Registration is now open for the 2nd Global Piano Roll Meeting
which will take place June 6-8, 2020, as an international conference
in Switzerland at the Hochschule der Künste Bern and the Museum für
Musikautomaten Seewen.  See this page to register:
https://tinyurl.com/y64senbf 

Information about the Meeting is at
http://www.hkb-interpretation.ch/2nd-global-piano-roll-meeting.html 

The conference will include papers, presentations, and performances
and be conducted in English.  It aims to be an international forum for
enthusiasts and professionals working with paper rolls and pneumatic
roll playing instruments.  Virtual participation is also planned.

Music rolls and pneumatic instruments are a vital part of the history
of recording and mechanical music.  They provide a rich window into
the technological, musical, cultural and economic history of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Recent projects to preserve rolls by scanning and digitization have
sparked a wider interest in the field.  This has allowed for technical
studies of rolls, which are an early digital record of music-making.

Archival documents are also yielding insights into the business and
technology of roll manufacturing.  These are among the many diverse
topics that have brought individuals together from around the world to
share their work with rolls.

Proposals (maximum 350 words) for papers, presentations or lecture-
recitals must be received by 1 November 2019.  Topical areas may
include but are not limited to the historical study of piano and organ
rolls, pneumatic instruments, roll manufacturing, archival preservation
and access, performance studies utilizing rolls, and descriptive or
investigative work with collections.

Slots are of either 30 minutes (20' presentation + 10' discussion) or
45' (30' + 15'), the final decision on the length of each paper stays
with the organizers.  Lecture-recitals will generally be 45 minutes.

Proposals should be sent to daniel.allenbach@hkb.bfh.ch.geentroep
[delete ".geentroep" to reply].  The program will be designed around
responses and paper proposals that are received.  The goal is to focus
on new topics, findings and research rather than repeating presentations
given at past conferences.

Possible topics and/or panels include:

- Welte, Hupfeld, Philipps, Ampico, Duo-Art research
- 88 note rolls: national/popular music
- Instrument mechanism/restoration
- Performance practice studies

Possible Working Meetings:

- Scanning/managing collections
- Global roll/instrument database

Participants who have indicated already that they will attend include:

- Esther Burgos-Bordonau (Madrid, Spain)
- Herman Gottschewski (Tokyo)
- Birgit Heise (Germany, Hupfeld)
- Neal Peres da Costa (Sydney, AUS)
- Joshua Rapier (Los Angeles, USA)
- Hans-W. Schmitz (Germany, Welte)

Contacts:

Sebastian Bausch sebastian.bausch@hkb.bfh.ch
Jerry McBride jlmcbrid@stanford.edu
Marc Widuch info@faszinationpianola.de

Jerry McBride - Head Librarian
Music Library and Archive of Recorded Sound
Stanford University
Stanford, California