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Nelson-Wiggen Style 7 Nickelodeon Photo
By Don Teach

There is a Nelson-Wiggen piano listed as a Style 7 on eBay, item number
261529449497.  I do not believe this instrument is a Style 7.  I have
included the only photograph I can find of a Style 7, from the first
edition of "Player Piano Treasury", by Harvey N. Roehl, page 118.  You
can judge for yourself.

Don Teach

 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/14/07/12/140712_080530_N-W7.jpg
Attachment thumbnail [ Description by Harvey Roehl: [ "The particular piano which the lady is inspecting is considered [ by some authorities to be about the ultimate in the science of [ cramming lots of musical doodads into practically no space! [ "Originally located in Philadelphia, this piano was eventually [ 'found' and added to the collection of the late Richard Shattuck of [ Eldred, Pennsylvania. When the picture was taken it was on display [ at the Musical Museum at Deansboro, New York; eventually it was [ sold to and became part of the William Allen collection in Santa [ Ana, California. [ "This machine contains the piano, a mandoline attachment, bass [ drum, snare drum, cymbal, tympani effect, tambourine, castanets, [ Indian block, xylophone, and triangle -- all in a space no larger [ than an ordinary upright piano!"

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Key Words in Subject:  7, Nelson-Wiggen, Nickelodeon, Photo, Style

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