•As I listened to a performance of the "Wurlitzer Waltz" on the Wurlitzer Caliola at DeBence Antique Music World, it began to sound like the familiar waltz, "When Lights Are Low". Did Wurlitzer change the name and a few notes to prevent copyright infringement, or was there some foul play with differ...

•In response to Dale Dohler's query about the Sousa roll, G-294, here is a list of the tunes of the roll and the copyright date: 1. Hail to The Spirit Of Liberty / 1900 2. Semper Fidelis / 1888 3. King Cotton / 1895 4. Charlatan, The / 1898 5. Liberty Bell, The / 1893 6. Washington Post, The / 1889 ...

•I've recently purchased an Atlas piano roll. The label lists the product number as 4071 and song as "Bye Bye Blues Fox Trot". The pianist is listed as "Roy Goodyear", and below that is "Copyright 1920 I. Berlin". I've been trying to do some research on the roll, and I've discovered 1930 is the comm...

•The "Silver Swan Rag" is available in the two-CD set entitled "The Complete Rags Of Scott Joplin," played by William Albright (MusicMasters 1990). The liner notes claim that the tune was "twice released on piano rolls around 1914-15". The copyright, which dates to around 1970 when Silver Swan Rag w...

•Hi All, Stay in this business long enough and someone might ask _you_ to find a music roll titled "Baby Bumblebee". I did some research at Google and downloaded a music file and the lyrics. I couldn't find a copyright, composer, or any information about when the song was created. However, I was sur...

•Greetings all, I am wondering if anyone can shed any light on an obscure roll and reproducing system. The roll label reads: Manualized Player Music B-322 75c BUTTERFLY Op. 43 No. 1 Grieg Copyrighted 1915 The Baldwin Piano Co It appears to be identical to the Welte T100 roll no. 1275, played by Grie...

•[ Ref: http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/Sounds/Mottoros/index.html MMD'ers, The tune of G100-10 is "You're The Most Wonderful Girl", with music by Maurice Abrahams and lyrics by Edgar Leslie and Grant Clarke, copyright 1913 by Maurice Abrahams Music Co., Inc., 1570 B'way, N.Y. I can scan a copy of t...

•Hello Eli and interested MMDers. I have an original Ampico roll 57282-F, "The Star Spangled Banner", played by Sergei Rachmaninoff, copyright 1919. The roll is "like new" with no flaws. If Bob Billings is willing to copy it for you and others, I can take it to him; we live near one another. I don't...

•Bryan Cather's post on pirated piano rolls interested me, since I am involved with Free Software and in particular the Linux operating system. I have often used references to the music industry and player pianos in particular to illustrate points about copyright and patents. Bryan asked if the assi...

•Kevin McElhone, MBSGB membership secretary, offers my book "Street Musicians on Postcards" for sale at £15 plus P&P. I granted my copyright to MBSGB who own a remnant stock. I also have a personal stock bought separately from the printers for personal use as gifts to family and friends. The book is...

•I have just finished writing an article for the COAA's "Carousel Organ" on the subject of U.S. copyright law as it pertains to mechanical music. It should appear in the next issue or so, and I hope that, although I am not a lawyer, it will give some useful guidance to the subject, which has been ma...

•Though I find some of the advertising that is attached by the YouTube staff to publicly submitted videos unbearably repulsive (I click it away), its presence seems to be a relatively sane solution to the problem that Google surely faced from copyright owners complaining about the music they had "re...

•In response to the news [160523 MMDigest] that this book was scanned and posted on-line, I have a copy of that book that I purchased from Doyle Lane and it certainly says it was copyrighted in 1981. Does the copyright expire because Doyle has passed away? Ben Haass [ Upon the author's death, I beli...

•I am looking for QRS player roll #2535, "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'", played by Pete Wendling, copyright 1920s. I know there are other versions of the song on player rolls but I am looking for that Pete Wendling version -- just a standard roll for the home player piano. If not the roll, a MIDI file...

•I'm just thinking out loud here... In the construction law industry, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has a set of form contracts. The copyright on those forms is owned by the AIA. The forms are periodically updated and for a fee are available for download on the AIA website. Or you can p...

•Rolls by Irene Eneri-Gorainoff are listed on page 47 of this catalog: "Welte-Mignon Recordings sorted by Artists & Composers: July 1925 The rolls marked with * are subject to license on the basis of the law concerning the copyright of works of literature and of the music of 19 June 1901 - 22 May 19...

•Thanks to the MMDers who identified this roll for me! I don't know if the MIDI file is in copyright or not. If it is not, I will gladly upload it. Regards, John Cowles [ The MIDI file is at http://www.mids.ru/find/?s==2&block=11230 [ The header of the MIDI file contains this notice (which is not [ ...

•Al Menashe stated in his recent post [180614 MMDigest] that he thought production of Violano rolls from the Mills Novelty Company ended in 1930. Based on the copyright dates of tunes on the rolls, it would appear that the company continued to produce rolls until 1933: Tunes with copyright dates of ...

•Dear friends of the pianola, I just bought a set of piano rolls of Imperial, Orchestrelle, Odeola and other well-known brands. But I also have five rolls from a mysterious "HS" Schutzmarke (copyright notice), made in Germany. The cut seems specific, and some rolls have square punches. The most noti...

•Wanted: Ampico Accompaniment Roll 59572H, Serenade ("Ständchen"), Key of D Minor, Schubert-Elman, played by Frances Potter Allen, Copyright 1921. Has anyone please either a copy of the above violin accompaniment Ampico roll or have access to a copy? I wish to purchase a copy if available or borrow ...