Piano Roll format samples

This page links to sample images from various piano roll formats from most manufacturers, as well as organ and chime rolls. Each sample shows the full width of the roll for about one foot along the length of the roll. Sample images are primarily from piano rolls in the Denis Condon Collection, part of The Player Piano Project at Stanford University Libraries.

  1. Aeolian Duo-Art 1
  2. Aeolian Duo-Art 2
  3. Aeolian Duo-Art 3
  4. Aeolian Pianola (Audiographic)
  5. Welte-Mignon red 1
  6. Welte-Mignon red 2 (lined)
  7. Welte-Mignon green (Germany)
  8. Welte-Mignon licensee 1 (includes spliced test)
  9. Welte-Mignon licensee 2 (De Luxe)
  10. Welte-Mignon licensee 3 (insect damage)
  11. Welte-Mignon licensee 4 (recut)
  12. Welte-Mignon licensee 5 (Purple Seal)
  13. Hupfeld Triphonola 1: Tutankhamen-Shimmy
  14. Hupfeld Triphonola 2: Martha overture by Flowtow (4 hands).
  15. QRS 1 (autograph hand played)
  16. Ampico B 1 (Paderewski/Rachmaninoff)
  17. Artrio 1a (test roll)
  18. Artrio 1b (test roll continued)
  19. Artrio 1c (test roll continued)
  20. Artrio 1d (test roll continued)
  21. Artrio 1e (test roll continued)
  22. Artrio 2

Other labels to sample:

  1. Ampico
  2. Angelus
  3. Animatic
  4. Apollo
  5. Artempo
  6. Artrio-Angelus
  7. Autograph
  8. BluesTone
  9. Broadway
  10. Cable Company
  11. Carilon Rolls
  12. Cecilian
  13. Eighty-eight note
  14. Gulbransen
  15. Imperial
  16. International Word Roll
  17. Mastertouch
  18. Melodee
  19. Metrostyle ThemodisPianolist
  20. Perfection
  21. Philag
  22. Picturoll
  23. Picturoll (Filmusic Co.)
  24. Player Pump
  25. Pop (Musicrafts)
  26. Popularoll
  27. QRS
  28. QRS - ArtEcho
  29. Rhythmodik
  30. SingA Word Roll
  31. Solostyle (Autopiano Company)
  32. Supertone
  33. Triphonola
  34. Uni-Record
  35. United States Music Co.
  36. Universal
  37. Vocalstyle

Player piano mechanisms:

  1. Welte red (T100)
  2. Welte green (T98)
  3. Welte licensee
  4. Hupfeld Phonola
  5. Hupfeld Phonola (73)
  6. Hupfeld Phonola (65/73)
  7. Hupfeld Phonola (88)
  8. Hupfeld Pneum. Piano
  9. Hupfeld Universal
  10. Hupfeld DEA
  11. Hupfeld Solophonola (65/88)
  12. Hupfeld Solophonola (88)
  13. Hupfeld Phonola (65/88)
  14. Hupfeld Phonola (88)
  15. Hupfeld Triphonola
  16. Hupfeld Clavitist (73)
  17. Hupfeld Animatic Clavitist (88)
  18. Hupfeld Phonoliszt
  19. Hupfeld Animatic Phonoliszt (88)
  20. Hupfeld Duophonola (88)
  21. Phillipps DUCA
  22. Phillipps Ducanella
  23. Phillipps Pianella
  24. Phillipps Pianella F
  25. Aeolian Duo-Art
  26. Ampico A
  27. Ampico B

Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound roll census

Counts of piano rolls in the collection of the Archive of Recorded Sound at Stanford University (as of 24 October 2015: raw data). There are a total of 8186 rolls in the archive (not including about 2000 organ rolls), of which about 1350 have been cataloged in Searchworks, such as for the Condon collection.

Roll counts by collection

Collection Count
Condon 7368
Guild and La Croix 463
ARS piano roll 355

Roll counts by label

Label Count
Aeolian 6
Aeolian (non-Duo-Art) 3
Ampico 2806
Animatic 68
Apollo 27
Artempo 3
Artrio-Angelus 115
Autograph 5
BluesTone 1
Broadway 2
Cable Company 1
Carilon Rolls 25
Cecilian 1
Duo-Art 2691
Eighty-eight note 2
Gulbransen 1
Imperial 6
International Word Roll 1
Mastertouch 22
Melodee 10
Metrostyle ThemodisPianolist 7
Label Count
Miscellaneous 13
Perfection 6
Philag 4
Picturoll 1
Picturoll (Filmusic Co.) 1
Pop (Musicrafts) 2
Popularoll 3
QRS 402
QRS - ArtEcho 306
Rhythmodik 6
Rythmodik 1
SingA Word Roll 1
Solostyle 1
Supertone 10
Triphonola 234
Uni-Record 4
United States Music Co. 1
Universal 18
Vocalstyle 11
Welte Mignon 1358

Here is a qualitative visualiation of the size relations between collections (blue) and labels (orange):