Hi MMDers!  I'm a roll collector for many years.  Among my first rolls
were "Best" and "Victoria", both made in Spain.  The first is a brand
which was very well sold (and common) here in Argentina, also in
Uruguay and of course in Spain.

Some of the spool ends have some letters like "J.B.B.L.G."  I didn't
know what they mean until today, when I was reading on-line: "How the
rolls were made" (in Spain).  Well, the letters mean "Joan Baptista
Blancafort - La Garriga".

Did you know that?!

Horacio E. Asborno

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 [ At http://www.centrodedocumentacionmusicaldeandalucia.es/opencms/musica-mecanica/fabricacion-rollos-pianola.html 
 [   Joan Baptista Blancafort, abre en 1905, la fábrica de rollos de
 [   pianola "La Victoria", situada en La Garriga 4.  La familia
 [   Blancafort comercializó varias marcas: Best, Victoria e Ideal,
 [   llega a producir gran número de cintas perforadas, y exporta
 [   a Europa, América y Oceanía.
 [ My translation:
 [   In 1905 Joan Baptista Blancafort opened the "La Victoria" piano
 [   roll factory, located at La Garriga 4.  The Blancafort family
 [   marketed several brands -- Best, Victoria and Ideal -- and produced
 [   large numbers of perforated strips and exported them to Europe,
 [   America and Oceania.
 [ See also http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/MMMedia/Victoria/index.html 
 [ -- Robbie