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Unknown Ragtime Tune on North Tonawanda Pianolin
By Jere Ryder

We're nearing completion of repairs to a North Tonawanda Pianolin
coin-piano (ca. 1906-15) here in the Guinness collection and I am
trying to identify an untitled ragtime tune from one of the early
Pianolin roll recuts that restorer Mike Kitner (Pennsylvania) made
for Murtogh Guinness back in the 1970s.

Please listen to the attached MP3 audio recording; any thoughts you
might have about the title, composer, et cetera, would be appreciated.

All best,

Jere Ryder
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
https://morrismuseum.org/ 
jryder@morrismuseum.org.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

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