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"Roller Organs, The Autophone Company's 'Ingenious Mechanism'" by Todd Augsburger
The definitive book on Roller Organs is now available! This large format 8.75 x 10.75 inch softcover volume contains nearly 150 pages of history, design, advertising, and reference material, including over 200 illustrations/charts/photos.
Book contents include:
Introduction
What Is a Roller Organ?
Company History
Background
The Autophone Years
"Ingenious Mechanism"
A Single Focus
Expansion and Growth
The End of an Era
Postscript
Advertising
Autophone Advertising
Pre-1900 Roller Organ Advertising
1900s Roller Organ Advertising
Roller Organ Gallery
Pressure Models
Vacuum Models
Shipping and Crating
Modifications and the Unusual
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Design Evolution
Dating and External Identification
Air Supply Variations
Economy
Efficiency
Tuning and Temperament
Rollers
Rollers and Tunes
Titles and Labels
Maintenance and Repair
Valves and Adjustment
Case Disassembly
Bellows Repair
Collecting
Roller Titles (numerical order)
Roller Titles (alphabetical order)
Patent Documents
Mechanism Detail
References, Index
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