Marc Sachnoff wrote: <<...I've been told that rolls and corresponding records
were produced to create the effect of a vocalist accompanied by a "live"
piano...has anyone on the digest ever seen or heard of this now quaint
concept?>>

Marc --

Maybe it's not so "quaint"...the Yamaha disklavier does this kind of stuff
(live piano & recorded voice/orchestra) and touts it as something "new and
exciting"!!!

I've also heard of these roll & record sets...my tuner/technician told me
about some done by John McCormack & his pianist! I can imagine the
synchronization was a nightmare...trying to get a spring-wound gramophone (in
the days before stobes synchronization) and a foot-pumped player going at the
same speed must have been frustrating at best!

I always keep my eyes open for these roll & record sets in the flea
markets....maybe someday....

BTW, how does the phonograph work on your piano? Does the turntable fold out
level (to a horizontal position)? All the old advertising drawings I've seen
of the Apollophone show the turntable playing in an almost vertical
position...it doesn't look like it would work that way!

-- Jim Canavan