Q-R-S Music Rolls

Yea, the perforators are rolling… er, um punching… or is it producing again… whatever, they are making more rolls!
QRS is the lone survivor in an industry that once sold millions. Now, don’t send me hate mail about the fact that there are other companies still producing rolls, from my knowledge, the other companies are art-​house style operations with limited distribution and in the piano roll world, that’s really limited.
Alas, piano rolls have mostly gone the way of the vinyl record. The demand for player piano or pianola rolls has been kept alive by a dedicated group of collectors like me. There is nothing like actually hearing and feeling the performance.
So, there’s the good news. The less good news is that QRS is no longer owned and operated locally, factory tours are no longer available, and important historical pieces have been moved out of the area and are now on display at a museum in Arizona. This includes the QRS Marking Piano which was named by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1992.
Gotta’ roll!