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 Music Rolls for Goeckel Crank Organ
 By Ed Schmidt
 
 
 | About 15 years ago Martin Goeckel and someone from the New York area
visited my shop to investigate the possibility of punching rolls for
the 26-note Goeckel crank organ.  The gentleman from New York was
going to import the machines.  At the time, I didn't have a machine
to test the rolls on and I was unsure of the volume of rolls that
I could sell.  I never heard much about the sale of the instruments
in the USA and nothing developed on producing rolls.
A few years later I acquired a 26-note Goeckel from Hal O'Rourke.
It was a kit version of the Goeckel that Hal constructed while he was
in Germany.  I have made spools for the rolls, but have never gotten
around to arranging or having someone arrange rolls.
I would be interested in determining the number of 26-note Goeckels
that are in the USA and the interest there is in having new rolls for
the machine.
Ed Schmidt
Schmidt's Music Rolls
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