Disklavier

Thank you, and the others who have developed this technique, for providing 
an immeasureable contribution to the preservation of player piano music.  I 
bought my Disklavier so I could hear such music.  I have been enjoying your 
files all afternoon!  Thank you for posting them - and free at that!

Were there any player piano rolls made from the music on the Vitaphone 
recordings?  I believe these were the soundtrack recording disks to the 
early Warner Brother's movies in the 1930's.

Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...


>From: Terry Smythe <smythe@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com, dug@...
>Subject: [disklavier] Player Piano Music
>Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 09:19:33 -0500
>
>I am among a group of people who have successfully built a
>player piano roll scanner and I'm in the process of converting
>the contents of my 1800 rolls into midi files.
>
>I don't own a Disklavier or PianoDisc or any other solenoid
>operated acoustic piano that will play from midi files.   I do
>have a 1928 Fischer Ampico A grand that will soon be equipped
>with a set of in-line magnet valves which will make it possible
>to "play" my piano from midi files.
>
>In the meantime, I've posted the results of my efforts on my
>personal web site, some 400+ midi's so far.    These are all
>scans from player piano music manufactured in the 1910 - 1930
>era, with a mix of classical, pops of the 20's, ballads,
>ragtime, blues, etc.    All are in midi-1 format.
>
>We have Richard Stibbons in the UK to thank for this unique
>initiative.    A retiree from the broadcasting industry, he
>developed the electronics and the software to make all this
>possible.     He does have a Disklavier and he tells me that my
>scans work just fine on his piano.
>
>For pics of my scanner, scanners built by others, and access to
>my midi files, click on:
>
>http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/rebirth.htm
>
>Enjoy!
>
>Regards,
>
>Terry
>
>Terry Smythe                     (204) 832-3982
>55 Rowand Avenue                 smythe@...
>Winnipeg, MB, Canada   R3J 2N6   http://www.mts.net/~smythe
>

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