In an effort to make my Aeolian pipe organ restoration more meaningful,
I need to expand my collection of rolls.  I have a sufficient supply of
the earlier Aeolian Pipe Organ music, the 116-note rolls.  What I need
now is an expanded library of the [176-note] Aeolian Pipe Organ, Duo-Art
Music Rolls.  To attain more rolls, I need the help of the MMD list.

Aeolian issued about 539 rolls in the Duo-Art organ format.  While
some rolls were mechanically arranged, others were true virtuoso
performances by organists still widely acclaimed today.  Unlike the
reproducing pianos, the Aeolian reproducing organ, the Duo-Art, can
exactly recreate the original performance.   To do this, the playback
organ needs to possess the specification of the recording instrument.
The instrument in my collection is almost a perfect match.  Now, the
only thing missing are the rolls.

I do have a nice collection, but when I view the missing titles,
I realize just how much needs to be added to make my project more
complete.

So far, I have spent over 4,000 hours in organ restoration.  It would
be a shame if I did not make every effort to expand the roll library
to fully bring back this era of music.

I am buying rolls at every opportunity.  Perhaps there are MMD'ers who
could help.  Lending rolls can even help in my project.  I am able to
copy the data from the roll and store the information in my computer.

Please contact me if you can participate in any way.

Bob Taylor

 [ A description of the 176-note pipe organ roll is given at
 [ http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/identifying.html  -- Robbie