(Photograph courtesy of Reblitz-Bowers Encyclopedia.)

Peerless Style Elite Coin Piano. Introduced in 1911, The Elite was an upright coin-operated piano possessing an arts and crafts style case, and with three art glass panels and matching hanging lamps. The rewind roll mechanism was located behind the center access door. It was also “designed to meet the demands of discriminating buyers and for use in places where the so-called automatic piano was objectionable for obvious reasons.”. Piano cases were available in either oak or mahogany. The 30,000 Series “Elite” music roll had no provision to control an extra or auxiliary instrument, and so the mandolin attachment or any pipework had to be manually turned on or off.

(Photograph courtesy of Dana Johnson.)

Peerless Style Elite 30,000 series music roll label. This is box roll label for a typical Elite 88-note music roll produced by the National Music Roll Company, essentially an integral part of the Frederick Engelhardt & Sons factory complex in St. Johnsville, New York. The tune list is as follows:
1. Gootman is a Hootmon Now–One Step.
2. When the Black Sheep Returns to the Fold—Waltz.
3. Cumberland—One Step.
4. In the City of Broken Hearts—Waltz.
5. L-i-b-e-r-t-y—One Step.
6. Baby Shoes—Waltz.
7. The Irish Blues—One Step.
8. Shireen—Waltz.
9. In Omar’s Rose Garden—One Step.
10. When You Were My Queen of Maytime (In Old Lang Syne)—Waltz.