•140611 MMDigest had a request for Ampico roll 62993, "Islamey". At the end of that posting, Robbie gave the YouTube address of my Chickering playing that roll. The music in the roll is not for everyone, but the composition is extremely difficult to play well, and thus seems to be a favorite teachin...

•Bob, In response to Herb Lindahl's request for Ampico roll 62993, I checked my collection and also found the Klavier re-cut with "A" coding. Are you sure it was ever issued with "B" coding? The Ampico rollography by Obenchain lists a single entry with issue date of 4/24. John Grant

•Quoting from "The Ampico Reproducing Piano", edited by Richard J. Howe, on page 287: "... Delcamp ... listened to old rolls on new player. He was not at all pleased ... It looks like we have a big problem in making the new player take old rolls." This comes from the notes Dr. Hickman kept on his de...

•It appears as if no "B" coded version of Islamey, roll 62993, was ever issued. The feedback that I received after my previous posts on this topic has been interesting. No one responding had seen a "B" version. Several people have mentioned that since newer copies of the roll sold by Klavier and Key...

•It wasn't too long ago that there was a very interesting discussion about Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, played by Harold Bauer (Duo-Art roll 6266). Julian Dyer recut this roll and I purchased it and it's exceptional. I would be interested to compare his copy with an original to see how the...

•Hello again, I have a client who has an urgent need for the Ampico roll number 62993, "Islamey, Fantaisie Orientale", or a MIDI file of the roll. Also, thanks to the many people responding to the announcement concerning the Hunt VirtualRoll MIDI interface system. I am busy returning all emails as s...

•I was intrigued by Jeffrey Wood's comments about the two versions of Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, played by Harold Bauer, and had a look at the London-made shorter version which I have. I ran this through the roll-scanner and used Warren Trachtman's software to re-create the master file t...

•Spurred on by friends who clearly rather like this music, I've recut my copy of Duo-Art 6266, Chopin's Fantaisie Op 49, as discussed in MMD 07.08.03. I've got the shortened version of this piece, which we have been told is infamous for notes that are too close together for many instruments to repea...

•My all-time favorite Duo-Art roll is #6266, Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, played by Harold Bauer. Some advice, however, is appropriate. The original roll, made from a 2:1 master, is probably the fattest roll ever released by Aeolian. It completely fills the largest size spool (the equivale...

•Hello dear Mr. Sans, We have four Welte rolls (Red) from pianist Teresa Carreno : No. 363 Fantaisie de R. Schumann C-dur Op 17, recorded April 4th, 1905. No. 373 Sonata de L.v.Beethoven Op53, C -dur Waldstein, no record date. No. 365 VIeme Rhapsodie de Franz Liszt, no record date. No. 371 Petite Va...

•There were, unsurprisingly, a great many Sullivan rolls issued in the UK. In the 1914 Themodist catalogue there were no less than 38 rolls of Sullivan compositions, although not all were Savoy Operas -- plenty of hymns to keep the frivolity away. By 1924 just a handful of additional song rolls had ...

•[ Ref. 221220 MMD, Recording and Producing a New Pianola Roll ] Let me explain a bit more about the video that was linked here a few days ago without naming the music. It shows the making of a brand-new Duo-Art roll of Florence Price's Fantasie Negre No 1, played by Allyson Devenish FRCM [Fellow, R...

•Recent discussion of the problems of fitting Chopin's Fantasie Brilliante, Op. 49 in F, onto a roll, reminded me that I, too, have that piece of music, not on Duo-Art but on an original Hupfeld Phonoliszt roll which I play on my Phonoliszt expression piano. This roll was cut on September 2, 1910, a...

•I might add something to Jeffrey Wood's information about Chopin's Fantaise Op.49, roll no. 6266. Later, Aeolian did put this roll on Jumbo spools in its longer form for the pianos with Jumbo spoolboxes. I'd love to come across a new copy as mine is showing its age as much as I am. By the way, for ...

•Hi Group, My candidate for improvisation on classical music rolls is Fantasie Impromptu Op. 66, C Sharp Minor, Chopin. The first Ampico roll is 52486-H played by Adriano Ariani. I believe this is what would be considered the standard performance of this piece. The second Ampico roll is 60753-H play...

•Very likely this roll is a selection from an opera, perhaps a "Fantasie" or selections from an overture. Any help? This unknown Phonoliszt Violina selection is in three parts; any clue as to any of them will help greatly. It can be played at this Dropbox location, just copy into your browser and go...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Greetings. I am hoping to locate someone who has the reproducing rolls, or an audio recording of the rolls, of the Fantasie, Op. 17, C major, by Robert Schumann, played by Ossip Gabrilowitsch I've never seen any of these big works by Gabrilowitsc...

•To all US citizens: Happy July 4th Independence Day. Special greetings from Firmin Swinnen at http://members.socket.net/~rtaylor/july4.mov From Duo Art roll 3540 "American Fantasie" (Victor Herbert) (This is a 4.5 Mbyte file as all the compressed -smaller- ones sounded terrible.) Regards, Bob Taylo...

•Changing up the classics? Listen to Marc-André Hamelin play this crazy thing on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvNJ22Ds7uc D.L. Bullock www.pianoworld.us [ A Duo-Art piano roll performance of Clément Doucet's "c" [ Fox Trot Fantasie (1927) is available roll from Artcraft Music [ Rolls, vis...

•My favorite roll would be Chopin's "Ballade." It covers the gamut of musical styles and shows off the Duo-Art's expressive range. Another is Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu," which unfortunately suffered a terrible re-roll meltdown against the tracking ears. But perhaps my all-time winner is a roll th...