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North Tonawanda Style "L" Piano
By Colin Hinz

Bob Conant wrote in Digest 970822:

> I asked Harvey about this and he says that he thinks his was built
> very early in the series and it plays a special 14 tune North
> Tonawanda style L roll.  Most later machines played A rolls. Harvey
> says his is the only one he knows of that plays the NT rolls. He says
> that the North Tonawanda rolls make more use of the functions built
> into the piano than an A roll would.

Since Ed Zelinsky's instrument is definitely an A-roll player, I suspect
that Harvey is in fact correct.  The story of Harvey Roehl's fragile
rolls should be thought-fodder for the 'preservation of mechanical music'
folks.

> Question: Is the  Musee Mechanique in San Fransisco the same as the
> Cliff House ?  Or is it a separate collection ?

One and the same.  The Musee Mechanique is in the 'basement' of the
Cliff House.

Colin Hinz * ASFi Music Works * asfi@interlog.com * (416) 516-8686 *


(Message sent Sun 24 Aug 1997, 06:33:05 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  L, North, Piano, Style, Tonawanda

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