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, reed organs, and orchestrians 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. If anyone should hear a song published on this site and KNOW the name of the composer or other details, I would certainly appreciate hearing from you.
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 ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PIANO ROLLS WE HAVE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE MANY YEARS!! I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE IF CERTAIN LINKS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING AT THIS TIME, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING TO THIS PERMANENT SITE AND DOWNLOAD TIMES ARE SLOW AND SOMETIMES UNRELIABLE.
2. RHAPSODY IN BLUE (played by the famed George Gershwin himself!!)
3. WHISTLE AND BLOW YOUR BLUES AWAY
Now it's time for EVERYONE to join me in singing this next song!! Come on......join in!!! And don't worry if you're a bit off-key, it's the FUN that counts..and hey...singing IS GREAT fun!! (Besides, I'm a bit off-key myself at times and need your help!!)
4. BALI HA'I (and SING...'cause I can't do it all alone!)
7. Under the Double Eagle March
8. Autumn Leaves (another sing along!)
BELOW IS A PHOTO OF OUR STAFFORD NICKELODEON
WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY A CUNNINGHAM PIANO!
AND....WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR....MUSIC!!
CLICK HERE TO
LISTEN TO SOME GREAT SONGS HOSTED BY MY YOUTUBE SITE AND SEE OUR NICKELODEON
ACTUALLY
PLAYING!!!
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!
