Disklavier

I hope you like music from the 10's, 20's and 30's because theres a 
lot of it in this archive. Many of the files came from the hard work 
of Terry Smythe in Canada.

99% of the files I've played, have worked perfectly on my c3 Wagon 
grand. No, I have not played them all.

Be sure to play "Aggravatin Pappa", its a real swinger. "The birth 
of the blues" makes my c3 absolutely sing. Theres also some 
selections called "dinner music" that are fantastic. Let me know 
what your favorites are, as like I said, I havent heard them all.

Theres like 4,426 Files in this archive. I dont think any of it is 
copyrighted, and I think that the composers and the artists who 
played this music would feel good that people like us are still 
enjoying their music, even so long after their deaths.

I have it organized into self explanitory folders, expression, non 
expression etc. I suggest using van bascos free karaoke player (not 
just for karaoke) to play your piano. Its 55mb zipped, so the 
download will take a few minutes, even if you do have hi speed 
internet. Even if you dont, its worth the wait.

The files in the "expression" folders are roll scans from expression 
capable pianos such as the Welte, Duo-Art, and the Ampico. These 
songs capture every nuance of how the piece was played by the 
original recording artist. Kinda neat to think about.

If you need help setting up the van basco player to work with your 
usb midi adapter post here and I'll see if I can help, but its 
actually very easy, and its way better than fiddling around with 
720k diskettes all night long.

Heres the link to the Van Basco Software 
http://www.vanbasco.com/download.html

And heres the link to the midi file archive:

http://www.tecrepair.com/midi.zip

In order to avoid bloating the groups bandwidth, I put the zip file 
on my own server. I only have so much bandwidth, and since thats the 
case I'll probably pull it down after a few days, so download it 
soon.

If you enjoy them as much as I have send me a virtual beer!

http://www.beermonthclub.com/sendavirtualbeer.asp

Cheers,

Colin Cooper
San Jose, CA


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Youngblood" <carl@...> 
wrote:
>
> Please do upload this Colin.
> 
> Thanks,
> Carl
> 
> On 3/14/07, Colin <evinruding@...> wrote:
> >
> >   I'm not sure if anyones interested, but I've amassed a 
collection of
> > 4000+ midi files for solo piano over time.
> >
> > Loads of standard 88 note non expression roll scans, but quite a 
few
> > ampico and duo art rolls too both classical and popular.
> >
> > If anyones interested I can zip them up and put them in the files
> > section for all to enjoy.
> >
> > -Colin
> >
> >  
> >
>