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Good 65-note Rolls
By Dan Wilson

Mark van Essen offers, amongst others, the following 65-note rolls:

> 1.  Metrostyle *large.*   # 69493, Konzert fur zwei Klavier (Es dur).
> 3rd mov. Rondo (Allegro).  Mozart

This roll and the two preceding it, the 1st & 2nd movements of the
Mozart two-piano Concerto, are (if one is classically minded) possibly
the rarest and finest 65-note rolls to be had.  You have to be both
pianos and the orchestra, all at once.  QRS did a reduction for 88n as
part of their "Hits from 'Salieri'" jumbo some time back.  Any 65ers out
there, get it !

> 5.  Aeolian *large.*   # 4038, Wiener Bonbons Waltz.
> Paraphrase de Concert, by Rivr-King.  Strauss

Mark, the Aeolian is a _58-note_ instrument.  Have you measured the width
of these rolls ? 58s look identical to 65s but are <guess> an inch
narrower.  The earliest 65s usually said "Piano" because player pianos
were at the time a deviation from Aeolian's main business: Aeolians.
The first pushup Pianolas had sliding take-up spool cheeks and took both
widths.  Judging by the number of organ nuts I've met who have savaged
65n rolls to fit their instruments, I believe 58n rolls are marginally
more sought after than 65s, too.

Dan Wilson



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