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58-Note Player Organ Scale
By Terry Smythe

As I continue with this great roll scanning adventure, my latest
initiative is to adapt my 88-note scanner to accept 58-note player
organ rolls.  This is kinda interesting because the rolls ordinarily
flow from bottom to top and rotate reverse to 88-note rolls.

The single sample roll scanned so far is a Wilcox & White "Symphony"
roll No. 3248, "The Highwayman Waltzes", by De Koven.  The resulting
MIDI file, in Midi Type 1, is attached.

Where I need some help is in determining the scale of this roll.
I would appreciate it if somebody could provide this specification.
None of my references contain this info.  The scale of this particular
MIDI file emerges from the 65-note scale, which is likely incorrect
for 58-note rolls.

I'm assuming that all 58-note player organ rolls adhere to a single
scale specification.  Is this a reasonable supposition?  Reason for
this is that 58-note Orchestrelle rolls will soon be included within
this batch, and I do not have the scale specs for this instrument
either.

Regards,

Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/rebirth.htm

 [ Thanks, Terry, I'll place the MIDI file at the MMD Sounds site,
 [ http://mmd.foxtail.com/Sounds/  Some tracker bar scales are
 [ listed at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/  -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 12 Mar 2004, 04:52:10 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

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