I lived across the street from QRS and remember a piano in the front window. I bought a few QRS piano rolls for my wife's grandmother's player piano. We still have all the QRS piano rolls as well as some ancient rolls from a centryry ago and pump the player piano pedals and sing along with the rolls which have the words.. We had the old player piano electrified and just turn a switch also now. I am going to buy 80 QRS piano rolls this saturday to add to our library of QRS piano rolls. Good piano rolls. read more

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! read more

This factory has been making piano rolls since 1900. Piano rolls come in different tunes from classical pieces, to modern songs. They also record rags by Scott Joplin. read more

Q-R-S Music Rolls - Piano Roll Factory - Musical Instruments & Teachers Near Me - Buffalo, New York

As a child 13 to 16 I spent my after school hour or so playing one of the few pianos. I would find my favorite songs . Beautiful dreamer, I can't stop loving you,Does your chewing gum loses it flavor on the bed post over night. At that time QRS was located on Jackson Ave in the Bronx. My boyfriend and future husband Robert Meier worked in shipping and his Mother worked on the roll printing machine. Mr. Tick came along and bought the Company and moved it to Buffalo, NY. We visited it when we were passing through on vacation from Niagara falls when my daughter was about 3years old. Mr.Tick gave my daughter Annie Meier the first copy of the Entertainer by Leibrichie I know the spelling is wrong forgive me. To this day My daughter still has the ORS Rolls . Good memories Ann Garner read more