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Playing on this Page A live recording of "I Got Rhythm" By George Gershwin

Original and Very Rare 65/88 Note Player "Meister Piano" by Rothschild & Company

Dual Tracker Bar's

Notice the Beautiful Tiger Oak veneer

This Player Piano Play's beautifully both 65 note rolls & also 88 note rolls and would be a very collectable

Musical Instrument for a discerning collector. This roll collection is currently catologed  Below

The player is fully restored and electrified!

 

    

Serial Number #111343  Circa: 1909

The Meister Player Piano was a product of Rothschild & Company below is a brief history of this Maker:

Meister Player Piano by Rothschild and Company of Chicago, Ill Est., 1895 This 65/88 note player was so popular that it was advertised in Etude Magazine from 1904 - 1912 as being sold direct to the consumer from their factory for the Whopping price of $175.00 - Back then the average consumer was paid $7 to $10.00 in salary and they could finance this Player Piano for $1.00 per week or $5.00 per month. The company produced over a 150,000 pianos: Uprights, Players and Grands. The Rothschild Piano Company met their un-timely demise in 1920

1895 - 49000      1906 - 93000    1909 - 108000 This Piano Serial No.: # 111343 Built June of 1909

1900 - 67000      1907 - 98000    1910 - 113000

1905 - 88000      1908 - 103000

Current Replacement value is $21,900.00.

We are very proud to offer this mechanical wonder at a faction of its true value

$ 12,500.00. complete with a fabulous very unique library of very rare to find rolls!

 

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<Here it is with its bench and custom cover

Below is the Rare inventory of Rolls that come with this

65/88 note Player Rothschild & Company Piano

Newer 88 Note Roll Library

Type

Title

Number

Composer/Played By

Condition

QRS Alexander’s Ragtime Band

3070

J. Lawrence Cook

A-

Aeolian Bye, Bye Blackbird

1099

Dan Bollinger

A

QRS Christmas Greeting – Eleven favorite Christmas melodies.

10-093-A

Dick Watson

A-

QRS Days of Wine and Roses

9895

Dick Watson

A-

QRS Embraceable You

9073

J. Lawrence Cook

B+

Aeolian Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

1113

Bonnie Burtness

B

QRS For Me and My Gal

7750

Frank Milne

A

QRS George Girl

10-122

Dick Watson

B+

QRS Hello Dolly

9949

Dick Watson

A-

QRS Hey Jude

10-257

Brian Williams

A-

Play-Rite I Can’t Give You Anything but Love

241-A

Adam Carroll

A

QRS In A Persian Market

9759

J. Lawrence Cook

A

QRS Jesus Loves the Little Children Rudy Martin

A

QRS Lili Marlene

7969

J. Lawrence Cook

A

Play-Rite Okalahoma (part 2)

1. Kansas City

2. Pore Jud id David

3. People Will Say We’re in Love

4. The Surrey with the Fringe on top

744-B

Walter Erickson

A

QRS Over the Rainbow

9190

Dick Watson

A

QRS Please Mr. Postman

10-531

Rudy Martin

B

Melodee Selections from My Fair Lady

1. I Could Have Danced All Night

2. On the Street Where You Live

3. With a Little Bit of Luck

4. Wouldn’t it be Loverly

M114

A-

QRS Square Dance Medley

1. Old Folks at Home

2. Listen to the Mocking Bird

3. Buffalo Gals

4. Turkey in the Straw

8677

J. Lawrence Cook

A-

QRS Those Were The Days

10-260

Dick Watson

B

Melodee Waltz Medley No 3

1. Fascination

2. Melody Of Love

3. Around the World

M135

A

QRS With a Little Help From My Friends

10-403

John Sloan

A-

Vintage 65 Note Roll Library

Universal

Music Co

Allegro, Op. 8 in B minor 66407 R. Schumann B- no box top
Supertone Beautiful Isle of Somewhere 5648 J. S. Fearis B
Autopiano Creole Belles 8351 J. B. Lampe B
Autopiano Florida Rag 1439 Lowry B-
Aeolian Frolic of the Coons. A Piccaninny Gambol 8250 Frank Gurney C – no box
Autopiano Happy Hernia 1379 J. B. Lampe B
I Love You, California 100247 Frankenstein B – no box
Il Trovatore – Verdi 9787 Sydney Smith B – no box
Autopiano Jesus, Lover of My Soul 2086 T. P. Ryder C+ (box is taped together, roll in good shape)
Autopiano June Bug’s Dance 2035 E. Holst B
Kimball La Cinquantaine (Air dans les style ancien)

This is an 88 note roll

D 6038 Gabriel Marie The roll is in excellent condition

The box is B-

Edifo La Paquerette et la ver Louisant (Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (1918) J3121 M. K. Jerome B – no box
Autopiano Martha (Paraphrase de Concert, Op. 77 by Ascher 4070 B-
On the Mississippi 79927 B – no box
QRS Prince of Pilsen (selection) 2674 Gus Luders B-
Song’s Without Words

Spring Song No. 30, Schirmer Edition

C217 Mendelssohn B
Autopiano Standard American Airs

1. Marching through Georgia

2. Soldier’s Farewell

3. Goodnight Ladies

4. Swanee river

5. Dixie’s Land

6. Red White & Blue

7. My Old Kentucky Home

8. Arkansas Traveler

9. Maryland My Maryland

10. America

11. Girl I Left Behind Me

12. Hail Columbia

13. Yankee Doodle

14. Star Spangled Banner

15. Whistler and His Dog

16. The Holy city

17. Jesus Lover of My Soul

9040 George Rosy B-
Universal

Music Co

Sunbonnet sue 76605 Edwards B-
Autopiano The Holy city 6011 Stephen Adams C+ (box is taped together, roll in good shape)
Orchestrelle The Savoy Lancer (on melodies from Gilbert & Sullivan’s operas) L3546 W. Moore B-
Universal

Music Co

Whistler and His Dog 68829 Arthur Pryor C+ (box is taped together, roll in good shape)

 

         

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