In the past, I've purchased a number of Biograph (www.biograph.com)
music CDs of their player piano roll recordings.  The ads tout
"...  from rare piano rolls".  Hmm!, I thought ...

Knowing that these are mostly 88n rolls, I still was disappointed
in their presentation.  They seem to be played at a constant volume
(loud), no expression whatsoever, and roll acceleration is very
noticeable.  Many of the pieces come across as monotonously disagree-
able sounding.  Did the producers of these recordings purposely record
these rolls perhaps because that is the way Joe Six-pack would hear
them on his average player piano?  At any rate, I will not play these
CDs again for their pure enjoyment.

The Rachmaninoff "Window In Time" CD is in a class by itself -- one of
my most cherished recordings.  I hope to hear a Boesendorfer in person
sometime at the 1999 AMICA Convention.

Does anyone else have opinions/reviews of the Biograph piano roll
recordings?

Karl Ellison
Salem, Massachusetts