Piano roll production at QRS Music

A late-1980s tour of QRS Music's piano roll manufacturing facility in Buffalo, New York, originally aired on the TVOntario children's show "The Acme School of Stuff".

If you enjoy this video, also check out the QRS tour from the show "How It's Made" on the Discovery Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DObVR...

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[ggpr221292]

Brilliant! I David Stringer has made some of the best television shows I've ever watched, thank you for posting!! I'm planning to visit the QRS factory and go on their tour myself later this summer. One question though: What is the song the segment is started with?

[cc213t]

The song is "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey". Words and music by Hughie Cannon (1877-1912), published in 1902.

[qrsjazznerd]

Yes, we still use the Apple IIe for arranging and controlling the perforators.

[vincent7520]

Excellent.

Thanks for posting !

What happened to the company now (2013) ?

[animesis]

Its amazing to put a face to the name, Ive seen his name on so many rolls, never imagined I would find a video of him at his expertise. A true music maker

[mw717]

Wow. What a great video. I simply cannot believe all of the labor that went into making a piano roll. They must have been expensive!

[ANDRE QUIER]

THANKS A LOT FOR THIS VIDEO;Je i am in France and seach a Q.R.S. pour adress to command of rolls for my pianola

address mail: andre.quier@orange.fr

Warmly

[ANDRE QUIER]

Merci beaucoup pour cette video! Je suis en France et je voudrais avoir une adresse Q.R.S.pour commander des rouleaux,voici mon adresse mail: andre.quier@orange.fr

Cordialement

[pinbret]

100 years from now I would wager it will be easier to repair a machine from 1914 player piano and 1 of these late model Digital or tape driven just a strange idea

[grayforester]

Topical humor from the Reagan era.

[omgfloofy]

Much belatedly, they aren't dead. They just aren't producing piano rolls anymore. They are behind the PNOMation digital player system, and still have an inventory of piano rolls that they sell on their website. Not only that, but they also sell parts to repair pianos and piano rolls. qrsmusic 'dot' com is where you can find information for their current work.

[Arvind Mallya]

Very informative, I have a video I dedicated to QRS company and Dick Watson to a tune played on my 1916 Stroud Pianola "The Impossible Dream-Man of La Mancha" QRS and their management like Max Kortlander made the "Dream Possible" . If they have all the old rolls they should be optically scanning them and archiving and making new rolls and pianos with newer materials, the Midi player is just another device and not unique like a player Piano.

[Ted O'Dell]

Very informative! Can't wait to place my order for new QRS rolls.