A project to scan all of the residence organ player rolls issued by the
Estey Organ Company was started two years ago.  The initial scanning was
of over 500 rolls in a private collection.  A few of these rolls had
deteriorated to a point that they could not be fully scanned.  The Lady
Liberty Chapter of AMICA offered to continue the project by funding
postage for additional rolls.

If you have any Estey Organ Rolls and would be willing to send them in
for scanning, Lady Liberty Chapter will pay the postage both directions
via USPS Media Mail.  A data base file [spreadsheet] of the titles is
available on request.  It would be best to see what we have scanned
already so we do not duplicate shipping.

Noted on the database is a column indicating the level of damage to the
roll.  Most of the damage on these rolls is near the end and was caused
by the wooden core reacting with the paper.

The files are available in two MIDI formats.  The e-rol MIDI format is
straight across, tracker bar hole to note, with the second row of holes
moved up to fit the first row.  The playable MIDI format is three
channels, with Manual 1 on channel 1, Manual 2 on channel 2 and stops
and swell shades on channel 10.  The entire collection is available for
download at  http://tinyurl.com/qd8u5he 

As a note, the Estey rolls have 125 perforations which include 9 stops
and controls in addition to the 116 perforations on the Aeolian-Skinner
residence organ rolls.  The 116 note perforations match up note for note
to the Estey rolls.

Bill Klinger - Lady Liberty Chapter, AMICA
Flippin, Arkansas
http://www.klingerorgan.com/ 
bill@klingerorgan.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ Larry Leonard describes the Estey pipe organ rolls at
 [ http://www.esteyorgan.com/organrolllist.html  and John Dousmanis
 [ has provided a list of the Estey rolls that have been transcribed to
 [ MIDI files at  http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/MMMedia/estey.html 
 [ -- Robbie