•Regarding Wayne Stahnke's announcement of the Ampico and Welte-Mignon CD-ROMs for sale: Purchasers of the PowerRoll(tm) can still obtain the Stahnke CD-ROMs for only $59.50 (regular price, $89.50). The PowerRoll electrical music roll is the only "plug-and-play" solution to converting from paper rol...

•Those who own Welte-Mignon (Licensee) or so-called Welte "Original" systems made in the U. S., may be interested to know that a library of digital music-roll images is now available for the PowerRoll Electrical Music Roll, for use on their reproducing pianos. I received the following communication ...

•I have a question about PowerRoll since it's being discussed now. Please note that I am in no way trying to find fault with the system as I've heard it work and I think it is excellent. I'm sure I'll end up buying one, but my concern is this: I have an Ampico B and I got to wondering if PowerRoll h...

•Dick, you wrote in MMDigest 981026: > I have an Ampico B and I got to wondering if PowerRoll had a way of > being told whether it is playing the A and B Ampico rolls coded on > the CDs on an Ampico A or an Ampico B? The reason I was wondering > about this is because the Ampico B intensities react q...

•I am finally getting MIDI files for the PowerRoll or E Roll that are turning out very good. Even the difficult rolls are now working and sounding just like an original roll in perfect condition. These are not perforator masters and someone with the critical abilities of a Douglas Henderson would pr...

•Hi I have just finished my prototype, that will be a perfect companion for the Pianomation, power-roll or Any MIDI operated keyboard. I call it Midi Kiosk. The MIDI Kiosk, will operate any windows based MIDI sequence program you wish, although I prefer Richard Brandle's "Wind Play" software, becaus...

•Hi Group, Does anyone out there have a still functioning PowerRoll unit? Does anyone have the in-line model that was designed to be tubed into the piano instead of being mounted on the tracker bar? Has anyone had experience servicing one? Would anyone be willing to look at one for possible repair? ...

•Re: MMD VirtualRoll MIDI Interface System MMD [ Tom Noble wrote in 250903 MMDigest: > Does anyone know who has control of the late Spencer Chase's and > Bob Hunt's Duo-Art MIDI conversion systems? I have a couple of > Duo-art systems that I would like to add MIDI to and am aware of > these systems ...

•I will second the comment by Stephen Kent Goodman that the PowerRoll is definitely not a second-rate performance, by any stretch of the imagination. I love rolls and nothing you can ever substitute will satisfactorily and completely replace them. When you use a PowerRoll, you are doing so primarily...

•I feel that a rebuttal is in order to some of the comments offered here by Spencer Chase regarding his comparison of PowerRoll versus the original rolls. But before I launch into that, I feel that I should state that many collectors really want to preserve our mechanical musical heritage as it was ...

•Regarding Robbie's comments about the limitations of MIDI sent through a wire and question as to whether these were noticeable in the performance of the PowerRoll: When we contemplated the design of the PowerRoll I was concerned about the possibility of corruption of data if MIDI were used, because...

•I have a well restored Duo-Art piano and it plays perfect rolls as well as it plays from the PowerRoll. New rolls do not require tracking at all and old ones with good edges track perfectly as long as they are not warped. I have spent considerable time examining piano rolls and measuring their defe...

•In response to Ray Smith's note in the MMD looking for Ampico Rolls, here is something he might consider. I work with Larry Broadmoore on the PowerRoll, the 'electronic' music roll. We now have 450 Ampico roll scans available. With the PowerRoll, these scans will play on your Ampico with all of the...

•Dear PowerRoll owners and other interested people, The new CD of Duo-Art music, that was previously announced, is fully tested and ready for shipping. Check out my web site (address is in my signature below) for details. The titles on the new CD are available from the "New Releases" page. Ordering ...

•I have had the PowerRoll unit now for a number of weeks -- an abso- lutely wonderful piece of equipment. For those who have not seen or handled one, it has the look and feel of a piece of turn-of-the-century engineering. [ That's the craftsmanship of MMDer Larry Broadmoore, who only [ reluctantly a...

•While the thread on PowerRoll and roll readers is going on I'd like to ask of the feasibility of a scanner that could read sheet music turn it to and electronic signal and then power an electromagnetic or through PowerRoll, a tracker bar better yet. The potential is almost unlimited. I mentioned th...

•I have my PowerRoll on my Steck Duo-Art in the living room, connected to my home computer at the other end of the house. Cable length is about 50 feet and it works just fine. I have been told that much longer lengths have been used with no problems but I do not know how long. Gary Rasmussen [ The k...

•More on overheating PowerRoll device, etc. Greetings, The problem with overheating PowerRoll systems is not just due to the fact that the magnets are crammed in a small space. The problem is that the all of the magnets are operated at a single voltage for the entire time they are active. With piano...

•All the comments about the PowerRoll and its maker remind my of my brief experience selling Ampico and Duo-Art recuts. While I sympathize with the customers who have either waited a long time for delivery or experienced quality problems, I think it is unfair to place all the blame on Larry. I don't...

•To be ready for the arrival of my PowerRoll I purchased WindPlay and Spencer Chase's E-Roll CD. I listened to them with the sound card in my computer. What a disappointment. Some of the notes were even out of tune! I purchased a 'better' sound-card, and it would not even play. At Spencer's recommen...