Some time back I received a telephone call from someone who wanted to
"get rid" of a player piano.  He told me it was a Duo-Art.  We all know
that Duo-Art can mean a reproducing piano, _or_ a spinet manufactured
in Memphis, Tennessee, starting around 1960.

I went to see for myself and was quite surprised.  The piano was
neither of the above, but a simple player piano that someone had tried
to "fix".  Nothing surprising about that, but what did catch my eye was
the stencil on the fall board of the instrument.  In slightly faded
gold leaf it proclaimed that it was a "Duo-Art Pianola".

A quick look under the keyboard and one could see that it had never
been a reproducing piano.  It was a massive upright piano, and the
owner wanted it out of his garage as quickly as possible.  His wife 
was lurking behind a half-closed door and I suspect that he was being
driven in his efforts by his "better half".  I made a phone call and
the truck was on its way to remove the instrument from the garage.

In the meantime the soon-to-be former owner of a non-reproducing
Duo-Art showed me plastic tote after plastic tote of rolls -- mostly
the modern QRS variety -- but then I did not have time to look at them
all.  Nothing was actually said about the disposition of the rolls but
I got the distinct impression that hubby was about to be given orders
to trash the lot.  Reluctantly I agreed to take them.

Now, I manufacture player piano rolls and I do not have any extra
space for Lord knows how many "vintage" piano rolls, sooooo... I am
offering them in lots of 30 (no choice of title or label) for USD
30.00 and that includes Media Mail shipping!

Email me _before_ you send any money and, just to keep things on an
even keel, one box per customer.  What happens to them after they leave
my hands is thankfully out of my control.

Ed Gaida - San Antonio, Texas
Preserving music by punching holes in paper (and practically giving
away vintage music!)