Operator's Piano Co.
1920's

National Music Museum, University of South Dakota

414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD, US

Instrument ID: 65450 ● Builder ID: 4685 ● Location ID: 1714
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Builder: Operator's Piano Co.
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Pedalboard Type: No Pedalboard
Features:
1 Manuals (61 Notes)✗ No Pedal1 Divisions3 Stops3 RegistersTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Row Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Jim Stettner on November 7th, 2020:
Updated through online information from Margret Downie Banks, National Music Museum Associate Dir. -- *"It has been on long-term loan (since 2002) to the Meredith Wilson Museum and Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa. Actually, after it is safe for us to travel once again, we are going to be dismantling the extensive exhibit there and will bring everything back to Vermillion. All I remember about the Reproduco is that it is tremendously heavy! Basically, it arrived here in 2001 and almost immediately went out to Mason City..no time for photos. It was shown in a very small, “vaudevillian” type theatre, where visitors could watch a silent movie starring Charlie Chaplin."*

Jim Stettner on November 6th, 2020:
Identified via email from Margaret Downie Banks, Assoc. Museum Dir. on November 4, 2020. The "Reproduco" organs came in three styles: A 1-manual organ with a roll player - much like a Photoplayer; a 2-manual instrument with a lower piano keyboard and an upper organ manual with optional roll player; and a 2-manual, 4-rank pipe organ with a horseshoe console having a roll player in the center.

Related Instrument Entries: Operator's Piano Co. (1920's)

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