Roller Organ Cobography

Cobs #501-600 - [#591-600]

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by Richard Dutton Cobs #501-600 prev page | next page Introduction The cobs in this numerical range contain music of a variety of types. Twenty-eight of them (cobs #501-514 and #579-592) are Norwegian. Some of the tunes on these cobs are stirring patriotic pieces that sound similar to religious hymns, extolling the virtues of Norway and expressing honor, affection and loyalty. A number of others are traditional Norwegian songs, some of them folk songs, with subjects such as the beauty of t…

Cobs #1-100 - [#61-70]

dutton@undisclosed.example.com (dutton) — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:04:14 +0000

by Richard Dutton Cobs #1-100 prev page | next page Introduction The one hundred lowest numbered cobs are all hymns and reflect the fact that the easily portable twenty-note roller organ could be readily used to provide music in small country churches without a regular organ or piano, at informal religious gatherings in people's homes and at tent meetings and outdoor revivals. The tunes on them include many hymns that would be familiar even today to those who grew up in the American Protes…

Cobs #2001-2100 - [#2031-2040]

dutton@undisclosed.example.com (dutton) — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:01:42 +0000

by Richard Dutton Cobs #2001-2100 prev page | next page Introduction With #2001-2100 we move from 20-note roller organ cobs to the much larger and much scarcer cobs for the 32-note Grand roller organ. As we have seen, more than 1,050 different cobs were made for the 20-note roller organ and new ones containing currently popular music continued to be issued regularly from the latter part of the 1880s through the early 1920s. Only 160 different cobs, however, were made for the Grand roller o…

Cobs #1201-1298 - [Cobs #1211-1220]

dutton@undisclosed.example.com (dutton) — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 10:55:14 +0000

by Richard Dutton Cobs #1201-1298 prev page | next page Introduction This final section about the music on 20-note roller organ cobs deals with cobs in the #1201-1298 numerical range, which were originally issued over a period from about 1915 to about 1923, with the majority of them dating from 1920-1923, the very last years cob roller organs were made (see discussion below). They once again contain an interesting variety of music. The tunes on the cobs in the #1201-1224 numerical range ar…

General Introduction

dutton@undisclosed.example.com (dutton) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:46:48 +0000

by Richard Dutton General Introduction Let me begin by providing some information about myself, how I became interested in roller organ cobs and what my Roller Organ Cob Handbook is intended to be. Anyone who wishes may skip this section and scroll down to the entries concerning individual roller organ cobs that follow.

The Roller Organ Cob Handbook

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The Roller Organ Cob Handbook by Richard Dutton * The Roller Organ Cob Handbook is ... * Scarcity ratings based on hundreds of cob transactions and years of experience * The stories behind the music and lyrics

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#1233 - My Little Girl

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#1233 - My Little Girl prev | next * Composer: * Albert Von Tilzer (1878-1956)++, 1915 * | show ++ * Incipit: 24455672117121567 * Condensed Incipit: 24567217121567 * * Lyrics: I write these lines to tell you that I'm sorry I Left home, Because I'm all alone, why did you let me roam

#1156 - A Picnic for Two

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#1156 - A Picnic for Two prev | next * Composer: * Albert von Tilzer++ (1878-1956), 1905 * Incipit: 3545455656565617 * Condensed Incipit: 3545455656565617 * * Lyrics: The moon looked gaily down, He didn't wear a frown, A happy pair, Was spooning there, They sat upon the sands,

#327 - What the Daisy Said

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