Dear MMDers:

I am pleased to announce the formation of "Meliora Music Rolls", and our
first batch of rolls for retail sale and distribution - interested parties
should point their browsers at:

    http://members.aol.com/meliorarol

Sample WAV files of the actual rolls being played are on this site (I boldly
open myself to criticism of both my roll arranging AND my pianolistic
technique!).  Other links will be filled in as time allows.

These are 88 note rolls of 4 different Joplin rags, painstakingly arranged,
and which (with all due modesty) sound very nice on a solid 88 note player,
but SUPERB when performed with any degree of interpretive playing by the
"pianolist."

Rolls are $11 each, plus actual shipping costs from Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Many thanks to the MMD, R. Brandle, J. &  R. Tonnesen for making this
possible, and to W. Stahnke, G. Bogatko and B. Jelen for help, encouragement
and advice along the way.  Hope you enjoy (but either way, I would be pleased
to hear honest comments).

Regards,

Tim Baxter

 [ Editor's Note:
 [
 [ Congratulation Tim.  I see at your Webstite that you are working
 [ on an article about how your rolls were produced.  I'd like to
 [ encourage you to prepare a version of that for publication here.
 [ I think that other readers might be helped to understand what
 [ you had to learn and do to go from the idea that you wanted to
 [ produce rolls to the completed product.
 [
 [ Jody