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| 2016.02.27.04 |
"Sound of Music" & "My Fair Lady" On YouTube
from John Grant •Ed Gaida mentions in MMD 160225 that he cannot now find some YouTube performances of selections from "Sound of Music" and "My Fair Lady": > These rolls were recorded and posted on YouTube but I cannot for > the life of me find them. I would hazard the guess that with music that is this well known a... |
| 2016.03.04.02 |
QRS 2256 "Snakes Hips" Played by Thomas Waller
from Jeffrey Borinsky •Many thanks to Bob Pinkser and Robbie Rhodes for providing lots of useful information. One mystery remains -- is there a recording with lyrics of "Snakes Hips?" There's no problem finding it as an instrumental, there are a couple on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0RNmiJuoLY https://www.y... |
| 2016.04.14.03 |
Paper & Rubber Stamped QRS Labels
from Steve Bentley •I would like to know when QRS stopped using stick-on labels on their rolls and replaced the label with an ink stamped notation, which many times is smudged and difficult to read. The label on one old word roll, QRS 289, "You're Some Pretty Doll", gives information such as "played by" and the compos... |
| 2017.03.31.02 |
Seek Vocalstyle 12783 "California Here I Come"
from Luke Myers •I am putting out a request for Vocalstyle Roll 12783, "California Here I Come", played by Sam Jones. It is featured on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwCxvznh8UI I have the QRS version of the same song, but the Vocalstyle roll is a _whole_ lot nicer and fuller. At one point, there ... |
| 2017.05.29.02 |
Politically Incorrect Piano Rolls
from Marshall Jose •Vestiges of an ugly past on a dusty piano roll I spent the weekend accompanying the wife and some relatives on a casual browse through northern Virginia's antique stores, keeping alert for the occasional rare piano roll label. I found one I'd never seen before called "Windle's Special", which I pur... |
| 2017.06.24.02 |
Unknown March on Piano Roll Is "Drumsticks"
from Floyd Chamberlain •[ Ref: http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/17/06/23/170623_170147_Unknown%20March%20-%201099.mp3 I have it on Connorized Word Roll 7705. The tune is "Drumsticks", by Wm. O'Neill & Embrock, played by Sam A. Perry, Copyright 1925. Floyd Chamberlain |
| 2017.07.02.04 |
Seek Lost Cassette No. 14 Of Knoebels Bruder
from Andrew Lardieri •In late June of 2017, I paid a visit to Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. Next to the Gebruder Bruder Model 79, converted to play Wurlitzer 125 rolls, in the center of the Kremers Carmel carousel. A sign right next to the organ stated that Tape No. 14 was a series of tune on that... |
| 2017.08.03.05 |
FS: Mechanical Music Books
from Darleen Stewart •For Sale: Books on Automatic Musical Instruments, Reproducing & Player Pianos, & Music Boxes. These books are being sold since my husband passed away. I have tried to price each item inexpensively. Email me to find out if desired item is still available. Each book is hardcover unless noted otherwis... |
| 2017.08.17.01 |
CDs Of New Wurlitzer 165 Band Organ Rolls
from John Grant •Concerning David Kelzenberg's desire for CD (audio) recordings of Wurlitzer 165 band organ rolls, while I share his sentiment, I believe it may be a complicated process to do so. I am not privy to the policies and procedures of those who arrange and issue these rolls, however, I will _assume_ (alwa... |
| 2017.12.16.01 |
Mills Violano Roll Labels
from John J. Breen •Jim Quashnock requested labels for some Violano rolls recently. For those of you who are not aware of it, I have had a long-running project to collect as much information as possible about the contents of Violano rolls. As of this date, I have at least tune titles and tune numbers for all but 190 o... |
| 2018.01.06.02 |
Seek Dessert With Olin CD
from Reg Smith •Does anyone have a personal copy of the privately produced CD "Dessert with Olin" which was recorded at the 59th Annual MBSI Convention, Bellevue, Washington, August 23, 2006. Olin gave me a copy a few years ago, but I just discovered the disc will not play beyond about track 21, so about a third o... |
| 2018.01.16.04 |
Seek QRS Blue Bird 3554 "Saints Come Marching In"
from Robbie Rhodes •Anders Linde, of Gothenburg, Sweden, is compiling a list of all the pre-1940 recordings of the classic jazz standard, "When The Saints Go Marching In" (with its different name variations); he observes, "Piano roll recordings are obviously an integral and important part of this." He has obtained pia... |
| 2018.01.22.03 |
Regulating The Ampico A
from John Grant •Time out! I invite everyone making comments and suggesting procedures for regulating the Ampico A to step back, take a deep breath and review the literature to make sure they have basic understanding of how the mechanism works so as to avoid putting out inaccurate information. The first place to st... |
| 2018.01.24.04 |
Seek "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
from Clark Ortone •Hi all, Gordon Ramsey is seeking a piano roll or MIDI file of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" (1/21/18 MMDigest). Here are a few options. QRS has two, #1454 and in their Civil War Medley XP320-C. Duo-Art also has two, 10337 (13375), roll date July 1927, and in their Patriotic Song Medley 10124 (10124... |
| 2018.02.04.01 |
Seek QRS 545 "To Think I Cried Over You"
from Ben Roth •Hello everybody, I need to _have_ the piano roll, "To Think I Cried Over You". It's an old QRS roll played by Pete Wendling. I had it once and it got lost in moving. I'd gladly buy it. Please let me know. If you have it but don't want to let it go, please tell me the composer and lyricist. Thanks, ... |
| 2018.07.30.02 |
18-note Movements For New Song Arrangements
from John Grant •[Ref. Scott Reisfield in 180726 MMDigest] Scott Reisfield may be better off looking into the do-it-yourself 20-note music box movements that use the paper strips you punch yourself. These movements are not chromatic, so some "creativity" may need to be exercised in creating the arrangements. One so... |
| 2018.10.08.05 |
History Of Klavier Music Rolls
from Marshall Jose •I am still in the process of scanning the vast collection I borrowed in April, and the endless boxes are curiously organized by one or another category. In this specific case, I have encountered a set of 35 pristine Klavier rolls punched on vellum. Klavier Music Rolls, of North Hollywood, Californi... |
| 2018.11.12.04 |
Piano Rolls Preserved As MIDI Files
from Julian Dyer •Answering the question about how to organise a roll recut -- just ask somebody who has a perforator and offers perforation services! They know the way things work. In my case, if there is an existing scan of sufficient quality I can use that and I don't need the original roll. If there is no scan b... |
| 2018.12.23.03 |
Tubing Diagram For Welte Grand Piano
from John Grant •Mike Walter informs me the Welte Chart sections previously published do not correspond to his mechanism. Attached are sections of another original chart I have, showing specifically the various control switches. The chart is undated but is bound, along with a companion chart for (Licensee) uprights... |
| 2019.01.21.06 |
Unknown Tunes On Capitol G Roll G-464
from Rob DeLand •I just read Mikey Mill's post and wanted to share what I found in data provided to me by Matt Jaro: Capitol G-464 (1928) 1 Ol' Man River 1927 Fox Trot Kern, Jerome 2 Down Where the Sun Goes Down 1928 Fox Trot Jones, Isham 3 So Dear 1928 Waltz Friend, Cliff 4 Evening Star (1928) 1928 Fox Trot Ahlert... |
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