Popular Music in 1926

1926 ... it was a very good year.
Did you know that in 1926 tbe QRS Piano Roll Company sold over TEN MILLION rolls?

Piano Rolls were big business and we have a wonderful collection of them at the American Treasure Tour!
You can see paper rolls, cardboard rolls, even a brass music roll.

But the best part is you can HEAR the beautiful music these piano rolls make! 

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Word Roll

What is a WORD ROLL??? ... sounds like a scrabble game.

In fact,  some piano rolls were made with words written on the side so that you could sing along with the music. These are called word rolls. 
At the American Treasure Tour, we have over 300,000 pieces of original music.

Come hear our piano rolls play .... Make your reservation today! (610) 551-1629

Barrels of Fun!

At the American Treasure Tour ... you will have barrels of fun!

BUT our barrels are a little different.  Ours are musical.

A barrel is a pinned cylinder usually made of wood on which a musical composition is programmed for used in a nickelodeon, player piano or organ.

For a barrel of fun, book a tour today! phone: (610) 551-1629

Quotation of the Day ~ "The piano keys....

Thursday's Quote:

                                      

"The piano keys are black and white

but they sound like a million colors in your mind."

- From "Spiders web” 
― Maria Cristina Mena

Above photo of an arranger's piano, used to make piano rolls for Nickelodeons, Player Pianos and other Mechanical Music ... hear more about this special piece and who owned it at the American Treasure Tour.

Moving Day ...

Today at the American Treasure Tour we had a bit of a remodel in the Nickelodeon Room so that we could add more mechanical music for our visitors to hear.  Here we see Mark Chester in the background with Marlin Douglass and Joe Helferty in the foreground moving a "red key" Wurlitzer Nickelodeon.  The transformation is complete and we are ready for this week's tour groups.  Shout out to Jay Kreider for the new electrical work and thanks also to Seth Gammache who did all the technical work to make these instruments play at the touch control of our iPads.  There is always something new to see in our 100,000 square feet.

Tours by reservation.  Group size, minimum of fifteen people.

For more information: http://americantreasuretour.com/