Help! I got a request for assessment of some 12 player piano rolls.
Usually I tell people that old rolls are typically not very valuable.
(My opinion has not changed!)  But this individual must feel that they
are worth more than the $4-7 I suggested under the proviso that they
were in very good condition.

As a post script to my reply, I said it was difficult to determine value
without the titles, artist, etc.  So -- you guessed it -- he sent me a
list.  The fact be known, I'm not involved with collecting so I have no
data, but I hate to just hang-up on the guy.  So I'm posting this list
for you to peruse.

Any comments would be appreciated.  I'll ask him to give me a few days to
check it out.  Thanks,

John Tuttle

P.S.  I'll also ask him if it's ok to post his address for replys.¶
P.P.S.  I found two of the titles in the latest Q.R.S. catalog.

  Hearts & Flowers- Mandolin Arrangement- Tobani
  Dreamers Paradise- Waltz by S.M. Frenkel
  Twilight Dreams- Reverie- Bayley
  Spirit of Independence-Holzmann
  Boston Commentary March- Thos M. Carter
  Mary ann- From "her little highness- Reginald De Koven.
    A Vocalstyle from Cincinnati.
  Collage Life- Frantzen
  Twenty second Regiment March- Herbert
  Burning of Rome-Two step - E.T. Paull
  When I dream in the Twillight of you- Jackson
    played by Barton & Ennison (Universal)
  Chicken Reel - Daly

 [ John, those titles resemble the ones I stoke the fire with,
 [ and which sell for 50 cents at the flea market.  But --
 [ "One man's poison is another's pleasure."
 [
 [ Instrument dealers, like our members Marty Roenigk and Brian
 [ Chesters, have published their estimate of the selling value
 [ of instruments, and this is great information for everyone.
 [
 [ I hope our members who buy and sell old piano rolls, and who
 [ are well-acquainted with the old titles, can offer help.
 [ Get their names from the list of Mechanical Music Sources
 [ in Digest 960807.   -- Robbie