The B.A.B. Organ Company seems to have chosen a tracker bar hole
spacing of 8 holes-per-inch and used that spacing for a number of
roll widths for various band organ formats. The upper end was an
8/inch roll, 11-1/8" wide with 87 holes.

This dimension roll was then used for at least two completely
different organ formats documented by Art Reblitz: (1) a Gavioli
conversion from cardboard books and (2) the Artizan Model E
(B.A.B. Model 82).

Now a third format using this roll may have surfaced. A set of
seven rolls, including a test roll, are being scanned and analyzed.
They are, unfortunately, unlabeled except for numbers such as "43-14",
"43-19", et cetera. Those with quickly recognized tunes include 43-14,
a Mary Poppins medley; 43-15, starting with "The Third Man Theme" and
"The Mexican Hat Dance". Roll 43-19 is a medley of unfamiliar Spanish
pop tunes.

Is anyone familiar with the B.A.B. 87-hole roll format and these
rolls in particular? They seem to be part of a re-cut project for
a particular organ (or organs) which may still exist.

Craig Williams
Scotts Valley, California
cwilliams@surfnetc.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]