Disklavier

Just a brief note to let all know I've just uploaded my ninth 
batch pf player piano midi files emerging from out of my roll 
scanner, all part of the project to capture and help ensure 
preservation of their content.     This ninth batch has 160 
titles in it, summing in total to 1425 titles so far, with many 
more to come.    They may be accessed by clicking on:

http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/library.htm

As before, all these files are in Midi Type 1 format, with their 
identifying data contained within the tracks.    Conversion to 
Midi Type 0 will delete this data, so all are encouraged to keep 
a copy of them separate from your playing files, so they can be 
referred to for composer and artist.

This batch of player piano roll scan files represent the Law of 
Unforeseen Consequences in a very positive way. To my complete 
surprise, a number of people contacted me quite unexpectedly and 
kindly offered rolls for scanning. These gift rolls are included 
within this batch. 

Special thanks go to the Lang family, descendents of Larry 
Conley, a prolific composer of popular music at the turn of the 
century, for making available 21 rolls of Larry's compositions. 
Special thanks also to Larry Fletcher for an outright gift of 
rolls left over from when his family did have a player piano, to 
Milton Schenk for the loan of the Duo-Art rolls in this batch, 
to Shirley Kayes for the loan of some delightful rolls from out 
of her roll collection, to Harold Klassen for the gift of a 
bunch of rolls in very poor condition out of which some great 
tunes were extracted, and to Lanny Bergthold for the loan of 
some rolls out of his collection. All very much appreciated. 

If by chance there are others out there inclined to contribute 
piano rolls to this preservation project, they would be most 
welcome. It matters not that these rolls might have torn or 
missing leaders, may have broken or missing spool ends, may have 
ragged edges, may not have their original boxes or labels, etc. 
The only real concern is about rolls whose leaders are missing 
into the music perforations, at which point they have little 
value. I would ask that you contact me personally before sending 
them through, to determine most efficient and least costly 
shipping. 

And as before, these midi files are made available for personal 
enjoyment. They may not be used for commercial purposes.

Regards,

Terry

Terry Smythe                           204-832-3982 (land line)
55 Rowand Avenue                   204-981-3229 (cell)
Winnipeg, MB, Canada   R3J 2N6           smythe@...
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