Just Friends (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) Fox-Trot, played by Phil Ohman

Just Friends (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) Fox-Trot, played by Phil Ohman, Welte-Mignon (Licensee) Reproducing Piano Roll Y-75564, issued Feb. 1932. Most likely this is the arrangement of Frank C. Milne (1888-1959), a Scottish-born pianist who became a very skilled piano roll arranger. A native of Dundee, Milne studied at the conservatory in Edinburgh. In 1905 he emigrated to the U.S. He married the Scottish-born Theodora in 1912. By 1917 he was an arranger for the Aristo Roll Company in Belleville, New Jersey. From standard player rolls he went to work for the Aeolian-American Company, making Duo-Art reproducing piano rolls. He was able to create a lifelike performance using his knowledge of music combined with his knowledge of roll editing. Radio programs regularly appeasred in the Schenectady Gazette in June`16, 1922. He is listed as a pianist in the radio guide for WOR in New Jersey in April, 1929. In 1930 he was the manager of the Aeolian Company. By the mid-1930s he was the only one arranging for the Duo-Art and AMPICO companies. In 1942 he was employed by the Q.R.S. Piano Roll Company. He and his wife resided in Belmar, New Jersey, where they raised two children, Alexander and Jane. He died at age 71 on May 22, 1959.