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AEOLIAN CO., THE
ROS Reg No. 4594


Registration based upon research done by James H. Richards, on file in the ROS Archives.

Plays 58 note rollls, dimensions are 70, 29.5, 66 3/8", keyboard protrudes 10.5 inches from front of case. Knee swell operates horizontal venetian shutters across front of instrument, playable by hand or roll. Ivory keytops and fronts.

From the Floyd C. Miles Collection of Musical Intruments, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Transcription from notes, scanning and correlating pictures, completed by Sue Bacheller, ROS.

Information
ROS Reg No.4594
Date Registered8/15/2012
Views632
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Serial
Manufactured Date1897 +/-
Case StyleRollplayer
Maker LocationMeriden, CT
ModelOrchestrelle
Knee swellsYes
WoodMahogany
Keys58
Manual(s)1
RangeC-A
Stops20
Pump methodFoot, pressure
Stops
Crescendo
Cornopean 8''
Bassoon 8''
Principal 4''
Saxaphone 8''
Eolian 8''
Violina 8''
French Horn 8''
Sub Bass 16''
Vox Humana
Gemshorn 8''
Aeoline 8''
Eolian 8''
Orchestral Oboe 8''
Flute 4''
Clarionet 8''
Trumpet 8''
Pneumatic to Manual
Tempo (center of stop board)
Re-Roll (center of stopboard)