Bound catalogues, roll listings, general player books and other noted related works - a collection gathered over many years: - The Bound Selection: first editions of The Duo-Art Piano; Audio-Graphic Music (1928); Duo-Art Piano Music, (1927) (four volumes); The Classical Reproducing Piano - A Catalogue-Index L. Sitsky (of two volumes); Ampico - A Catalogue of Music (American Piano Compy. 1922); Ampico - A catalogue of Music (American Piano Compy. 1925); later titles include The Welte-Mignon: Its Music and Musicians, C. D. Smith and R. J. Howe, 1994; The Complete Catalog of Ampico Reproducing Piano Rolls, E. Obenchain, 1977. The remaining catalogues: A selection of many paperback, some hardback from Ampico, Aeolian and others from 1909 onwards, service manuals, supplements, (some duplicates), to include: Duo-Art Pianola Music (1915); Aeolian Catalogue of Music Rolls (1924 & 1928); Duo-Art Harrods Catalogue (Dec' 1928); Music for Pianola and Duo-Art (1932, 34, 37 and 39); 3 Artrio Angelus Catalogues (24 or 27, Jan 1925 and Jul 1926); Broadwood Catalogue; Artistyle Music Rolls (a selection); Orchestrelle Catalogue; Ampico 'handy' catalogue (1929); Ampico - How to sell to Schools (1926); Aeolian service manual (1925); Duo-Art (USA) Catalog & supplement; Aeolian Audiographic music; Duo-Art monthly; Duo-Art Numerical list; Duo-Art Harrods Catalogue; Charles Davis Smith Duo-Art Catalogue; Music for Pianola & DuoArt; Orchestrelle Catalogue; Aeolian Catalogue; Aeolian Audiographic Music; Welte Roll Catalogue; Welte Music rolls; Welte Mignon Reproductionen; Classical Recording Rolls - Sitsky Composers; Classical Reproducing Rolls - Sitsky Pianists; 'Pleyela' Catalogue 33; 'Pleyela' 37 (2nd supplement 88); and 'Pleyela' 23 General Catalogue 88 - rare; and many others. Reference Books, Important Literature, including: Guidebook of Automatic Musical Instruments (vols. I); Les Instruments de Musique à Travers Les Ages (A. Buchner); Mechanical Musical Instruments (A. Buchner); Men, Women and Pianos (A. Loesser); Player-Piano (Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume); Piano Playing Mechanisms (White); The First Book of the Player-Pianist (S. Grew); The Steinway Saga (D. W. Fostle); Modern Studies in Organ Tone (H. K. Medtner); CTATbИ MATEPИAЛbI BOCПOMИHAHИЯ (Articles, Documents and Memoirs) (H. K. Medtner); Auto-Pleyela (three different catalogues - French); Presto Buyers' Guide (1926); The Piano Player and its Music (E. Newman); The Appreciation of Music by means of the "Pianola" & "Duo-Art" (Percy A. Scholes) -two first 1925 editions - one signed by the author with an additional typed headed note dated 1st January 1926, pp signed, inviting guests to a function); Auto-Pleyela No.34 Reproducing Piano Playing Mechanisms (White); The Player Pianist (White); The Piano Player (Newman); The First Book of the Player Pianist (Grew); Perforation with the Learbarjan; Player Piano Treasury (Roehl) - signed by the author; and many other works by noted authors on or around the subject of automatic piano playing mechanisms from the 1920s onwards. Photostats and Folders: A small group of folios containing copies from publications seen here or elsewhere, from photographs of instruments and catalogues to composers. Hardware: Gordon B. Iles - A piano air-solenoid actuated electric switch, mounted on wooden baseboard, with the reverse bearing various labels with postage marks for Dec. '58 from Ohio to Iles's Ramsgate address, from the Player Piano Shop; a Tempo Tester roll; an Artrio Tester roll; and an unboxed German roll No. 3598.
Bound catalogues, roll listings, general player books and other noted related works - a collection gathered over many years: - The Bound Selection: first editions of The Duo-Art Piano; Audio-Graphic Music (1928); Duo-Art Piano Music, (1927) (four volumes); The Classical Reproducing Piano - A Catalogue-Index L. Sitsky (of two volumes); Ampico - A Catalogue of Music (American Piano Compy. 1922); Ampico - A catalogue of Music (American Piano Compy. 1925); later titles include The Welte-Mignon: Its Music and Musicians, C. D. Smith and R. J. Howe, 1994; The Complete Catalog of Ampico Reproducing Piano Rolls, E. Obenchain, 1977. The remaining catalogues: A selection of many paperback, some hardback from Ampico, Aeolian and others from 1909 onwards, service manuals, supplements, (some duplicates), to include: Duo-Art Pianola Music (1915); Aeolian Catalogue of Music Rolls (1924 & 1928); Duo-Art Harrods Catalogue (Dec' 1928); Music for Pianola and Duo-Art (1932, 34, 37 and 39); 3 Artrio Angelus Catalogues (24 or 27, Jan 1925 and Jul 1926); Broadwood Catalogue; Artistyle Music Rolls (a selection); Orchestrelle Catalogue; Ampico 'handy' catalogue (1929); Ampico - How to sell to Schools (1926); Aeolian service manual (1925); Duo-Art (USA) Catalog & supplement; Aeolian Audiographic music; Duo-Art monthly; Duo-Art Numerical list; Duo-Art Harrods Catalogue; Charles Davis Smith Duo-Art Catalogue; Music for Pianola & DuoArt; Orchestrelle Catalogue; Aeolian Catalogue; Aeolian Audiographic Music; Welte Roll Catalogue; Welte Music rolls; Welte Mignon Reproductionen; Classical Recording Rolls - Sitsky Composers; Classical Reproducing Rolls - Sitsky Pianists; 'Pleyela' Catalogue 33; 'Pleyela' 37 (2nd supplement 88); and 'Pleyela' 23 General Catalogue 88 - rare; and many others. Reference Books, Important Literature, including: Guidebook of Automatic Musical Instruments (vols. I); Les Instruments de Musique à Travers Les Ages (A. Buchner); Mechanical Musical Instruments (A. Buchner); Men, Women and Pianos (A. Loesser); Player-Piano (Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume); Piano Playing Mechanisms (White); The First Book of the Player-Pianist (S. Grew); The Steinway Saga (D. W. Fostle); Modern Studies in Organ Tone (H. K. Medtner); CTATbИ MATEPИAЛbI BOCПOMИHAHИЯ (Articles, Documents and Memoirs) (H. K. Medtner); Auto-Pleyela (three different catalogues - French); Presto Buyers' Guide (1926); The Piano Player and its Music (E. Newman); The Appreciation of Music by means of the "Pianola" & "Duo-Art" (Percy A. Scholes) -two first 1925 editions - one signed by the author with an additional typed headed note dated 1st January 1926, pp signed, inviting guests to a function); Auto-Pleyela No.34 Reproducing Piano Playing Mechanisms (White); The Player Pianist (White); The Piano Player (Newman); The First Book of the Player Pianist (Grew); Perforation with the Learbarjan; Player Piano Treasury (Roehl) - signed by the author; and many other works by noted authors on or around the subject of automatic piano playing mechanisms from the 1920s onwards. Photostats and Folders: A small group of folios containing copies from publications seen here or elsewhere, from photographs of instruments and catalogues to composers. Hardware: Gordon B. Iles - A piano air-solenoid actuated electric switch, mounted on wooden baseboard, with the reverse bearing various labels with postage marks for Dec. '58 from Ohio to Iles's Ramsgate address, from the Player Piano Shop; a Tempo Tester roll; an Artrio Tester roll; and an unboxed German roll No. 3598.
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