1915 American Fotoplayer, Style 45 for sale at RM Sotheby's The Milhous Collection Auctions Upcoming Vehicles Available Automobilia Available Results Register to Bid Private Sales Motor Vehicles Available Recently Sold Discreet Sourcing About Sell Why Sell With RM Sotheby's Collections & Estates Start Selling Services Financing Valuations American Fotoplayer Style 35. Silent Movie Player Piano View Item Details Total Sales 0 Sold Median Sale Price Sale Price Range Similar Sale History Unlock All Sale Prices Sold 2021 REGINA STYLE 35 AUTOMATIC TWELVE DISC MUSIC BOX
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Est: $30,000 USD - $40,000 USD Sold: Log in to view Potter & Potter Auctions Inc. March 18, 2022 Chicago, IL, US View lot details Item Overview Description American Fotoplayer Style 35. Silent Movie Player Piano / Sound Effect Machine. Berkeley: American Photo Player Co., ca. 1920. Dual Roll Player A unique feature of the fotoplayer is the dual roll player. Not only does this keep a constant flow of music without interruption, but it also allows the operator to change the music to suit the scene instantly. With the flick of a lever the mood can be changed from an exciting chase to a mushy love scene. Picturoll Items For Sale - timtrager.com Have you been looking for a: Orchestrion For Sale, Tangley Calliope For Sale, Fairground O rg an For Sale, Wurlitzer Band Organ For Sale, Mills Violano Virtuoso For Sale, American Photoplayer For Sale, Regina Music Box For Sale, Street Organ For Sale, Crank Organ For Sale, Nickelodeon Piano For Sale & More! 1915 American Fotoplayer, Style 45 View Item Details Total Sales 0 Sold Median Sale Price Sale Price Range Similar Sale History Unlock All Sale Prices Sold 2023 HERSCHELL SPILLMAN STANDER CARVED WOODEN CAROUSEL HORSE Herschell-Spillman outer row stander hand
American Fotoplayer Style 35. Silent Movie Player Piano / S
If you have or know of an old dilapidated musical instrument known as a photoplayer, sometimes called a fotoplayer or "pit organ", and usually having a piano and one or two attached side cabinets… especially one in bad shape… don't throw it out! The American Fotoplayer is a type of photoplayer developed by the American Photo Player Co. [1] between the years of 1912 and 1925. [2] The Fotoplayer is a type of player piano specifically developed to provide music and sound effects for silent movies. History The American Fotoplayer Company ceased production of their product in 1925. Of the thousands of American Fotoplayers made, fewer than 50 survive today, and of those only 12 are known to still be playable Lot #703: American Fotoplayer Style 35. Silent Movie Player Piano / S. Return To Search Results This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/18/2022 American Fotoplayer Style 35. Silent Movie Player Piano / Sound Effect Machine. Berkeley: American Photo Player Co., ca. 1920.
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The American Photo Player Company of San Francisco, New York and Chicago has made a wonderful business and artistic success in the manufacture and installation of musical merchandise, suitable to the motion picture industry. Ad reproduced in " Silent Film Sound " by Rick Altman The Style 50 Fotoplayer would play in the most famous silent films of the 1920s, including "The Birth of a Nation," portions of "The Jazz Singer," and "Metropolis." Overtaken by New Technology. The American Photo Player Co. ceased production of the Fotoplayer in 1926. The advent of sound movies made the Fotoplayer obsolete.
American Photo Player Company Berkeley, CA. Made Fotoplayer brand theatre photoplayers, circa 1912-1925. Became part of the Robert-Morton Company in 1917. In 1925, the name was changed to the Robert Morton Organ Company, and operations were consolidated in Van Nuys, CA. The American Fotoplayer is a type of photoplayer developed by the American Fotoplayer Company between the years of 1912 and 1925. The Fotoplayer is a type of player piano specifically developed to provide music and sound effects for silent movies..
"Indiana State Band March" Joe Rinaudo at the American Fotoplayer YouTube
The Fotoplayer is a marvel of an invention that was used to provide music for silent films in the theaters that were too small for live orchestras. The Academy's American Fotoplayer featured at this event was restored by Joe Rinaudo, Dave Hartman, and team. The Professor's assistant will be doing the cranking of the 1909 Power's projector. The American Fotoplayer is a type of photoplayer developed by the American Photo Player Co. between the years of 1912 and 1925. The Fotoplayer is a type of player piano specifically developed to provide music and sound effects for silent movies. Ben Turpin with a Fotoplayer, 1922 Oops something went wrong: 403 Enjoying Wikiwand?
