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I am trading in a 1925 steinway duo-art for a new Yamaha. I have piano 
rolls that some I purchased new 20 years ago. Artists such as 
Gershwin, Paderewski and Arndt. Should I sell the rolls, get hem 
converted if possible ? Suggetsions? See box labels below.

Should I have traded in the piano, it is in good condition but needs 
some work?

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007, dmacphee2001 wrote:

> I am trading in a 1925 steinway duo-art for a new Yamaha. I have piano 
> rolls that some I purchased new 20 years ago. Artists such as 
> Gershwin, Paderewski and Arndt. Should I sell the rolls, get hem 
> converted if possible ?


In recent years, there has been increasing interest in scanning and
converting player piano rolls to MIDI format.

It is likely that many of your rolls are already available as MIDI files
for playback on the Disklavier.

Here are some sites to explore with such files available for download or
for sale:

Wayne Stahnke's Live Performance diskettes:
   http://mmd.foxtail.com/Livep/

Peter Phillips' site:
   http://www.petersmidi.com/

Spencer's E-Rolls:
   http://www.spencerserolls.com

Terry Smythe's site:
   http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/rebirth.htm

Robert Perry's site:
   http://www.pianola.co.nz/rollscans/zip_download.html

Anthony Robinson's page on Richard Stibbons' site:
   http://www.stibbons.com/midi2.html

And finally, a site dedicated to roll scanning:
   http://www.iammp.org/


Mark Fontana