Dear Fellow MMD'ers:  Doug Rhodes writes of an Apollo player in
combination with a phonograph.  I purchased one of these in Evanston,
IL in 1973.  It was lettered Apollo-phone on the fallboard.  Evidently
some roll company made 78-rpm records with accompanying player rolls
for this unusual system.  Imperial?  For moving the music roll it had a
spring motor, wound through the pedals, allowing unassisted rewinding.

There was no apparent method of coordinating the tempi of roll and
record.  I sold the piano before it was restored so I never got to
attempt this quaint combination.  The purchase price: $150.  Had to
borrow the money from my folks.  Very heavy piano.  That piano is now
in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Thanks for stirring a few memories.

Marc Sachnoff