Player Piano Group instrument listing

On the subject of instrument listings, the 1998 Player Piano Group
listing has just been completed.  I thought a few statistics might be
of interest.  From perhaps 200 listed collections, mostly UK with a few
scattered round Europe and some in Australia, there are the following
reproducing pianos:

Ampico: 37 (all but 1 are Model A)

    2 Boesendorfer                (grands)
    2 Broadwood                   (1 grand, 1 upright)
    1 each of Chickering, Erard, Fisher, Foster
    2 Franklin                    (1 upright, 1 grand)
    1 Gaveau                      (grand)
    4 Grotrian-Steinweg           (grand)
    2 Knabe                       (grand)
    2 Marshall & Rose             (1 upright, 1 grand)
    5 Marshall & Wendell          (4 upright, 1 grand)
    1 Mason & Hamlin              (grand)
    9 Rogers                      (2 upright, 7 grand)
    1 Weber                       (a converted grand)

Duo-Art: 126 (38 pedal-only, 17 electric-only, 70 pedal-electric)

    7 Aeolian                     (uprights)
    1 Ibach                       (upright)
    55 Steck (7 Gotha, 1 American, rest UK) (49 upright, 6 grand)
    23 Steinway                   (7 upright, 15 grand)
    40 Weber                      (32 upright, 8 grand)

Welte-Mignon: 12 (5 Red, 2 Green, 5 Licensee)

    1 Bechstein                   (upright)
    2 Feurich                     (grands)
    1 Rushworth & Dreaper         (upright)
    1 Steck                       (a converted Gotha upright)
    3 Steinway                    (2 upright, 1 grand)
    4 Waddington                  (uprights)

Interesting stuff!  You really can see how much Aeolian dominated the
UK market, particularly with the ubiquitous Steck upright.  Even if the
pedal-only Duo-Arts are excluded, on the grounds they amount to little
more than 88-note players, it's still Ampico 37, Duo-Art 87.  I would
guess if anything this over-estimates Ampico's market presence, because
collectors target them while Duo-Arts more commonly 'turn up'.

If I have time, I'll try to do a breakdown of the pedal players next.

Julian Dyer