Randolph Herr wrote in 040514 MMDigest:


>> I have an Ampico roll on eBay that readers of MMD might find
>> interesting.  It is roll no. 61643-G, Barcarolle in F Sharp Major,
>> by Chopin, played by Julius Chaloff.  The roll is in mint condition
>> and plays perfectly, yet someone has added countless hundreds of
>> very tiny gummed tape lengths to the end of certain notes.


In many of the rolls that I encoded and edited in the 1970s, I took
care to make sure that large chords did not release their notes at
exactly the same time, since some pianos would produce an "enmasse
clunk" sound, especially if those notes had long since died away.

It's my understanding that Ampico's note extensions were implemented
by an unthinking machine which would not have considered such a matter
of finesse.

Just a thought...

Bill Flynt
Dallas, Texas