•I am just starting to test the process of scanning Ampico A rolls for the PowerRoll. I do not have an Ampico myself and therefore I need the assistance of some willing Beta testers. I have a couple of ROL files that seem to play on my sound card but I am not familiar with the original rolls and can...

•I have just finished a new CD of Duo-Art Piano Music for PowerRoll operated Duo-Art pianos as well as for solenoid and electronic pianos using the WindPlay program. Sound modules and computer sound cards will also play these files using the "full version" of WindPlay to emulate the reproducing pian...

•I am working furiously on a new issue of Duo-Art music for the PowerRoll and MIDI pianos. I hope to have another 200 or 300 files available soon. An issue has arisen and I would like feedback from MMD readers regarding their opinion. When making the MIDI files and BAR/ANN files from the original pa...

•Hi everybody. There has been some talk of PowerRolls and MIDI going around, so I decided to add something about what I just came up with. It is an electronic roll reader. The roll isn't even touched by anything (i.e. brushes or keys) but instead is read with infrared or electric eyes. How it works...

•Scott, Have you heard of our product, the PowerRoll(tm) electric music roll? It gaskets to the tracker bar and is controlled by MIDI. Check out our web site at http://www.erolls.com, or send me your address and I will send you a packet of literature. Larry Broadmoore, Broadmoore Research Corporatio...

•About two years ago I announced the availability of my collection of over 1400 BAR/ANN files for use with a PowerRoll fitted to an Ampico. Now, after all this time, I have finally completed the work on the MIDI files from this collection. Processing over 1400 files has taken more time than I ever e...

•John Tuttle wrote: > And if you really like the idea of using a disc to operate the unit, > I'd suggest the PowerRoll system but it too will need to be upgraded > sooner or later when the 3-1/2" floppy becomes obsolete. John, this is incorrect. The PowerRoll system does not include data storage and...

•Adrian Schmidt wrote: > But is there a system that can control the keyframe or > tracker bar? Dear Adrian, I manufacture the PowerRoll digital converter for pneumatic player pianos. It is definitely possible to make a unit which will actuate the fingers on a keyframe and be adjustable to different ...

•Hi MMDer's, Just a reminder of our Founding Chapter AMICA meeting this Sunday, Aug. 30 at 2:00 PM. Spencer Chase will be bringing his brand new PowerRoll to demonstrate on one of Roy Powlan's Duo-Art Pianos. Roy has a nice home and instruments in very good shape. See you San Francisco Bay Area peop...

•I would like to know whether there are any manufacturers that sell a self contained "machine" that delivers a MIDI-OUT signal from "playing" .mid files from a 3.5"disk. I have been told that OCTET is working on a product like that as a companion to the Larry Broadmoore PowerRoll. I would like to he...

•We are finally ready to release some preliminary Duo-Art electronic rolls [i.e., music rolls transcribed to computer files] for owners of the PowerRoll or other electronic MIDI based interfaces. We have several rolls scanned that are sufficiently good to be proud of having helped to produce them. E...

•The previously announced CD of 108 classical Duo-Art roll files is now available with both MIDI and BAR/ANN file formats included on one disk. The BAR/ANN files will work with Richard Brandle's WindPlay to play on the PowerRoll. There is also a simulator included with the "full" version that will s...

•I now have a web site dedicated to my electronic piano roll business at http://www.mcn.org/i/spencer/default.html The E-Rolls are for use with the Broadmoore Research PowerRoll as well as other MIDI-playing devices. This is a preliminary effort and I am interested in feedback, including suggestions...

•Wow, boys and girls! Here's a MIDI challenge for all you PowerRoll, Disklavier and synth types. It's real simple. Download the MIDI file found at http://www.inluxeditions.com/playerchallange/ Then, make a recording on a MIDI'fied mechanical instrument or external synth (not a computer synth - that'...

•I have tried without any success to find a laptop computer that has a MIDI-out port so I could us it to feed electronic files to my PowerRoll. So far I have been using my "master" computer, located in a different part of my house, using a 150 foot two-wire shielded cable. Although this works great ...

•Hi Albert, I was told to buy a PC/P Portman to connect my IBM Think Pad to the PowerRoll which uses Windplay. It is about the half the size of an external modem. It has one MIDI in and one MIDI out. It is powered by the computer parallel port. It comes with the necessary cable. It is an external un...

•Albert de Boer tried without any success to find a laptop computer that has a MIDI-out port to feed electronic files to his PowerRoll (MMD 2000.03.22.11). I am going to face the same problem with my organ project and have deposited an old DOS operated type PC-AT laptop on my shelf for the purpose. ...

•As most MMD subscribers know, I have been transcribing Duo-Art rolls to make computer files for the PowerRoll and for MIDI players of all sorts. I have been working on some new music and I came to the disappointing realization that the music sounded better on my piano synthesizer module than it did...

•I have completed my IV series of Duo-Art music E-Rolls. This brings the total roll count to nearly 2000. Files are available for playing on original Duo-Art pianos fitted with the PowerRoll or other MIDI controlled valve interfaces. Emulation files are also available for use with solenoid piano suc...

•I know that there have been a number of magnet valves designed to play pneumatic player systems over the years, the latest of course being the PowerRoll system. But to my mind, they all have had some drawbacks. For instance, a tiny unit small enough to put in-line with trackerbar tubing would proba...