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Maximum Notes-Per-Second on Piano Roll
By Rick Inzero

Tim Baxter asks:

> What is the fastest number of repetitions a single note should be
> capable of on a well-regulated, properly functioning player piano?
> Stated another way, how fast should a single note be able to repeat?

I calculated this in my post from 3/2/98 (search for "Hand-Playing"
in the the MMD archive)...  using the 1911 American Music Roll Standard,
the maximum notes per second works out to be tempo/10.  So if you have
a tempo of (let's say) 90, then 9 notes per second is the max allowed
by this standard.

Rick Inzero, Rochester, NY, rdi@cci.com
"Holy Marimba Roll, Batman!"



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