For sale: Here is a collection of books about player-pianos! Some are
rare and date from the period when people used them artistically.

- 1927 Duo-Art catalogue, the heavy bound version;

- 1932 British catalogue of 65-, 88-Note & Duo-Art rolls;

- 1987 Duo-Art book by Charles D. Smith -- comprehensive roll listing;

- 1972 Dover reprint of Pianos & their Makers (1911);

- Vol. 2 of Pianos & their Makers, 1913 (Vestal Press);

- The Art of the Player Piano by Grew (1922);

- How to use a Player Piano by Ellingham (1922);

- Catalogue of Metrostyle rolls with Themodist supplement (1906);

- The Piano Player by Newman (1920).

The books by Newman, Grew and Ellingham will "open your eyes" to the
artistic potential of the pneumatic player (a.k.a. the Pianola).

Price $500 f.o.b. from Maine.

Douglas Henderson - Artcraft Music Rolls
Wiscasset, Maine
http://wiscasset.net/artcraft/06rolls.html