Berry-Wood Rolls
By Rob DeLand
I want to offer a quick update to my comments yesterday about Berry-Wood 15+ inch rolls. I spoke with a couple of friends last night about them, and was told that someone did a recutting subscription of the rolls a few years ago. They were done by the fellow in Wisconsin who has recut See- burg A, G and H rolls for some private collectors in the Chicago area. I may be visiting him later this week, and can ask for details if you wish.
There is a photo in the back of Harvey Roehl's 2nd edition of Player Piano Treasury of a fellow (in Pennsylvania?) who had one of the large Berry-Wood A.O.W. machines. My friend Jerry Biasella tells me that is the only known original of that particular model; this is the same machine that was shown in a full-page colorized picture in the front pages of Harvey's book. I didn't realize this model was so rare!
Rob DeLand
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