#6 Seeburg G Orchestrion restored by Roberts Musical Restorations

[KawhackitaRag]

Oh wow! This is "Harlem Chocolate Babies On Parade" by James P. Johnson, and played by the composer. I had no idea this was also issued as a "G" roll!

Whoever did the drum arrangement and the various pipe, mandolin, etc. registrations did a good job.

Ditto for the job of adapting the 88-note roll to the 48 playing notes of the "G" scale... not an easy task if you want the tune to still sound good! Notice how most of Johnson's left-hand tenths have been changed to octaves.

[TuboEspectador]

@KawhackitaRag Man, I love your descriptions. I wish I could catch more of this shop talk. I grew up on pianolas, coinolas, orchestrions and band organs. I finally got to meet the owner of "Trudy" and got all kinds of shop talk. It was wonderful when he came through our town!