The Mellotron Group

My son found this.  It makes me laugh.  MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to the whole thing. F*@king crazy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz


fritz

Imagine the db's in the room!  It fades in and out of sync long before the half way point.  

Have you ever seen a Violano?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp



--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:

>
> My son found this.  It makes me laugh.  MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to the whole thing. F*@king crazy!
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz
> 
> 
> fritz
>

If you want extreme player-piano, you've got to go to the originator and master, Conlon Nancarrow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2dWEYRzKY

Then there's this piece dedicated to him by James Tenney, who's acquaintance I was fortunate enough to make during his time here in Toronto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUrfKBnQ9a4

Jim Bailey

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "ClayE" <ecclesreinson@...> wrote:

>
> Imagine the db's in the room!  It fades in and out of sync long before the half way point.  
> 
> Have you ever seen a Violano?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp
> 
> 
> 
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@ wrote:
> >
> > My son found this.  It makes me laugh.  MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to the whole thing. F*@king crazy!
> > 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz
> > 
> > 
> > fritz
> >
>

With high praise coming from Chris Cutler & Mike, I'll have to check him out...  Recommended Records is a wonderful label !

I was going to post something by Cecil Taylor, but that might have been a bit "too out" for some of the people on this list ?  So instead, here is Andrew Hill (RIP) with Mal Waldron (RIP).

Enjoy !

Robert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb3rcT1mOjk&feature=related



________________________________
 From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
 

  
Nancarrow was a wonderful maniac.  He hand cut pianola rolls as he realised that - as a sequencer - it was capable of playing things beyond the realms of human capabilities, with huge musical leaps and speeds that are utterly unplayable. He would also (occasionally) play three or four pianolas at the same time and hoped they would coincide. 

I bought his recordings from Recommended Records in London by mail order, who were selling some seriously odd stuff at the time (RIO, musique concrete, etc). Chris Cutler sent me a note inside one of the records with the words 'congratulations - this music is impossible'. Coming from a guy who played in Henry Cow, that's high praise indeed. 

After listening to Nancarrow's music the works of The Residents seemed pretty pedestrian.

On 5 January 2012 16:42, trawnajim <jimab@rogers.com> wrote:

 
>  
>If you want extreme player-piano, you've got to go to the originator and master, Conlon Nancarrow:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2dWEYRzKY

Wow!  Das' a whole lotta keys at once!
  I love those old player pianos. They were one of the modern mechanical wonders back at the turn of the 20th century.
 
  A friend of mine got one for free, along with plenty of rolls.  It is a pump version, and never was converted to electric.  
 

________________________________
 From: ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:55 AM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
 

   
 
Imagine the db's in the room!  It fades in and out of sync long before the half way point. 

Have you ever seen a Violano?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:

>
> My son found this.  It makes me laugh.  MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to the whole thing. F*@king crazy!
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz
> 
> 
> fritz
>

Hi again.  Not all my message came through.
 
  My association with my buddy's player piano began with a phone call like this: "Hey Bruce, old pal, do you want to help me move something?"  From the tone of his voice I knew exactly what was to be moved.
 
  -Bruce D.
 
 

________________________________
 From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
 

 
   
 
  Wow!  Das' a whole lotta keys at once!
  I love those old player pianos. They were one of the modern mechanical wonders back at the turn of the 20th century.
 
  A friend of mine got one for free, along with plenty of rolls.  It is a pump version, and never was converted to electric.  
 

________________________________
 From: ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:55 AM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
 

  
Imagine the db's in the room!  It fades in and out of sync long before the half way point. 

Have you ever seen a Violano?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:

>
> My son found this.  It makes me laugh.  MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to the whole thing. F*@king crazy!
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz
> 
> 
> fritz
>

I was checking out robertsmusicalrestorations.com and they have these things for sale!!!  An old Wurlitzer Orchestrion?...with MIDI?   AAHHH!!!! I'm afraid to ask what these things sell for...


fritz

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 4:40 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance


  
    
                  

Hi again.  Not all my message came through.
 
  My association with my buddy's player piano began with a phone call like this: "Hey Bruce, old pal, do you want to help me move something?"  From the tone of his voice I knew exactly what was to be moved.
 
  -Bruce D.
 


  
 
  
  From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
 To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
 Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 2:33 PM
 Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
  

     
                  


  Wow!  Das' a whole lotta keys at once!
  I love those old player pianos. They were one of the modern mechanical wonders back at the turn of the 20th century.
 
  A friend of mine got one for free, along with plenty of rolls.  It is a pump version, and never was converted to electric.  


  
 
  
  From: ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
 To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:55 AM
 Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
  

     
                  
Imagine the db's in the room!  It fades in and out of sync long before the half way point.  

Have you ever seen a Violano?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@... wrote:

>
> My son found this.  It makes me laugh.  MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to the whole thing. F*@king crazy!
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz
> 
> 
> fritz
>

Yes -
Be afraid - be very afraid...
Here in SoCal there is a wonderful place called The Nethercutt 
Collection http://nethercuttcollection.org/ . If you're in town, go. I 
was fortunate enough to be in the first group to tour through it in the 
early '70's. We also have a family friend that works there - he's the 
perfect combination for the place: a vintage auto and a mechanical 
musical instrument restorer. They rigged the Wurlitzer Theater Pipe 
Organ to a record and play from a computer in the 1970's. Also check out 
http://www.amica.org/Live/index.htm
That Ampico Bosendofer in the video was magnificent. Love these things.I 
have a Aeolian Duo-Art Reproducer (that needs work). I paid to have mine 
moved - I can't imagine doing it even with help!

Vance

On 1/5/2012 1:55 PM, fdoddy@aol.com wrote:
>
> I was checking out robertsmusicalrestorations.com and they have these 
> things for sale!!!  An old Wurlitzer Orchestrion?...with MIDI?   
> AAHHH!!!! I'm afraid to ask what these things sell for...
>
>
> fritz
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 4:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
>
> Hi again.  Not all my message came through.
>   My association with my buddy's player piano began with a phone call 
> like this: "Hey Bruce, old pal, do you want to help me move 
> something?"  From the tone of his voice I knew exactly what was to be 
> moved.
>   -Bruce D.
>
> *From:* Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com <mailto:pocotron@yahoo.com>>
> *To:* "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>" 
> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 5, 2012 2:33 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
>
>   Wow!  Das' a whole lotta keys at once!
>   I love those old player pianos. They were one of the modern 
> mechanical wonders back at the turn of the 20th century.
>   A friend of mine got one for free, along with plenty of rolls.  It 
> is a pump version, and never was converted to electric.
>
> *From:* ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com <mailto:ecclesreinson@rogers.com>>
> *To:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:55 AM
> *Subject:* [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
>
> Imagine the db's in the room! It fades in and out of sync long before 
> the half way point.
>
> Have you ever seen a Violano? 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp 
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp>
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, fdoddy@... wrote:
> >
> > My son found this. It makes me laugh. MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to 
> the whole thing. F*@king crazy!
> >
> > 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz 
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz>
> >
> >
> > fritz
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

Yes -
Be afraid - be very afraid...
Here in SoCal there is a wonderful place called The Nethercutt 
Collection http://nethercuttcollection.org/ . If you're in town, go. I 
was fortunate enough to be in the first group to tour through it in the 
early '70's. We also have a family friend that works there - he's the 
perfect combination for the place: a vintage auto and a mechanical 
musical instrument restorer. They rigged the Wurlitzer Theater Pipe 
Organ to a record and play from a computer in the 1970's. Also check out 
http://www.amica.org/Live/index.htm
That Ampico Bosendofer in the video was magnificent. Love these things.I 
have a Aeolian Duo-Art Reproducer (that needs work). I paid to have mine 
moved - I can't imagine doing it even with help!

Vance

On 1/5/2012 1:55 PM, fdoddy@aol.com wrote:
>
> I was checking out robertsmusicalrestorations.com and they have these 
> things for sale!!!  An old Wurlitzer Orchestrion?...with MIDI?   
> AAHHH!!!! I'm afraid to ask what these things sell for...
>
>
> fritz
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 4:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
>
> Hi again.  Not all my message came through.
>   My association with my buddy's player piano began with a phone call 
> like this: "Hey Bruce, old pal, do you want to help me move 
> something?"  From the tone of his voice I knew exactly what was to be 
> moved.
>   -Bruce D.
>
> *From:* Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com <mailto:pocotron@yahoo.com>>
> *To:* "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>" 
> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 5, 2012 2:33 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
>
>   Wow!  Das' a whole lotta keys at once!
>   I love those old player pianos. They were one of the modern 
> mechanical wonders back at the turn of the 20th century.
>   A friend of mine got one for free, along with plenty of rolls.  It 
> is a pump version, and never was converted to electric.
>
> *From:* ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com <mailto:ecclesreinson@rogers.com>>
> *To:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:55 AM
> *Subject:* [newmellotrongroup] Re: OT...my new favorite performance
>
> Imagine the db's in the room! It fades in and out of sync long before 
> the half way point.
>
> Have you ever seen a Violano? 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp 
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5M5sWzoNM&list=UUJEfvw6kthjP7SxW4xmKkUw&index=5&feature=plcp>
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, fdoddy@... wrote:
> >
> > My son found this. It makes me laugh. MIDI nickelodeon! Listen to 
> the whole thing. F*@king crazy!
> >
> > 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz 
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUy70dh8LY&list=FLwZbPytCGyMDGJ6rrsCyGSg&feature=mh_lolz>
> >
> >
> > fritz
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>