Yes, the music always DOES play at the Hawblitz home!! On this page, I'd like to share with you the joy player pianos, victrolas, band organs, caliolas and orchestrions have played in our lives.
Over the years, we have collected hundreds upon hundreds of piano rolls. Our list of rolls is extremely extensive, and a great many of these wonderful songs of the past cannot be found anyplace else. Where I could do so, I have provided the author of the song and the date of the copyright. However, in many cases, it was impossible for me to find the composer or information on the song as the leader (the part of the paper roll that includes the title and composer information at the beginning of the song) was missing after the many, many years of use. Piano rolls normally were enclosed in a box. However, in many cases, the boxes were also lost or the information given on the end of the box was missing. I accumulated a good portion of our rolls from auctions...where I bought them by the box, sight unseen. Also, old piano rolls were often included in the sale when we purchased a used piano for restoration purposes.
I invite EVERYONE to listen to the great songs on my list. ALL OF THEM
were played....or rather "pumped" by me on our FAMOUS Stultz & Co.
Player Piano...... built in 1921. This player piano is NOT electrified,
but must be pumped using the pedals..thereby filling the bellows with
air and actuating the mechanism.
OUR FAMOUS STULTZ & CO. PLAYER PIANO!!!!
BELOW IS A PHOTO OF OUR STAFFORD NICKELODEON
WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY A CUNNINGHAM PIANO!
CLICK HERE TO
LISTEN TO SOME GREAT SONGS HOSTED BY MY YOUTUBE SITE AND SEE OUR
NICKELODEON ACTUALLY
PLAYING!!!
WURLITZER 105
HAWBLITZ BAND ORGAN!
BELOW IS A PHOTO OF OUR WURLITZER CALLIOLA
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!
I'll be adding many more songs as time goes on. Just be SURE to
bookmark this page and listen to all our new selections!!!
And.....ENJOY!!!
Soon, I'll be publishing a short tutorial on the history of
player pianos, how they operate (without the invention of the player
piano, we might not have PC's today!!), where to purchase new piano
rolls and much more information!!
Please bookmark this page and check back often! Thank you!
