo-Art. Referred Carmichael, CA 95608. by Bill Coverdale. Richard T. Mitch: 47881 Creekside Road, Squaw Robert E. Ridgeway: P. O. Box 3398, Cincinnati, Valley, CA 93646. Referred by American OH 45201. 1927 Knabe upr Ampico; 1933 Moller International Galleries. 2/11 pipe organ w / Artiste roll plyr. Referred by Gary Shipe. Ernest & Margaret Blair: 1680 Knollwood Drive, Pasadena, CA 91103.1928 Howard 5' Welte Larry Mobbs: 6422 Clybourn Ave., North Lic. Queene Anne; 1923 Haines Bros upr Ampico; Hollywood, CA 91606. Universal plyr piano. Cremona Nick Style 2 A-roll; Losche Nick G-roll; Mills VV Single; Polyphon 300 disc oper. piano. Jerry Miller: 1101 W. Iowa, Sunnyvale. CA 94086. 1931 Baldwin 6'4" piano; 1970 Conn 3-man. George Stoddart: 2245 National Avenue, San theatre organ 650. Referredby Virginia Cheshire. Diego, CA 92113. 19? Kohler & Campbell upr plyr. Referred by Bob Rosencrans. John P. Simpson: 117 Queen Road, Brisbane 4000, Queensland Australia. Lille D. Ansaldo: P. O. Box 1165, Kernville, CA 93238. 1929 Mason & Hamlin concert grand Ludger J. Gomes: 85 Purpledusk Trail, Ampico. Scarborough, Ontario, Canada M1E 4C6.

Mike Eisenbise: 2900 64th Street, North, St. Petersburg, FL 33710. 1928 Chickering 5'4" Ampico; 1919 Wing & Son upr plyr; 1916. Primatone upr plyr. Referred by Warren Knapp. CLASSIFIED

Joyce A. Hanmer: Nuthatch Knob, Glastonbury, FREE USTS: All types rolls, cylinder records and machines. CT 06033. 1919 Chickering upr Ampico. Discs. cobs, catalogs & literature. Mechanical music and much more. Our 22nd year ... VI & SI'S ANTIQUES, 8970 Main St., Clarence, NY 14031. Helen & Robert Tucker: 74 Green Island Road, Toms River, NJ 08753. 1926 Mason & Hamlin 5'8" FOR SALE: ALWAYS a very large stock of orchestrions, monkey Ampico. Referred by Jeff Morgan. organs. music boxes, fair ground organs, automata, etc. Be a subscriber to our free mailing list. Retonio's Mechanical Music and Magic Museum, Blumenrain 16, CH-9050, Appenzell Mark West: 223 West 19th Street, New York, NY SWITZERLAND (071) 87 25 44. 10011. 1928 Mason & Hamlin 6'2" Ampico A/B Referred by Lester Wolfe. STEINWAY grand piano 6'1" Style "M" Duo-Art player, custom made walnut elaborate art case with inlaid marquetry, completely rebuilt and refinished, genuine ivory keys, virtually a new piano. Alan & Judith Aaron: 813 E. Republic, Peoria, With 50 rolls $25,000. Also Steinway style "L" grand 6'4", Duo-Art IL 61603. 1918 Gulbransen upr plyr; 19? player completely rebuilt and refinished, walnut case 18,000. Box Rembrandt upr plyr; 19? unknown upr plyr. 171, Alpine, NJ 07620. Telephone (201) 768-2261.

FOR SALE: Mandolin attactments - fits all upright pianos. Easy Glenn Kriese: 399 Hillcliff, Pontiac, MI 48054. installation. $18.00 postpaid in U.S. W. F. Knapp, 2819 53rd St. 1929 Bush & Lane 5' Welte Lic; 1922 Farrand upr N., St. Petersburg, FL 33710. plyr. FOR SALE: 1926 GULBRANSEN player, mint restored, all James & Nancy Plastine: 6593 Wilson Mills manufacturer's tags intact! Unbelieveably clean original condition throughout. $3500. Antique Autorchestra Co.. 450 West 4th Street, Road, Cleveland, OH 44143. Beaumont, CA 92223, (714) 845-7536.

Robert & Emily Kirshner: 15960 Alpine Drive, Q.R.S. ROLLS: Up to 1/3 off, factory shipped. Send 50¢ for Livonia, MI 48154. catalog. Price lists free. Write: Baley's. 3'-0 Grandview, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.

Robert & Christine Moffett: 6005 Carruthers, OR SALE: Complete barrel piano in dismantled condition. All N.E.. Albuquerque. NM 87111.1908 Wintyer & Co. parts are in good working order. Prefer to sell complete but will upr plyr. consider parting out. W. Deane Wiley, 274 N. Meridan Rd., Glen Carbon. IL 62034. (618) 288-9775. FOR SALE: Complete Pianocorder reproducing kit with record WANTED: Music rolls for a Wurlitzer R-I series reproducing mode - still in crate - $1,000.00. Contact: William H. Stubbe, 33 player pipe organ. Hal Kemp. P. O. Box 128, East Rochester. NY Erland Ave.. Stony Brook, NY 11790. (516) 751-5074. 14445.

FOR SALE: Knabe Grand Ampico "A" 5'3". 1925. Case walnut. WANTED: Wurlitzer Concert & Mandolin Pianorchestra rolls; Style A-GE. In 1969 re-strung also new tuning pins. hammers. also original 65-note changer rolls. Please send description and "----' dampers, and all under keyfelt. Cabinet. plate and soundboard price. Antique Autorchestra Co .. 450 W. 4th SI.. Beaumont, CA refinished. New key covers (plastic). Ampico will need complete 92223. restoration. $4.600.00. Ampico "A" drawer. $195.00 Pianolodeon 'rebuilt and playing excellent with 10 rolls, $250.00 Beckwith player 1927 studio upright, 45'12"H and 58"L. Finish dark walnut, original ivories. Needs restoration, $1100.00 Warren Knapp, 2819 53 St. No., St. Petersburg, FL 33710. (813) 321-3050.

FOR SALE: Moller Artiste organ player unit. Wurlitzer Theater Organ -Misc. parts. Gary Shipe. 794 Neil Ave.. Columbus. OH 43215. 614-294-2422. REMEMBER FOR SALE: Knabe Ampico Model B 5'4" grand in magnificent highly figured walnut case. Completely restored to new condition AMICA 1980 CONVENTION $15,500. Knabe Ampico Model A beautiful Louis XVI case in highly figured walnut. Excellent condition but unrestored. $9,750. Pasadena, California W. C. Donoghue, 5130 Curtis Rd., Plymouth, MI 48170.313-453­ 5309. June 25 through 29

FOR SALE: Hardman Welte Grand, Choice Unrestored. $3500.00 or best offer. L. B. Wert, 221 N. Lansdowne Ave .. Lansdowne. PA 1980 19050. (215) 622-4200.

FOR SALE: George Steck Duo-Art grand 5'2" with two tone mahogany case. Instrument complete, but needs complete rebuild. $1800. H. Kemp. P. O. Box 128. East Rochester. NY 14445. (716) 586-3519.

WANTED: ALL kinds of mechanical musical instruments. We pay FOR SALE high prices for outstanding music boxes, orchestrions. automata. REPRODUCING WELTE LICENSEE barrel organs, etc. We specially look for: Miils Violano. Hupfeld Violano. Chordeophon, Encore Banjo. Eroica disc changer. 4'10" Brambach Restored orchestral disc boxes, working models. merry-go-round with Brown Mahogany - Original Ivories horses. interchangeable orchestra table music box, very large 50 Rolls - Bench - Cover - $3200.00 orchestrions. etc. Retonio's Mechanical Music and Magic Bob & Carol Becker· (314) 227-5761 Museum. Blumenrain 16. CH-9050. Appenzell SWITZERLAND (071) 87 25 44.

BUYING: AMPICO. DUO-ART. WELTE & OTHER TYPE OF ROLLS. DESCRIBE AND PRICE. ALTMAN 8970 Main Street. Clarence, NY 14031.

WANTED: Collector pays realistic prices for: Grand/baby grand player pianos • nickelodeons • circus organs • large music boxes· etc. Any condition. Send want list. I can find you anything. Paul Manganaro. 121 Valley Brook Ave .. Lyndhurst. NI 07071. (201) 438-0399.

WANTED: Piano rolls for Mills Novelty Co. 65-note Magnetic Expression Piano. Contact: J. Inman. 633 E. Ponderosa. Reedly. CA 93654. (209) 638-9343.

WANTED: Ampico A pneumatic striker stack for 1923 Fischer grand reproducing piano or one which can be modified to fit. Carl Arvidson. 11 Watson Dr., W. Simsbury, CT 06092.

WANTED: Seeburg piano with organ keyboard similar to M.O. or Photoplayer-restorable condition. Contact Jim Blanchard, 2203 West Third' St, Pecos. Texas 79772. (915) 445-5150. PAUL'S PLAYER PIANOS -I NEED ROOM!!!

Save hundreds of dollars below retail. I've lowered all my prices to move these pianos out.

• Restored George Steck Duo-Art grand 5'4". Best offer over $6,900.00

• Restored Florentine Art case Chickering 5'4". New board, new block. Best offer over $11,000.00

• Mason & Hamlin A, 5'8", restored. Best offer over $12.000.00

• Capital Nickelodeon with pipes and art glass. Bought from original owner ­ very clean - restored. Best offer over $7,900.00

• Chickering Model "B" Ampico, 5'4", one of the cleanest unrestored pianos I've seen. Best offer over $7,900.00

• Upright Fisher Ampico, restored, refinished, new hammers, dampers, player restored - $3,400.00

• Upright Steinway Player Piano - not a Duo-Art. Best offer.

• Unrestored Oak Story & Clark upright player. Spectacular, Oak - $800.00

• Reproducing rolls sold in lots - $5.00 each.

• Restored upright player pianos in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Paint -100's $ off.

If you know prices you know these are low. These are all choice collectable items, sure to go up in value very shortly. With the way prices keep going upand the way my prices are, you should be able to see a $2,000.00 profit within a year on many of these pianos.

Please call (201) 438-0399. Days are best. Please keep letters to a minimum as I don't have time to answer them.

Paul Manganaro 121 Valley Brook Ave. Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Retonio's Mech. Music and ,Magic Museum and Retonio's Raritatenkabinett Gerbestr. 4, CH-9050 APPENZELL (50 miles east of Zurich) Switzerland Tel. 071/87 25 44 or 071/87 27 11

Two museums in the heart of Switzerland's mountains (50 minutes from Zurich Airport) and our hospitality make your trip worthwhile. Besides the museums we have on about 5,000 square feet some of the most wanted instruments for sale.

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Some of our highlights:

New Orchestrions:

- Retoniola De Luxe - Retoniola Symphonia Jazz - Retoniola Happy Jazz

Tape and coloured pictures available. $3.00 in bills refundable with order.

• Very nice fairground organs in stock.

• All kind of restored or unrestored German reproducing pianos and orchestrions.

• Always some very nice French automatons and, of course, Swiss music boxes.

• More than 100 instruments in stock!!!

"­ Our big picture catalog will soon be ready. Don't miss your chance to order your free copy now! BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! PLAYER PIANO OWNERS - RE-CUT YOUR STANDARD POPULAR ROLLS '2500 PER TITlE ADDITIONAL COPIES '500 EACH NO MINIMUM ORDER OR QUANTITY fu~PICO That's right! Now you may order just one re-cut of Model A Switches (Brass not alum,) your favorite popular standard roll (20-30 feet). Don't Model A or B Valve Seats pay for unwanted copies. Frayed edges are no problem Model A or B Valve Plates for us. We use a full quality, lint free, 3 pt. dry waxed Model BBall Bleeds paper for our re-cuts. All old rolls are returned along with your new re-cuts - packaged in new boxes for your protection and storage. Be certain to include any DUO-ART special instructions for multiple copies. Allow 6-8 Aeolian replacement Cross Valve weeks for delivery. No reproducing rolls at this time, Plates (Stainless Steel not plated please. steel.) MANY SATISFIED CUSTOMERS!! ALSO Clip and return with order - Automatic Punches for roll repairs CRAIG'S PIANO SHOPPE 1753 BALkAN PLACE or Roll Editors. TOLEDO, OHIO 43613 (419) 726-1154 Replacement lips (specify size) Name Phone (__ ~_) _ MAIL la~ge ~tamped, ~el6-add~e~~ed Complete Addre" _ envelope 60~ ~u~~ent Li~t & P~i~e~. ALSO, w~ite and advi~e u~ 06 you~ Total # Rolls to be Re-Cut___ x $25_00~$ ~pe~ial need~ and inte~e~t~. Total Additional Copies__ x $ 5.00~$ EXPANDED CATALOG ~oming ~oon.

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AMR PRESENTS THREE NEW AMPICO RECORDINGS 217051 THREE LITTLE FISHES Arranged and Played by LIBERACE. Liberace cleverly begins this record­ $8.00 ing in his own style and then this novelty tune is cleverly adapted and played in the style of three different noted classical composers of the past; Schumann, Brahms and Liszt. The last rendition of Liszt is in the style of the Hungarian Rhapsodies. 217003 1. MUSKRAT RAMBLE (Dixieland Jazz) This is one of the liveliest Dixieland Tunes in a great $11.00 arrangement by J. Lawrence Cook. Now available for the Ampico. 2. THAT'S A PLENTY (Dixie­ land Jazz) Another one of the liveliest Dixieland Tunes ever written. These two superb recordings Arranged and Played by J. Lawrence Cook offered here on one Ampico roll. 217013 1. MAGNETIC RAG; 2. SOMETHING DOIN', Played by the COMPOSER, SCOTT JOPLIN. $11.00 For the first time, Scott Joplin actually plays your own Ampico Piano!! "Something Doin' " was written (in collaboration with Scott Hayden) in 1903 while Joplin was living in St. Louis. The 1903 rags are songlike, even the rhythmic "Something Doin' " has a beautifully flowing second subject. The above three New Ampico Rolls are each in the high quality AMR Ampico boxes, labels and are affixed with the high quality AMR Ampico roll flanges. SPECIAL PRICE!! - Purchase all three new AMR Ampico rolls for $'-7.50 (Special just one Shipping Charge for any number of new Ampico rolls - $'-.50

AMPICO MODERN RELEASES $6.00perroll.

(Word Roll Ampico No. (Title eV Composer) (Played By) or Instrumental)

41101 Feelings (Albert) Johnny Guarnieri Instrumental 41111 Evergreen (Williams/Streisand) Bud Noble Word Roll 41121 Exodus Theme (Gold) Bud Noble Word Roll 41131 Mahogany Theme (Masser-Goffin) Bud Noble Word Roll 41141 Music Box Dancer (Mills) Walter Erickson Instrumental 41151 Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Levine/Brown) Walter Erickson Word Roll

30013 Selections From: "THE STING" PART I 1. Entertainer; 2. Solace. (Scott Joplin) Played by Flynt. 30011 MAPLE LEAF RAG (Scott Joplin) Played by William Flynt. 30001 AFRICAN ECHOES (Sereante-Teicher) Played by William Flynt.

AMPICO MODERN RELEASES - $8.00 per roll

30023 Selections From: "THE STING" PART II 1. Pineapple Rag; 2. Easy Winners (Scott Joplin) Played by William Flynt.

SHIPPING CHARGE: On Ampico rolls. Just one shipping charge $2.50 any number of rolls. Add $1.50 for Insurance. Overseas and Canada $3.50 for the first roll and.75 cents for each additional roll.

AMR also has the following other types of rolls for sale: A large list of various types of Original Organ rolls and nickelodeon rolls for sale. A list of Original Welte Licensee rolls for sale. A List of Original Duo-Art rolls for sale. Coming soon: A list of reissued and new Duo-Art rolls. A list of reissued Welte Licensee rolls.