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| Vendor | Hand-Cranked Street Organs by Flora & Company |
| WebPage | http://www.floraco.com/organs |
| Desc | Offered new small organs based on the design of John Smith of England, |
| Desc | Brian Flora is deceased and organs are no longer in production |
| Vendor | Carl Semon |
| Addr | 73 Cullen Hills Drive, Hiwasse AR 72739 USA |
| Desc | Deceased - Offered different styles of rolls and strips for organettes, including the Autophone strips. |
| Vendor | Echoes - Ed Sprankle (Deceased 6/2003) |
| Addr | Oakland CA USA |
| Desc | 88 and 65 note used piano roll auctions. Maybe one per year, at best. |
| Vendor | Claes Friberg (deceased) |
| Addr | P.O. Box 1014, DK-2960, Rungsted Kyst Denmark |
| Desc | Red Welte roll recuts. |
| Vendor | BAM-BAM |
| Owner | Bill Jelen |
| Addr | 1750 Karg Drive, Akron OH 44313 USA. |
| WebPage | http://members.aol.com/BamRolls |
| Desc | 88 Note arrangements by Bill Jelen, Rock, rags, marches. |
| Vendor | P.K. Watts |
| Addr | 14 Rock Hill Chipping Norton, Oxon OX7 5BA U.K. |
| Phone | +44 (0)1608 642950 |
| Vendor | Laguna Rolls (Steve Cox: deceased 2003) |
| Addr | Lagoon Road, Pagham, Sussex, U.K. |
| Desc | Manufacturer of new hand-played popular titles on the "Playtime" label. Recut Duo-Art rolls. Also agent for QRS and PlayRite rolls. Carries secondhand stock, list available. |
| Status | Stephen Cox died in 2003. Kevin McElhone has purchased, and, is selling the remaining new stock. |
| Vendor | Mastertouch (Out of Business: c. 11/2005) |
| Addr | PO Box 206, Petersham, NSW 2049 Australia |
| Phone | +61 (0)2 9569-5128 |
| Fax | +61 (0)2 9550-0201 |
| Contact | Greg Crease |
| crease@optusnet.com.au | |
| WebPage | http://www.pianorolls.com.au/ |
| Desc | We offer a range of over 1500 88 note rolls from the turn of the last century to the latest hits. Since 1919. |
| Catalog? | YES |
| International Shipping? | YES |
| Payment | MasterCard, Bankcard (Australia only) or Visa Card (no Diners or Amex). |
| Vendor | Mike Kitner (deceased) |
| Addr | Carlisle PA 17013 USA |
| Desc | "One-off" or more punch by *hand*, copies of a wide range of rolls of various manufacturers and styles. |
| Since | (Doesn't Remember) |
| Catalog? | NO |
| International Shipping? | YES |
| Payment | Cash, Check or Money-Order |
| Vendor | Mike Schwimmer |
| Addr | 325 E. Blodgett, Lake Bluff IL. 60044-2112 USA |
| Phone | (708) 295-1901 |
| Desc | Now owned by Leedy Brothers - above. |
| Vendor | New England Music Rolls |
| Addr | c/o Karl Ellison, Salem Massachusetts 01970-1784 USA |
| Note | Ending Business Aug 31, 2003 to pursue other interests. Remaining stock has been sold. |
| Desc | Punch-for-punch replicas QRS, Jewel, Supertone, Atlas, Ampico, Welte, Vocalstyle ... and 88-note Monrovia "Jelly Roll Morton" rolls transcribed by Mike Meddings, U.K. |
| Vendor | William J. Luca |
| Addr | 14 Rainbow Terrace, Salem MA 01970 |
| Phone | (978) 745-2456 |
| Desc | Sold 150-style band organ rolls in the 1990's. It wasn't a business really, just a way to enhance a collection of rolls by having private collections copied and selling off the extras. Once I went through all the collections I could find and PlayRite's master inventory, it ended. |
| Since | 1990 |
| Catalog? | Y |
| International Shipping? | Y |
| Payment | Check |
| Vendor | Patriot Piano Roll Co. |
| Addr | 29 Terfidia Lane, Milpitas CA 95035 USA |
| Phone | (408) 263-3382 |
| echaban@netcom.com | |
| Desc | Reproducing rolls |
| Note | May 2000 Note: Did not respond to list data inquiry. Business status unknown. |
| Vendor | Upright & Grand |
| Owner | Eric Bernhoft |
| Addr | P.O. Box 421101, San Francisco CA 94142 USA |
| Phone | (415)-885-3335 |
| Desc | New ragtime arrangements by Bernhoft, also Duo-Art reproducing rolls played by San Francisco pianist Peter Mintun |
| Note | May 2000 Note: Did not respond to list data inquiry. Business status unknown. |
| Vendor | Valley Forge Music Roll Company | ||||
| Contact | Frank & Amanda Himpsl | ||||
| Addr | 604 Linnet Rd., Audubon, PA 19403 USA | ||||
| Phone | (484)-250-7046 | ||||
| WebPage | http://www.valleyforgemusicroll.com | ||||
| Desc | We can produce rolls for most ANY type of automatic musical instrument. Our specialty is custom roll recutting. We also arrange original music rolls, and can construct customized line-ups of favorite tunes | ||||
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| Vendor | JazzMan |
| Owner | Frank Himpsl, John Farrell |
| Cont#1 | [Frank Himpsl] - 8-3 Deptford Court, Freehold NJ 07728 USA |
| Phone#1 | (732) 462-2781 |
| Email#1 | MandyNMe@aol.com |
| Cont#2 | [John Farrell] - Iona, Main Street, Tingewick Buckingham MK18 4NN, England |
| Phone#2 | +44 (0) 1280 847939 (9am-7pm) |
| Email#2 | stridepiano@strayduck.com |
| WebPage | http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/website.htm |
| Desc | New jazz and ragtime 88-note piano and nickelodeon rolls, many transcribed from famous jazz recordings. None of these rolls has been previously released.. |
| Since | 1998 |
| Catalog? | YES |
| International Shipping? | YES |
| Payment | Check, International Money-Orders |
| Vendor | Veretti Mechanical Organ Music |
| Owner | W. A. Everitt (deceased 2003) |
| Addr | 7 Beecroft Way, Dunstable Beds LU6 1ED UK |
| Phone | +44 (0)1582 664882 |
| Desc | Book music for all standard keyed and keyless scales up to 89-key. |
| Catalog? | YES |
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