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Piano rolls from the early 20's were still given over to the 4 hand, or duet performances, and while not really attracting the attention of anyone ...

Here are two rolls from the era of the Vaudeville and Minstrel Musicals.

Take a musical trip to a simpler time and read the lyrics for more enjoyme...

Here is a encore presentation of this relatively obscure Southern Fox Trot as performed by the talented Henry Lange. This Duo Art turned MelOdee ar...

Here is a great old early Wendling from the mid teens. The early style of ragtime era music and the resulting dance crazes posed a certain roughnes...

Here are 3 great ragtime show tunes from pre "broadway" shows era.

The talented composer and pianist makes his mark here with one of his own compositions again. He was not credited with playing most of his composi...

Written in 1910 by Alfred Bryans and Albert Gumble , a march song with a ragtime flavor. Presented here on a 1923 Harrington player playing an AP...

Here is a "Recordo" expression roll being played on my piano. The piano is a 1923 Harrington made by Hardman and Peck of New York, serial # 97933....

yesterday, Han's sister Serene fall ill. So we can't practice piano at home because it's going to be too loud for poor Serene to bear. Han then spe...

Steamtown National Historic Site has made it a tradition to run a special steam excursion in the dead of winter. This is a particularly rare occasi...

This piece was played in Dame Fanny's house to two of her distinguished guests: Tzvi Avni, one of Israel's foremost composers whose works have been...

Here is a reprise to my previous issue of Shine.... this one with lyrics and this one played by the talented arranger and pianist, Pete Wendling.

This song was written in 1945 by two women, Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton, in the UK as part of a songwriting competition. It became a major hit ...

Written by Irving Berlin in 1913, the night before he needed it for new number in his tour in England. It became a hit introduced by Sophie Tucker...

This well known song was composed in 1911. The music was written by Nathaniel Davis Ayer and lyrics by Seymour Brown. It remained popular throughou...

A great example of why Edythe Baker was on of the most sought after female pianists of the 20's. Her performances for Aeolian on the Duo Art and Me...

This is a 20th century American folk Standard, no one knows who wrote it. It was first recorded by Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter in 1932, and he m...

QRS roll #9565 played by J. Lawrence Cook . This song was written in 1911 by Lucien Denni with lyrics by Roger Lewis. It has been used in many many...

QRS roll# 8770 by Scott and Watters (possibly Max Kortlander or maybe J. Lawrence Cook). Written in 1921 by L. Wolfe Gilbert who also wrote "Waitin...

a selection from an 'A' Roll featuring a mid-1920's COINOLA 'CX' coin piano

A re-cut of Duo-Art #0993 played by Victor Lane (Frank Milne). This song was introduced by Mae West in the 1934 movie "Belle of the Nineties".

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QRS roll #3012 played by Pete Wendling in 1925. It was written by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Listen to the 1923 Harrington player perfor...

This is a QRS Autograph 88 note roll # 200028, listed as "played by Stanford Robar", a name that Lee Roberts used in his work for QRS.

If any of t...

QRS roll# 2237 played by Max Kortlander in 1923. Words by Jack Yellen and music by Milton Ager in a typical tin pan alley "Vamp" style.

By the Light of the silvery moon. J Lawrence Cook. Player Piano

Played by Bob Zurke this is QRS roll #9305, an 88 note roll played on a Duo-Art piano. Written in 1937 this song eventually became a standard for ...

Popular dance medley No. 1 played by Frank Milne on a 1934 Stroud Duo-Art .

Aeolian roll #713381 arranged and played by Muriel Pollack.Presented here on a 1934 Stroud Duo-Art. This was written by Alfred Bryan,James Monaco ...

This is a Duo Art re-cut of Murial Pollock's "Rooster Rag" from 1917 original #1549. It was played by Frank Banta and is played here on a 1934 Stro...

Written in 1919 by Eugene West and Otis Spencer, this is QRS roll #1001 Titled When you're alone. It was played by Phil Ohman and Victor Arden. The...

This is Duo Art roll #713404 credited to Al Jolson, Billy Rose and Dave Dryer in 1927. It has become a standard performed by almost every well know...

There are several songs about Casey Jones, the famous railway man of the Illinois Central. The songs are based on the train wreck of April 1900 at ...

A Quick Comparison of transcontinental mainline steam railroad locomotives that have run across the USA within the past year That I shot with the s...

Joseph Lamb's "American Beauty" was published in 1913, one of the most beautiful of rags, It's played by Max Kortlander on QRS #100299 Autograph ...

Written in 1914 by Robert Hampton, this is one of my all time favorite rags. Hampton was a rather obscure but talented composer of rags and this pi...

Played by Pete Wendling 1922