On 5/12, Dave Miller wrote:
> - Does anyone know if any of the player roll companies sell midi or audio
>   "previews" of their rolls, i.e. collections of the first minute or so of
>   a whole bunch of their rolls to help you decide which rolls you might want
>   to purchase?  When ordering rolls "sight unseen" it seems like 25% of the
>   time I am pleasantly surprised and 75% of the time disappointed.

It is not highly publicized, but QRS has a MIDI catalog.  Call them and 
ask for their pianomation catalog.  All of the pianomation disks are 
available as regular MIDI disks also.  Each sells for $25.  They 
generally contain 15 single rolls.  Also, previews of some of  Artcraft's 
rolls are available on an audio cassette.  I've had requests for a MIDI 
preview of my Bam-Bam catalog, but it would be a licensing nightmare.    
If I release a demo disk, I have to get a second  license for each song 
on the disk and pay the full royalty for any song that appears for more 
than 6 seconds.  The administrative red tape makes it prohibitive for me.¶
--Bill Jelen