Thanks to Dan Wilson for this info:

"Where player restoration supplies may be purchased in Britain".

The Player Piano Group PPG) Bulletin (very informative these days) and Membership List between them list all the UK suppliers of materials and rolls; you join the PPG by writing to the Membership Secretary,

ph 0181 505 1850

The 1996 subscription price was =L=11.00.

The PPG is a jolly and sociable group who have meetings in the London area sometimes as often as twice a month. The main thing is enjoyment and chat with serious seminars on particular systems or performers less in fashion than they once were.

The more serious side of the player and reproducer is attended to by the Friends of the Pianola Institute (FPI), being a charitable trust with intentions to set up an archive and demonstration rooms. The Pianola Institute produces an annual Pianola Journal pitched to interest inter- national musicological libraries, so a fairly severe affair. The latest issue carries the first printed score of Paul Hindemith's Toccata for Mechanical Piano, transcribed from the (red) Welte roll. The FPI Membership Secretary is:

Both the PPG and FPI host high-quality recitals, sometimes jointly. Regional groups are:

ph 01772 792795

Dan Wilson