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"Pictures At An Exhibition" On Piano Rolls
By Ian Mavor

About 50 years ago, when I was running a player restoration business,
Ted Perrin and I created three major works for the Duo-Art.  We made
Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" (complete), Shubert's "Wanderer
Fantasy" (2 rolls) and Beethoven's "Emperor Concerto" (4 rolls).

The first two works (Pictures and Wanderer) were copied for us by
Play-Rite and published on the M & M music label.  We sold 20 copies
of each.  I still have them both for my Weber Duo-Art.

I also have Beethoven's "Emperor Concerto".  We never had it recut at
the time, but it turned up in recent years and I got 3 copies.  One
sold on eBay and Thomas Ahearn bought the other.

I have tried to find out if there was any interest in having them cut,
but so far no interest.  There are references to the "Wanderer Fantasy"
in the MMD archives.  The only outfit I know of who might be interested
in copying more of these rolls is Meliora in Atlanta.  Anyone interested
should contact me.

Ian Mavor
ianmavor@gmail.com.geentroep

 [ Here are some relevant MMD articles:
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 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/200809/2008.09.09.09.html 
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/200809/2008.09.13.03.html 
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/201810/2018.10.19.02.html 
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/201810/2018.10.31.01.html 
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/201811/2018.11.01.06.html 
 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/201811/2018.11.03.03.html 
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 [ -- Robbie



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