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Organ Roll Spool Flanges of Metal
By Leslie Hoffman

I collect player pump organs.  Up to now it has been Aeolians but
recently I purchased two Wilcox & White 46-note organs and they came
with over 100 rolls!  I am just now starting to catalog these rolls.

I have one question:  I've notice that, with both companies, there was
a time period that they made the rolls with metal ends on the spools.
Any thoughts?  The only thing I can come up with: possibly during war
wood was a priority to the military, so music companies used metal.
I know that I might be reaching on that but it would be like the 1943
steel penny because of the copper shortage for the military in WW2.

Leslie Hoffman


(Message sent Mon 30 Oct 2006, 02:22:08 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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