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Restoring a Cremona G at DeBence Museum
By Jeffrey R. Wood

In the Cremona lexicon, "Style G" refers to the case style, not the
music it plays.  The typical Cremona Style G instrument with pipes
plays a Style "A" music roll.  The taller case provides abundant
space for pipework.  Here is a video of a Cremona G in action:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58AlPFZo1Yk
Attachment thumbnail To my knowledge, no Cremona instruments were originally built to play the Style "G" roll. If the DeBence Cremona originally included percussion, it would have been constructed to play the Orchestral "M" roll, a Marquette Piano Co. exclusive. Its stack is certainly not the usual 58-note "A" roll variety, suggesting it once played "M" rolls. Look for empty or filled screw holes, indicating that something formerly there is missing. Jeffrey R. Wood

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