Hello,  I wonder if anyone can throw some light onto a music roll
that I have in my collection.  It has a red leader with the name
'Original Pneuma' written on it.  The roll is 13-3/8" [34 cm] wide
with brown polished ends with pointed spigots, one threaded.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Peter Davis (UK)

 [ It's likely for one of the versions of the "Pneuma accordéon jazz"
 [ automaton.  See http://www.boite-accordeon.com/galerie3.html :
 [
 [ (translated): "A piece composed of two automatons: an accordionist
 [ and a drummer.  The outfit, driven by a roll of punched paper, was
 [ manufactured by Gastaud and Raibaut in Nice for the J. Bodson House
 [ of Paris, and was sold under the mark "Pneuma-accordéon Jazz" with
 [ a system borrowed from the German pneumatic orchestrions."
 [
 [ At http://home.tele2.fr/mnallino/piano_fr.html is a well-researched
 [ history saying that the automaton was actually built by Nallino
 [ Frères (Joseph Nallino successors) of Nice.  A shorter version in
 [ English is at http://home.tele2.fr/mnallino/piano_en.html
 [
 [ -- Robbie