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Pianola Playing in Public - The Programme
By Bill Maguire

I would like to take my player piano out of the shop again and bring
it to a public event.  I got a very positive response from people
attending the grand opening of the Empire State Carousel [Brookhaven
Park, New York] which my player and I were a small part of.

I found that nearly everyone stopped to look, but whether they stayed
around for a long time or not was due in large part to what music I was
playing at the time.  Several people applauded after the QRS rendition
of "Grand Old Flag," and "Joplin Ragtime Medley" attracted a good sized
crowd, but the largest crowd I kept for the longest time was for my
"Organ Grinders Swing" roll put out by Imperial.  Several MMDers are
musicologists who educate the public on what good music is; I respect
that enormously.  I just want to entertain people.

I would like to know from MMDers, which rolls or music seemed to be
most popular with the general public, from your experience?

Bill Maguire


(Message sent Wed 30 Mar 2005, 19:59:45 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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