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Gordon Iles in Pathe Film "Pianola Man"
By Robin Cherry

At http://www.itnstills.com/ are still images taken from the British
Pathe film, "Pianola Man" (1961), which some may have downloaded or
bought already.

Hopefully this link will lead you to a collection of pictures of
Gordon Iles at work in 1961 at Ramsgate.  It was new to me, anyway.

Best wishes
Robin Cherry

 [ The web site server seems quite cranky (and terribly slow, too).
 [ I could not access the description of "Pianola Man" by URL, but
 [ only by searching from the home page for key word pianola.
 [ Results returned:
 [
 [   Pianola Man (186 stills) 11 Sept 1961 British Pathe
 [   C.E.M. Joad (aka CEM Joad) (185 stills) 23 Apr 1944 British Pathe
 [   Ancient Music Boxes on Show (125 stills)
 [
 [   "Ramsgate, Kent.  Gordon Iles is seen making a paper music roll at
 [ his factory, then plays it on his pianola.  Medium shot and close-up
 [ of a pianola playing; piano keys moving by themselves.  Various
 [ shots show Gordon Iles in his pianola factory making a pianola roll;
 [ holes are punched in a long sheet of paper by a special machine with
 [ pins.  The finished paper roll is rolled over a tube; Gordon takes
 [ it to a pianola in his living room and starts it up.  Several shots
 [ of the pianola playing 'Beale Street Blues' (natural sound, recorded
 [ at Gordon's factory) while Gordon sits in a chair and nods his head
 [ to the music."
 [
 [ -- Robbie


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