Jimmie began making pianola rolls, often in the same studio with a youngster named George Gershwin.
Edith and Osbert performed musical marvels on a pianola, while Sacheverell, too young to pump, "listened to us both with a flattering air of respect and, even of rapture.
But as the pianola gave ground to the phonograph, the pianola industry could no longer afford to pay for personal recordings.