Piano Rolls.

We have a vast range of 65 & 88 note piano rolls available for sale starting from as little as £1 per roll including an extensive collection of Duo Art reproducing rolls.. Please contact us for details

M2269.

“The Hupfeld Rönisch “Solophonola” Upright Grand”.

Hupfeld are known for the exceptional quality of all their instruments, and all parts were made to the highest standard. Many of their superb instruments were based on the equally superb Rönisch pianos, originally made in Dresden , and the two firms joined forces in 1918. This instrument was described in an original advertisement as “The Hupfeld Rönisch “Solophonola” Upright Grand”. It was exhibited at the Autumn Fair in Leipzig in 1902. This model soon became the most highly regarded player piano in Europe .
It is generally agreed that Hupfeld built some of the best players ever.

A top quality Rönisch upright piano with Ludwig Hupfeld’s superb quality player piano action, painstakingly restored to the highest standard and in perfect conditionin the workshops of Reg. Richings of Ealing, who also had the mahogany case beautifully French polished by a specialist. Supplied with no less than eighty original Hupfeld Phonola rolls, including some Solodont.

Price £3,900 o.n.o.

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M2215.

A SMALL FRENCH SERINETTE OR BIRD ORGAN.
A small French serinette or bird organ intended to be played to a pet canary to teach it to sing popular tunes, in an age when a great many people kept pet birds. The makers did recommend that you did not try to teach the bird more than three songs or it would get confused! This is in the form of a miniature barrel organ, the tunes are played on ten small metal organ pipes housed in a small rectangular fruitwood case 10½ inches wide with a handle at the front to turn the music barrel, which measures 7 inches by 3½ inches.

Under the lid is the original tune card of the maker, Thibouville Lamy of Mirecourt , France , headed “noms des airs” and listing a programme of eight popular songs of the day.
1. Madame Angot.
2. Amande
3. La Chasse aux maris
4. La petite Chaine
5. Barbe Bleu
6. Le Cloches de Corneville,
7. Polka
8. Waltz.

Price £1,750

M2252.

Portable street cylinder piano by Hicks, 22 hammers, 22 trichords. In mahogany case.

Price £2,950

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K2446

ARISTON 24 NOTE ORGANETTE WITH 13 INCH (33CM) DISCS

A 24 note Ariston cardboard disc organette operated by discs 13 inches or 33 cm in diameter. These instruments were very popular, and were made by Paul Ehrich of Leipzig from 1877 to 1910. This one is in a black case with turned pillars at the corners.
Price, overhauled and in perfect working order, with ten discs and original wooden box

Price £2,500

M2177
CABINETTO 24 note organette, played by large paper rolls 35cm. wide, made by George Wright & Co. London, patent 1879. Excellent loud tone.

Price £1,950

M2445
“TANZBAR” PLAYER CONCERTINA.

A “Tanzbar” (literally “dancing bear”) player concertina in a rectangular case, made by A. Zuleger of Leipzig . Germany , from the 1900s
Power is supplied by opening and closing the concertina (good chest muscles are required). The roll is operated by a ratchet drive which is operated by continually depressing and releasing a lever at one end of the instrument. When the tune ends, the roll is re-wound by means of a small crank.
These player concertinas are said to have been used by some music hall performers to play themselves off the stage after finishing their act.

Price, in working order with three rolls

Price £1,950

M1927
A 43 key “Atlantic” weight driven barrel piano orchestrion, coin operated, with mandolin attachment, bass drum, cymbal, snare drum, and triangle. This was said to be in a café in Vienna in the nineteen hundreds.

Price £7,950