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Updated Mechanical Music Listing
By Paul Johnson

Well folks, here's the latest version of the Mechanical Music Sources listing.
I combined the lists produced by Robbie Rhodes and Larry Fisher.  I slightly
modified Robbie's format, mostly breaking out each of the categories further,
figuring there will be enough entries to fill them up in time.  I removed
duplicate information and updated whenever it was necessary.  I've also included
the  additional entries that were posted in AMI.  Please let me know if you have
any corrections or comments by August 8th so we can get a clean version to MBSI
in time for their next publication date (August 10).  Thanks.

Paul Johnson

"MECHANICAL MUSIC SOURCES  - 7/96"

Thanks to these original contributors: Robbie Rhodes , Larry Fisher, Bill Jelen,
Mike Ames, Robin Pratt, Richard Tonnesen, and John Grant, who posed the project.

Originally compiled by Robbie Rhodes and Larry Fisher.  Further edited and
appended by Paul Johnson.  This information may be freely copied and
distributed.  Send corrections to: Paul Johnson<76651.1710@CompuServe.COM>

CATEGORIES:
Sorted alphabetically by vendor name or proprietor's last name

PIANO ROLLS, STOCKING DEALERS
PIANO ROLLS, NON-STOCKING DEALERS
PIANO ROLLS, MAIL AUCTIONS
ROLL COPYING SERVICES
NICKELODEON & ORGAN ROLLS
PIANO DISKS  (YAMAHA DISKLAVIER/PIANO DISK/PIANOMATION)
MIDI SUPPLIES
MUSIC BOX DISKS & CYLINDERS
AUDIO
BOOKS
SOCIETIES

PIANO ROLLS, STOCKING DEALERS

Artcraft Music Rolls
L. Douglas Henderson
P.O. Box 295
Wiscasset, ME 04578
tel: 207-882-7420
New music rolls for 88-note and reproducing pianos, arranged by Henderson.

Bam-Bam Piano Rolls
Bill Jelen
1750 Karg Drive
Akron, OH   44313
bjelen8875@aol.com
http://users.aol.com/BamRolls
88 note rolls arranged by Jelen.  Mostly rock and roll, some ragtime and marches

Keystone Music Roll Company
Box 650
Bethlehem, PA   18016
1-800-367-8259 (outside PA)
(610) 434-5611 (voice)
(610) 434-2993 (fax)
Reproducing and some 88 note rolls

Mastertouch Piano Roll Co.
PO Box 206
Petersham, NSW  2049
Australia
tel: 612 569-5128
fax: 612 550-0201
88 note rolls

Pedals, Pumpers & Rolls, Ltd
Roger Dayton
240 E. State St
Batavia, Il.  60510
708-879-5555
Nickelodeon O, A, G, and M rolls, originals and recuts

The Piano Roll Center
Paul & Cindy Johnson
26390 Big Valley Road NE
Poulsbo WA  98370
tel: 360-697-2422
fax: 360 697-2522
email: 76651.1710@compuserve.com
Ampico, Duo-Art, Welte and 88 note ragtime, jazz and blues

PlayRite Music Rolls, Inc.
P.O. Box 1024
Turlock, CA 95380
tel: 209-667-1996
fax: 209-667-8241

QRS Music Rolls, Inc.
1026 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14213
tel:  1-800-24ROLLS  or 716-885-4600
fax: 716-885-7510
e-mail: via AOL (Music, The Studio, Tools of Trade, QRS)

Upright & Grand
Eric Bernhoft
P.O. Box 421101
San Fransisco, CA 94142
tel: 415-885-3335
New ragtime arangements by Bernhoft, also Duo-Art
reproducing rolls played by San Fransisco pianist Peter Mintun

PIANO ROLLS, NON-STOCKING DEALERS

Artists' Choice Music Rolls
515 Scott Street
Sandusky, OH   44870-3736
(419) 626-1903
(419) 626-4807
Periodic listing of Ampico & Welte popular rolls plus Apollo-X and themodist

BluesTone Music Rolls
Rob Deland
485 Gatewood Lane
Grayslake, IL   60030
88 note blues, ragtime, jazz plus Ampico, Duo-Art, Welte and QRS XP

Bennett Leedy Rolls
4660 Hagar Shore Road
Coloma, MI 49038
tel: (616) 468-5986
fax: 616-468-3844
Periodic listing of Ampico & Welte rolls

Magic Melodies
Shelby & Laura Lee Kennard
1356 Versailles Rd.
Lawrenceburg, KY  40342
Vintage 88 note and reproducing rolls at fixed prices

Patriot Piano Roll Co.
29 Terfidia Lane
Milpitas, CA   95035
(408) 263-3382
echaban@netcom.com
Reproducing rolls

Playtime Music Co.

 [ Editors Note:  Due to _NUMEROUS_ complaints about this
 [ dealer, I have deleted the data from this mailing list.
 [ Robert Malek's behavior on the Internet is being reviewed
 [ by both his Internet Service Provider and his Web Page
 [ provider.  Both have had candid conversations with me
 [ about the problems, and the Web Page provider
 [ hopes to have "things cleared up" soon.  I suspect
 [ that will mean that the Web page will go away. I'll
 [ keep you posted.

Mark Reinhart
118 North Lawrence Street
Charlestown, WV  25414
304-728-0277
Recuts of Red Welte rolls.

Rock Soup
Bob and Ginny Billings
1518 Sunnyslope Ave.
Belmont, CA 94002-3732
tel 415-593-4792
fax 4115-592-5722
Specializing in Recordo recuts

Mike Schwimmer
325 E. Blodgett
Lake Bluff, Il.  60044-2112
708-295-1901

PIANO ROLLS, MAIL AUCTIONS

Echoes
Ed Sprankle
1768 Leimert Blvd
Oakland, Ca.  94602-1930
510-531-7867
Occasional "A" roll and 88 note roll auctions

Bennett Leedy Rolls
4660 Hagar Shore Road
Coloma, MI 49038
tel: (616) 468-5986
fax: 616-468-3844
Bi-monthly auctions of 88 note and reproducing rolls

The Music Roll Shop
Elizabeth & Harold Rettig
P.O. Box 510
131-1/2 Gaw Street
Rawson, OH 45881
 tel (419) 963-3075
Regular auctions of 88 note, reproducing, organ, Aeolian Pipe Organ and
`unusual' rolls

Dan Inglima
PO Box 769
Hayesville, NC.  28904
704-389-3744
88 note rolls

The Piano Roll Center
Paul & Cindy Johnson
26390 Big Valley Road, NE
Poulsbo WA  98370
tel: 360-697-2422
fax: 360 697-2522
email: 76651.1710@compuserve.com
Bi-monthly auctions of 88 note and reproducing rolls

QRS Music Rolls, Inc.
Dan Wilke
1026 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14213
tel:  1-800-24ROLLS  or 716-885-4600
fax: 716-885-7510
e-mail: via AOL (Music, The Studio, Tools of Trade, QRS)
See also "Piano Disks" below.
88 and 65 note rolls as well as reproducing rolls

Rag Daddy's Music
17342 E. Ford Drive
Aurora, CO  80017
88 note rolls

ROLL COPYING SERVICES

Custom Music Rolls
Richard and Janet Tonnesen
903 Sandalwood Avenue
Richardson, TX 75080
tel 214-235-4497
e-mail: VUGU75A@prodigy.com
Roll copying; incl. labels.  Short runs (5 copies) okay.

Michael L. Kitner
162 D Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
tel: 717-249-3851
Can duplicate many formats using hand perforator.

PlayRite Music Rolls, Inc.
John Malone
P.O. Box 1024
Turlock, CA 95380
tel: 209-667-1996
Roll copying of many tracker-bar formats (Weber Maesto, Hupfeld Pan,
Violana, WurliTzer, etc.),  including labels, boxes, lyric
stencilling.

NICKELODEON ROLLS

Clark Music Rolls
Don Rand
163 Main Street
Thomaston, ME 04861
tel: 207-354-8033
Recuts of A and G nickleodeon rolls under "Clark" label.  Also 6 ch./in copying
services.

Echoes
Ed Sprankle
1768 Leimert Blvd
Oakland, Ca.  94602-1930
510-531-7867
"A" rolls, recuts
Occasional auction and/or recut offerings. Buys and sells nickleodeon rolls,
esp. blues and ragtime.

Dick Hack
2051 Chesapeake Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
tel: (410) 757-2164 (H)
Subscription recuts of Violano Virtuoso rolls.

ORGAN MUSIC
This section includes copying and new music production

Tony DeCap, Belgium
(contact via J. Verbeeck)
Has book music punch controlled by computer. Details unknown.

Wayne Holton
6960 Brace
Houston, TX 77061
tel: 713-644-6824
Arranger for roll and book music; associated with Mike Kitner.

Frederic Keller, Orgelbau
Haus #2, Finsterlingen
79875 Dachsberg
GERMANY
tel: 011-4979875 (fluent French & German, limited English)
Punches book music for Bruder, Ruth, Gavioli, Limonaire organs from
the original masters of Carl Frei, Sr. & Jr.  Can copy and reformat
book music for any organ.

Gerhard Kern
Am Ziegelgrund 26
D-50170 Kerpen-Buir
GERMANY
tel 02275-6778
fax 02275-4783
e-mail: 101670.1066@compuserve.com
Kern has published a nice catalog of the "Complete Archives of Carl Frei Jr.",
containing several thousand songs which Kern can copy from the old templates to
new book-music.  He can also modify the arrangements for other organs of related
scale.

Tom Meijer
De Spinne 15-18
4463 CL Goes
NETHERLANDS
tel: 01100-33539 (good English)
Talented arrangeur-noteur, actual punching of book or roll by
Verbeeck or others. (Ref CD of WurliTzer 146, "Good Old USA Carousel
Music", publ. by Marion Roehl.)

David Stumpf
Arranger for band organ music   (details needed ...)

John Verbeeck, Orgelbau
Eikenlei 179
2960 St.-Job-in't-Goor
BELGIUM
tel: 011-32-36-63-4203 (best between 7-8 AM local; good English)
or 011-32-36-63-0411
fax: 011-32-36-63-0958
Maker and restorer of variety of barrel, carousel, dance and concert
organs.  Can provide new music and copy and reformat book music for
any organ.

PIANO DISKS  (YAMAHA DISKLAVIER/PIANO DISK/PIANOMATION)

Invisible Touch Music Software
Box 1651
Fair Oaks, CA (USA) 95628-1651
tel & fax: 916-729-2653
New recordings in your choice of format (Roland, Clavinova,
Disklavier, Kurzweil, PianoDisc, General MIDI)

Hal Leonard Music
7777 West Blue Mound Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53213
Distributor of Wayne Stahnke's Live Performances (see below)

Live Performance
Wayne Stahnke
11434 McCune Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90066
tel: 310-391-4921
fax: 310-391-3131
Catalog of new performances and 1920's rolls (via reproducing piano
emulation), for Disklavier, PianoDisc and all electronic pianos.
Also, all of Wayne's product is now distributed by Hal Leonard Music

PianoDisc
Mark Johnson
4111 North Freeway Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95834
tel: 916-567-9999 or 1-800-566-DISC
fax: 916-567-1941
Catalog of new performances for PianoDisc system. Check also with
local dealer.

PianoMania Music Publishing
Richard and Nancy Riley
8300-D Sierra College Blvd.
Roseville, CA 95661
tel: 916-791-8079
Catalog of new performances of Ragtime, Blues & Jazz, for Midi, Disklavier and
others.

 [ Editor's Note:  E-mail address added from elsewhere in this digest

QRS Music Rolls, Inc.
1026 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14213
tel:  1-800-24ROLLS  or 716-885-4600
fax: 716-885-7510
e-mail:  QRSBUFFLO@AOL.COM
AOL: via AOL (Music, The Studio, Tools of Trade, QRS)
See also "Piano Disks" below.
Catalog  "A Guide to QRS Pianomation MIDI Music Library," is selected
titles from the main piano roll catalog.

Yamaha Piano Co.
6600 Orangethorpe Ave.
Buena Park, CA 90620
tel: 714-522-9011
Catalog of new performances for Disklavier system.  Check also with
local dealer.

MIDI SUPPLIES

Musician's Friend
P.O. Box 4520
Medford, OR 97501
tel: 800-776-5173
tel: 541-772-5173
fax: 541-776-1370
Source of hard-to-find midi supplies

MUSIC BOX DISKS & CYLINDERS

Barry Johnson Music Box Company
2423-F Old Middlefield Way
Mountain View, CA  94043
(415) 964-0685
Music box disks

Porter Music Box Co.
Dwight G. Porter
Randolph, VT
tel: 802-728-9694
Copies of music box disks, many different sizes.

AUDIO

PianoMania Music Publishing
Richard Riley
8300-D Sierra College Blvd.
Roseville, CA 95661
tel: 916-791-8079
Catalog of CDs of Ragtime, Blues & Jazz made from Disklavier performances.

Marion Roehl Recordings
3533 Stratford Drive
Vestal, NY 13850-2222 USA
Tel: (607) 797-9062
Fax: (607) 797-2624
Tapes and Cds of player pianos,  music boxes, photoplayers, calliopes and band
organs

BOOKS

The Player Piano Co.
704 East Douglas
Wichita, KS  67202
Purchased most of the remaining book stock from Vestal Press

Rock Soup
Bob and Ginny Billings
1518 Sunnyslope Ave.
Belmont, CA 94002-3732
tel 415-593-4792
fax 4115-592-5722
Big 3-volume Rollography of QRS and Recordo rolls.

The Vestal Press
P.O. Box 97
Vestal, NY 13851-0097
phone: (607) 797-4872
fax: (607) 797-4898
Books with history, illustrations, technicalities about all forms of
automatic music instruments.  Also audio CDs & cassettes.
Sold some stock to the Player Piano Company of Wichita, KS

SOCIETIES

AMICA International
Mike Barnhart, Membership Sec'y
919 Lantern Glow Trail
Dayton, OH 45431
AMICA = Automatic Musicial Instrument Collector's Association;
many local chapters with regular meetings.

MBSI
Frank Rider, Membership Chairman
1062 Alber St.
Wabash, IN 46992
MBSI=Musical Box Society International



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