•Hello Robbie and Jody, Let me first introduce myself to you. I am a retired professional organist and pianist, and mechanical music was my forte for 50+ years of public service in the piano industry. I currently own a Sony/Marantz Pianocorder, which I have made several upgrades to, in order to impr...

•Within the recent thread relating to MIDI files for the Ampico, I appreciate Walter Tenten's reference to my web site as a source: http://terrysmythe.ca/rebirth.htm I was among the early roll scanning pioneers. At the time our production was MIDI Type 1 files suitable for pianos equipped with solen...

•Piotr, Greetings from The Bronx! In regards to the tune "Three Little Fishes", in the early 1980s I had affixed a Gulbransen Record Rail to an upright player piano. The device was mounted between the piano keys and the keyframe. MIDI recording systems were still in their early stages. This was done...

•Available: Tom Hutchinson's player pipe organ for free I'm Bob Stout, treasurer of the Heart of America chapter of AMICA. One of our long-time members, Tom Hutchinson, passed away last June. The bulk of his collection was sold seven years ago, but there is still a Wangerin 2 manual, 6 rank player p...

•Wayne & Diane wrote: > John, > > We have been subscribers of the MMD for about a year, but we are > not on the Internet. Recently I was able to access the Internet and > contact some of the web pages that are talked about in the MMD. > Yours was one that I visited. I'm writing this to you to ask yo...

> > Date: Wed, 17 May 95 17:56:47 EST > From: cook@mother.clsi.us.geac.COM (Jim Cook) > To: automatic-music@foxtail.com > Subject: Another intro > > > Now my annoying question: Terry Smythe tossed a couple of options toward > me for replacing the player mechanism, and recommended Piano-Disc, which I...

> From rollreq Mon Jun 5 22:48:24 1995 > To: mfontana@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu > Subject: Music scanning, etc Mark, I read with some interest the conversation you are having with Will Dahlgren (he posted a portion for the rest of the group to read. Mike Ames and I have also build an optical scanner...

Hello! My name is Jim Heyworth and I live in Sechelt, Canada, located on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast near Vancouver. I collect most types of automatic instruments: clockwork, pneumatic, electric and electronic, along with their related software. I also have a few simple automata. My collection...

Hi Robbie, Thanks for your detailed response to my previous message. I have interspersed some comments below: On Sat, 30 Dec 95 14:11:27 PST Robbie Rhodes wrote: > to: ir004161@pop3.interramp.com (John R. Grant) > cc: rolls@foxtail.com (Automatic Music Instrument digest) > de: rrhodes@foxtail.com (R...

To continue the recent discussion about scanning music rolls: I found an interesting component in this month's DigiKey catalog (a mail-order electronic parts supplier). They have a visible laser diode line generator (I assume this is the kind designed for scanning barcodes at checkout counters) for ...

Wayne Stahnke wrote: > I suggest that you > take the time to pull the file up on your computer screen and examine it > carefully with a copy of the roll (and a straightedge) at hand. You will > find that all of the perforations are at their correct places, as determined > by counting punch steps. A ...

In digest 960307 Wayne Stahnke wrote: > To hear the performance, you need a program that models the > behavior of Ampico instruments. We have applied the term "Emulator" to any hardware and/or software process which duplicates the essential (as in "essence") function of another "real" process. The i...

Hi Brian, I wasn't going to put in my 2 cents worth on this subject, but here goes anyway. I actually _bought_ my first computer (Apple ][+ ) in 1981 using the excuse that it was for the purpose of cataloguing my rolls. Fortunately the database manager program I used then was able to set up DBF file...

Happy Easter! A virtual round of applause to Stephen Kent Goodman, Robbie Rhodes, Matthew Caulfield, David Wasson, and George Bogatko-- the Wurlitzer 165 MIDI file of "Painting The Town Red, White & Blue" is *excellent*! I've never heard music like that come out of my Sound Canvas! Long live creativ...

Jody, Mark Fontana wrote me a note requesting information regarding the Marantz recording technology. I thought my response might be of interest to a larger group than just Mark himself, so I am posting my response through Foxtail. - - - Mark, As it turns out, I have a good deal of knowledge relatin...

"Gracious!" said the little old lady, "The music is too loud!" She might have been attending a contemporary Rock Concert, or perhaps the restaurant harpist three tables away began a new song. Whatever the cause, the complaint "The music is too loud" often signifies: "I'm not interested in the music ...

Hi All, First of all, my name is Greg Farmer. I have been an old radio collector for the past 25 years and along the way have picked up a few cylinder and disk music boxes, a Gem Roller Organ, some small paper roll organs, rolmonicas, and even an Ampico grand piano. This past summer, Jim Engel told ...

I've just expanded the scope of the Web Pages on my Web Site. The expanded page includes an index of all the articles with links to the FTP entries. I have submitted the Web Site to Alta Vista, so we should start getting more exposure real soon... The site also now includes a new page of "Biographic...

In regards to Wayne Stahnke's offer to make available 500 Ampico roll images in MIDI format- sure, I'd love to see this collection available, and I am personally interested in a copy. Some technical information on how the recordings were made and at what sample rate, etc. would be appreciated. > (2)...

My name is Bob Fitterman. I just joined the group and at Jody's suggestion I am writing this introduction. I have always had a passion for mechanical devices. I've accumulated a selected assortment of old office equipment and cameras. I played the piano from a young age and have a fond memory of my ...