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Confusion? Ragola and Ragtime
By Stan Rhine

There may have been a little confusion in one of the recent
communications which referred to "Ragola." Ragola is the old name for
the Antique Nickelodeon Company (Barry Casper) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
They custom build stacks & a line of standard orchestrion components
(intended for O roll, but usable for other formats) of kiln dried
hardrock maple & poplar. They also have complete O roll kits.

Ragtime Automated Music of Modesto, California (Ken Caulkins) offers
everything from individual components to complete kits. This line
features plastic unit pneumatics & relies heavily on their own die
making operations to create a myriad of plastic parts. They also offer
a range of instruments from orchestrions to "calliopes" & "band organs"
all playing from O rolls.

Stan Rhine, Albuquerque, NM



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