The music rolls with a standard 65 scale were marketed by Aeolian in America from 1897 with the Pianola as the prescaler, and were thus introduced to the German market even before the Hupfeld Phonola. These music rolls were still offered long after the 88s music rolls had become generally accepted, since many 65s systems were available at customers. These music rolls are available with wooden and plastic sides. On both sides there are metal spikes to hold the rolls in the case. The paper is 28.6 cm wide.

65 standard music rolls were also offered by many other manufacturers. So you can also find these rolls produced by SM (Schüller and Meissner), Spaethe, STEMS and many others. 65er reels are mainly found as drawn reels - less often also as hand-played artist reels.