•I found a very interesting article today on the 'Net, entitled "Violin Varnish Experiment # 58, And a method for making a Waterproof Hot Hide Glue", by Keith Hill, copyright 1990. Author Hill seems to be both an avid researcher as well as an accomplished Luthier. He writes: "The foundation for my v...

•Hi, After reading Karl Ellison's posting, I began wondering about royalties and copyright on all those dozens of Pianomation CDs I have sold to hotels over here. These pianos are playing in public all day and no one has ever thought about any copyrights, etc. Does the purchase of a Pianomation CD a...

•Gary, I just picked up a "Red Raven" M-3/4 this week, and was quite surprised to see your request. But the one I have (copyright 1956) is made of cardboard, with metal rings on the outside edge and inside hole, and is 6-1/2 inches in diameter. The movie picture covers the entire surface (moving pic...

•Hello. My name is Johnny Lite, and have enjoyed reading various posts on MMD, especially those concerning MIDI, and copyright issues. I have several Biograph records and CDs of Eubie Blake blues-rags, recorded from rolls owned by Mike Montgomery. According to the liner notes, written by Mike Montgo...

•In the 98.05.19 digest, Karl Ellison forwarded a mail inquiring about the value of some player rolls. Part of it went: > The one he gave me details from has a copyright listed by Aeolian Co. > 1906. It was a Beethoven scroll and had Sonata Passionate and Allegro > Assai on the label. Handwritten no...

•In yesterday's MMD Joyce Brite said that Harry Warren's Shadow Waltz is from the musical "42nd Street", however my records state that the tune was introduced by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in the movie "Gold Diggers of 1933", 1933 being the year of the original published copyright. So there. John F...

•Re: Data On Obscure Musical Selections I sent Bill Mintz all the information he asked for on the 8 American selections listed, gotten by walking down one floor at Library of Congress to the fabulous Copyright Office music file, 1898-1937. But Hoch- und Deutschmeister is a German composition, and th...

•Your tips and information on the Duo-Art are much appreciated; I have a 1920 Steck upright Duo-Art. I'm looking for a standard piano roll, "Where The Lazy Daisies Grow" (original song written by Cliff Friend with copyright on sheet music of 1924). If any of you have or can get the roll, please cont...

•Hi Group, Robbie asked if recordings of the Taj Mahal were issued commercially. Yes. "The Taj Mahal In Concert", AIG-1 Stereo. Issued by American International Galleries copyright 1978. A 33 1/3 rpm Stereo recording. The tunes include: Tennessee Waltz, Dixie - Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mazurka, Wooden H...

•I found this song title in my collection, published by different companies with different brands (labels): "Roll 'Em Girls (Roll Your Own)", copyright Joe Morris Music Co., 1925 Refrain: Roll 'em girls, roll 'em girls, go a-head and roll 'em. Roll 'em down and show your pret-ty knees, Roll 'em girl...

•Robbie, "Roll 'Em Girls (Roll Your Own)" appears as tune 4 on Wurlitzer style 165 roll no. 6633, issued in late 1925. The copyright records credit the tune to Marr, Heath & Fletcher, Oct. 9, 1925. It is a tune that I like very much, and I can send you a cassette of it, with the other 9 tunes on the...

•Here's the info I have on the roll in question (it's a goody): Ideal word roll #01215 75 cents In The Baggage Coach Ahead By Gussie L. Davis waltz ballad. Played by Frank Mullin copyright transferred to Ed. B. Marks Music Co. N.Y. The Rose Valley Co. Phila, Pa. I have seen this title from time to t...

•In my roll collection I have QRS Roll no. 2574 titled, "In The Baggage Coach Ahead". According to the label the words and music are by Gussie L. Davis, copyright Richmond-Robbins, 1924. The words begin, "It was a dark stormy night". The story tells of a young man on the train holding a baby. The ba...

•I found this sheet music at an antique store: "The Sterling - March and Two-Step", by Charles D. Macdonald and Charles Ellis Hunter, copyright 1906 by Sterling Piano Co. of Derby, Connecticut. Notice the two Sterling pianos on the front cover, one with a Sterling cabinet (push-up) player, the other...

•The verse shown refers to a tune published as "The Streets of Cairo or The Poor Little Country Maid", copyright 1895 by James Thornton, which has a rich history of confusion and parody. In my childhood the children sang, "There's a place in France where the ladies wear no pants" to the tune, and th...

•[ "Born to Sing? Scientists Debate Whether There Is a Music Gene" [ By Matt Crenson, Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. Interesting reading for those interested in how music began: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/music00071400.html Nurture or Nature? John Spradley, in Sylmar, CA ...

•For you early bird Christmas shoppers, Wal-Mart already has the Mr. Christmas Holiday Symphonium on the shelf. It comes with sixteen tunes and is pre-priced at $54.84. The box listed a 2000 copyright date so this is a new model for this year. Happy shopping, Joyce Brite Player Piano and Mechanical ...

•[Benjamin Haass asked in 001102 MMD about Wurlitzer pipe construction.] Dear Benjamin and MMD Listers: The only book I can think of was "Wurlitzer Band Organ Pipe Scales" by Doyle H. Lane, copyright 1981, Daniel Boone Village. I believe it is long out-of-print. Were you thinking of a larger subject...

•Robbie, Once again, you edit my comments and completely misrepresent my position! I was hardly advocating the practice of copyright violation. My comment simply referred to the fact that new technology had completely changed the landscape of the music industry and forced new paradigms to be created...

•$104.00 (US) was paid at eBay auction recently for a 1923 Welte-Mignon piano roll catalog, described as: "Excellent condition on this vintage Piano Roll Catalog from Welte-Mignon. Copyright 1923, De Luxe Roll Corp. This catalog is for reproducing pianos. Features a nice selection of composers and p...