Fotoplayer Installation, Care, and Operation Manual (NR)

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You are bidding on a high-quality
reprint
of
Installation, Care, and Operation of the Fotoplayer
, published by the American Photo Player Company.
Fotoplayers
were custom-made player pianos with double tracker bars intended to perform
silent movie mood
music
using paper music rolls.
During the silent movie era, those theaters that couldn’t afford a live orchestra or organist to accompany their film programs often used a
Fotoplayer
.
In addition to the piano, there were organ pipes and all manner of trap effects such as orchestra bells, whistles, gongs, bass and snare drums, etc.
Fotoplayers
were often used with
Picturerolls
, player piano rolls with mood music specifically written for use with silent films.
This high-quality reprint measures 8-1/2” by 5-1/2”and is 16 pages in length.
It comes from a non-smoking household and is clean and unmarked.
It will be shipped via USPS 1
st
Class with tracking.
This manual will be of interest to silent movie fans, silent film music researchers & authors, and player piano roll collectors. Finding an original copy of this manual at an afford price is now almost impossible. We only have this one copy and it’s been priced to sell with a low opening bid.
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