Now... I'm not sure If we're talking about the same set/brand of CD's,
but I've had some luck with the "Gershwin plays Gershwin" and
"Paderewski plays Paderewski" CD's put out by LaserLight Digital.
Since these CD's only cost about $4 *new*, I wasn't expecting
perfection...  but was pleasantly suprised to find they were of pretty
good quality.  I compared the performance of what was on the disks with
some of the same Duo-Art rolls on a 1914 Weber FF and couldn't hear
much difference at all. The only gripe I have is that the piano used on
the Paderewski recordings had one noisy key - kinda made a sort of
"plink" sound on release.   I don't know if they were scanned Duo-Art
rolls being played on a newer MIDI piano, a Pianocorder (who knows?),
or even an actual DuoArt (sometimes I can swear I hear the very faint
hum of ye-old Duo-Art vacuum motor)

 SO... to sum up...

$8 for two CDs..¶.
+ They happen to contain some of my favorite songs/rolls...¶
+ I can't bring my Duo-Art in the car with me when I commute...¶
= a pretty good deal!

On a humorous side note...  I have a friend who is in Medical school.
The other day he recounted a funny occurance at the cadaver lab.  In
this lab students often write on large white boards if they find
something of interest during one of their dissections.  A while ago my
friend (also an AMICA member) nearly broke down laughing when some
jokester had written these words on a white board...  "Mighty Wurlitzer
organ found in cecum of table 8."  Even more funny was the number of
students who scrambled into their anatomy books to find out exactly
what a Wurlitzer organ is...

Rocci Cirone - San Jose, CA¶
CironeRA@perkin-elmer.com¶
salcicce@earthlink.net

 [ Editor's Note:
 [
 [ Gee, I had no idea that Spencer's message would generate
 [ so much discussion.  For what its worth, there are several
 [ albums which have the phrase "Gershiwin Plays Gershwin".  Browsing
 [ the Web, I found these two descriptions in a web page at St. Joseph
 [ University (Not an "OFFICIAL" University Web page...)
 [
 [ ***** Gershwin, George, piano. Gershwin Plays Gershwin. RCA Victrola
 [       AVM1-1740.  Gershwin with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.
 [       Includes Rhapsody in Blue (the frequently anthologized 1927
 [       version, which is fabulous), An American in Paris, The Three
 [       Preludes, and songs from Oh, Kay! and Tip-Toes. The best
 [       anthology by far of Gershwin's own recordings.
 [
 [   *** Gershwin, George, piano. Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano
 [       Rolls. Elektra Nonesuch.  Electronically-produced recordings
 [       of Gershwin's piano rolls; there's a certain lack of the human
 [       (not to say the Gershwin) touch, but certainly worth a
 [       listen.
 [
 [ The comments are those of the student.  The point is, though, that there
 [ are a number of albums of Gershwin "playing" Gershwin.  I don't know
 [ if the LaserLight brand CD is a copy of the RCA (Victor?!!) album, or
 [ something else.  Does anyone else know ?
 [
 [ Jody