Player Pianos



Player Pianos

All of the following documents are from within my own collection of original literature, unless otherwise stated. There are at least 40+ more I have yet to scan and merge into this collection. If others are inclined to loan me additional original literature, please contact me at the email address below.

 
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 History Of The Player
by John McTammany, 1913
81 pages		 *** FEATURE ***
Music Trade Review
Player Piano Special Edition
24 January 1925, 148
pages		 *** FEATURE ***
Technical History Of The Player by John McTammany
1915, 155 pages
Courtesy of John Seymour
The Player Pianist
by William Braid White
1910, 150 pages
How to "play" a player piano

The Appreciation Of Music by Pianola and Duo-Art
by Percy Scholes, 1925, 157 pages
A Course of Lectures at Aeolian Hall, London
with an Appendix by Reginald Reynolds 
The Piano Player and its Music.
by Ernest Newman, 1920

 
 

The Manualo Player Piano
It's Care, Regulation, and Repair.
by the Balwin Piano Co.

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Standard Player Monthly
Sep 1919
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Oct 1919
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Mar 1920
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly May 1920
20 pages

Standard Player Monthly
Jun 1920
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Sep 1920
19 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Oct 1920
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Jan 1921
19 pages

Standard Player Monthly
Feb 1921
19 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Mar 1921
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly
April 1921
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly
May 1921
18 pages

Standard Player Monthly
June 1921
19 pages
Standard Player Monthly
July 1921
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly
August 1921
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly
September 1921
20 pages

Standard Player Monthly
October 1921
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly
November 1921
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly January 1923
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly February 1923
20 pages

Standard Player Monthly March 1923
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly April 1923
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly May 1923
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly June 1923
20 pages

Standard Player Monthly July 1923
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Aug 1923
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly September 1923
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Oct 1923
28 pages

Standard Player Monthly Dec 1923
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Jan 1924
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Feb 1924
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Mar 1924
20 pages

Standard Player Monthly Apr 1924
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly May 1924
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly June 1924
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly July 1924
20 pages

Standard Player Monthly Aug 1924
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Sept 1924
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Oct 1924
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Dec 1924
20 pages

Standard Player Monthly Feb 1925
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Mar 1925
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly Apr 1925
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly May 1925
16 pages

Standard Player Monthly Jun 1925
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly Jul 1925
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly Aug 1925
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly Sep 1925
16 pages

Standard Player Monthly Oct 1925
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly Jan 1926
20 pages
Standard Player Monthly Feb 1926
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly Mar 1926
16 pages

Standard Player Monthly Apr 1926
16 page
Standard Player Monthly May 1926
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly June 1926
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly July 1926
16 pages

Standard Player Monthly Sept 1926
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly Oct 1926
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly Nov 1926
16 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Dec 1926 to Jan 1927, 20 pages

Standard Player Monthly
Feb 1927, 16 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Mar 1927, 16 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Apr 1927, 16 pages
Standard Player Monthly
May 1927, 16 pages

Standard Player Monthly
June 1927, 16 pages
Standard Player Monthly
July 1927, 16 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Aug 1927, 16 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Sep 1927, 16 pages

Standard Player Monthly
Oct 1927, 16 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Nov-Dec 1927, 14 pages
Standard Player Monthly
 Jan-Feb 1928, 14 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Mar-Apr 1928, 14 pages

Standard Player Monthly
May-Jun 1928, 14 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Jul-Aug 1928, 14 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Sep-Oct 1928, 14 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Jan-Mar 1929, 14 pages

Standard Player Monthly
Jul-Sep 1929, 14 pages
Standard Player Monthly
Oct-Dec 1929, 14 pages		 <Blank> <Blank>

QRS Catalog 1922
10,000 entries,
300 pages
US Music Roll Catalog
May 1927, 104 pages
Electra Roll Catalog 1913
3,000 entries
48 pages
Mastertouch Catalog
early-20s (Australia)
33 pages

Mastertouch 1926
Catalog (Australia)
53 pages
QRS Recordo 1927
Catalog
190 pageg
Melodee Catalog 1920
20 pages
Connorized Classical Catalog
64 pages

Royal 88 Note Catalog
151 pages
Original or
 Print-Magnified
Piano Playing Mechanisms
by William Braid White 1925
240 pages
Shulz player mechanism described.		 <blank>

Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Sep 1910
15 pages
Courtesy of Rob Buckingham
Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Oct 1910
12 pages
Courtesy of Rob Buckingham
Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Nov 1910
12 pages
Courtesy of Rob Buckingham
Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Dec 1910
13 pages,
Courtesy of Rob Buckingham

Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Jan 1911
14 pages
Courtesy of Rob Buckingham
Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Feb 1911
16 pages
Courtesy of Rob Buckingham
Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Apr 1911
15 pages
Courtesy of Rob Buckingham
Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Jun 1911
15 pages,
Courtesy of Rob Buckingham

Aeolian Monthly Bulletin Nov 1911
15 pages
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The Tuners Journal,
Oct-1922
The Tuners Journal,
Jan-1924
The Tuners Journal,
Feb-1924
The Tuners Journal, Oct-1924

The Tuners Journal,
Nov-1924
The Tuners Journal,
Nov-1927
Modern Piano Tuning and Allied Arts
1917, 346 pages,
by William Braid White
Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building
1909, 165 pages, by William Braid White

Standard Player Action
28 pages
Story & Clark Player Action
40 pages
Amphion Player Action
33 pages
Recordo regulation
4 pages
Courtesy of Keith Bigger

Wasle (Pratt-Read) Player Action
Description & Regulation
15 pages
Courtesy of John Motto-Ros
Leabarjan Model 3 User Manual, Un-dated, 32 pages
Courtesy of John Wolff
Hobart player Piano Catalog, Undated - 24 pages
Kimball Player Piano Service Manual
Undated, Series-A,
75 pages

Perforated Paper Patter
(Collect, care for paper rolls)by Palmer Mai, with permission.
Courtesy of John Motto-Ros
Kimball Piano Catalog 1925
Courtesy of Don Barton
Electora Recordo Tubing Chart
PDF file format
Pratt Read Player Pianos
~1925 catalog

Care of Wurlitzer Roll Changer
by THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO.
1925, 17 pages
Courtesy of John Seymour
The Pneumatic Player
1921, 42 pages.
Contributed by Adam Ramet (UK)
Repairing the Player Piano
1926, 18 pages.
Contributed by Adam Ramet (UK)
Angelus Instruction Manual
undated, 14 pages.
Contributed by Adam Ramet (UK)

Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, Canadd

 

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