Theatre organist Irma Glen plays "Dream House"

Theatre Organist Irma Glen plays " Dream House"

Chicago theatre organist Irma Glen made several player piano rolls. Here on the Supertone label Ms. Glen plays "Dream House" roll # 6165 released in 1926, Capitol Music Roll Co.

More on Irma Glen: http://www.pianola.co.nz/artists/glen.html

Piano is a Beckwith "garden variety" player piano supposedly built in 1902 (according to serial number sequence) but more likely is from around early 1918.

Editorial: You Tube seems to have changed their sound and video quality. I uploaded several videos recently and all have poor video and sound quality. Nothing has changed with my recording equipment. You Tubby seems to be a better way to describe the "new" sound and lousy video clarity!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Player-Piano
• AMICA
• MBSI
• theatre
• organ
• Fox
• Trot
• Seeburg
• Nickelodeon
• Model
• Player
• Piano
• Prohibition
• Roaring
• 20's
• twenties
• speak
• easy
• blues

[HarborGuy]

Your rolls are in great shape for being so old. Most of what I had when I had my player had turned yellow and were very fragile.....You've got a great piano too.........

[Yaledmot]

Most of these rolls are yellow and fragile as well. The tracking mechanism for the rolls is kept in scrupulous condition.  This prevents damage on playing and rewind. I would never consider playing these on a piano without automatic tracking. I have another piano that has a manual tracking and I will only play new rolls on that thing.

[KawhackitaRag]

Great arrangement! I would imagine Ms. Glen was quite a formidable pianist in person, and I think it's too bad she didn't make solo piano records. Of course the editor cut in the melody in tremolo in a couple places in this roll, so it goes a bit beyond what's humanly possible for one person to play (I have only ever heard one live person who was able to play two-handed also adding this effect, and they were not an original 1920's pianist). But still - hot piano! Nice swing, and nice breaks too.