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Playrola Organ
By Brian Chesters

Angelo Rulli wrote:

> It is the rarest of the Rolmonica-type instruments.  It was made in the
> 1930s.  It uses the same roll as the Play-a-sax, the Clarola, and the
> Melody Player.

Well, I went to visit the new President of the Musical Box Society of
Great Britain, Mr. Ted Brown, and he looked at the Tinplate toy organ of
mine and said he had something similar.  He brought out a red plastic
version of the same dimensions and the same roll by Playrola corp.  He
thought it was made in the 1960s.

So my question is, are they still in business now, and are there a stock
of rolls in some toy shop somewhere?  Ted had three of these things so
I bought one, but I only got two rolls with it.

Brian Chesters


(Message sent Tue 26 Aug 1997, 22:08:01 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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