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| 2019.01.21.07 |
Unknown Tunes On Capitol G Roll G-464
from Ed Gaida •In answer to Mikey Mills question, his Capitol "G" roll is number 464 and the complete tune lineup is: Ol' Man River Down Where the Sun Goes Down So Dear Evening Star (1928) Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time Somebody Sweet is Sweet on Me Forgetting You Because My Baby Don't Mean "Maybe" Now Blue Gras... |
| 2019.03.31.02 |
Un-cataloged Ampico 53204F "What Next?"
from Robbie Rhodes •In the list of un-cataloged Ampico rolls [190328 MMDigest] is this entry for roll 53204: > 53204 \ What Next? I Want You To Want Me With You; Keep Your Eye On Little Mary \ Tierney \ Arden Does this roll play two tunes or three tunes? The copyright data says "What Next?" is the name of a song and a... |
| 2019.09.15.02 |
Review of American Pickers Episode Sept. 9th
from Gordon Stelter •I watched the September 9th "American Pickers" with great joy, tinged by sadness: as the beautifully restored machines shown were seen, but not heard. Apparently, both the Legal Department of History Channel, and collectors whose treasures may be featured on "American Pickers", need to be reminded ... |
| 2019.10.06.01 |
Seek Vestal Press Drawings
from Jim Quashnock •[ Ref. Ken Lauderback in 191003 MMDigest] Ken, I do have several of these drawings: T-4 Wurlitzer Band Organ Bell Unit T-7 Flutes And Chest For Coinola Piano T-11 Kelly's Kartridge Lock and Cancel Valve T-13 Seeburg Snare Drum Beater T-15 Wurlitzer Unit Valves & Wurlitzer Lock and Cancel I'd be hap... |
| 2019.10.10.01 |
Cylinder Musical Box Collector's Handbook
from Paul Bellamy •[ Ref. Mark Kinsler in 191005 MMDigest ] My thanks to Mark Kinsler in his reference to the AMBC book on cylinder musical box restoration and his advice on publishing via Kindler. We will certainly take the advice on board. The problem with books of this type is the limited market, the high cost of ... |
| 2019.12.07.06 |
"Warsaw Concerto" For Reproducing Piano
from Jack M. Conway •Hi Group, David Kelzenberg asked if the Warsaw Concerto had been recorded for reproducing piano [191205 MMDigest]. I have Ampico roll 40053B, "Warsaw Concerto", by Richard Addinsell, arranged by William Flynt, Copyright 1973. The roll was "Produced by Powell-Malone Associates, Distributed Exclusive... |
| 2019.12.12.01 |
"Warsaw Concerto" For Reproducing Piano
from Grahame Code •[ Jack Conway wrote in 191207 MMDigest: > Hi Group, David Kelzenberg asked if the Warsaw Concerto had been > recorded for reproducing piano [191205 MMDigest]. I have Ampico > roll 40053B, "Warsaw Concerto", by Richard Addinsell, arranged > by William Flynt, Copyright 1973. ... I enjoy the roll very... |
| 2020.07.26.01 |
Souvenir Waltzes by E. M. Rosner 1915
from Robbie Rhodes •[ Ref. Matthew Caulfield in 200725 MMDigest ] Orchestra conductor Edmund M. Rosner arrived in San Francisco in 1887 with "Rosner's Hungarian Orchestra", later billed as "Rosner's Electric Orchestra". He was the musical director of the San Francisco Orpheum Theatre from 1897 until his death in 1916... |
| 2020.12.17.01 |
Sheet Music Sources of Wurlitzer Arrangements
from Andrew Lardieri •As part of my ever-broadening passion for the dying art form of mechanical music, I have decided over time to take it up to looking up the sheet music of many Wurlitzer arranged tunes from authors such as Harry Warren, Walter Donaldson, Harry Akst, Pete Wendling, etc. Overall I have memorized the l... |
| 2020.12.20.01 |
Sheet Music Sources of Wurlitzer Arrangements
from Wallace Venable •[ Ref. Andrew Lardieri in 201217 MMDigest ] Sheet music isn't terribly hard to find if you are willing to pay $10 or more for a copy. I just got 186 results for "Harry Akst" on eBay in Sheet Music & Song Books - Vintage & Antique. I would expect similar results for most other composers of the 1920-... |
| 2021.01.02.01 |
Happy New Year and Happy Public Domain Day 2021
from Bob Pinsker •Hi all! Once again, a new year begins and another great treasure trove of material enters the public domain on New Year's Day! More great compositions by George Gershwin, like "Lady Be Good", "Somebody Loves Me", "Sweet and Low-Down", and "That Certain Feeling" can now be used by musicians without ... |
| 2021.01.22.01 |
Book "Mechanical Singing-Bird Tabatieres" by Mayson
from Mike Chalifoux •I had posed a question on the 170713 Mechanical Music Digest about information on the book, "Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatieres", by Geoffrey T. Mayson. It has been quite a while, but I thought I would send a note letting you know what has occurred in my quest. I am now the copyright holder for thi... |
| 2021.01.26.02 |
Status of Piano Roll Box Label Maker (PRBLM)
from Craig Sedgwick •Hi All, I have an old registered copy of John Miller's "Piano Roll Box Label Maker - v7.91". This software works, but is there anything else out there that is more up-to-date? Did John ever update this software? If so, how would I obtain it? Thanks for your help! Craig Sedgwick [ You have a knotty ... |
| 2021.01.31.03 |
Piano Roll Box Label Maker (PRBLM) Under Windows 10
from Gary Watkins •If you are a registered license holder of John Miller's Piano Roll Box Label Maker Program, and you want to move it from Windows 7 to Windows 10, here is what I did successfully last year. I simply used the original program disk to load the program onto my new computer. It loaded okay, works okay, ... |
| 2022.04.28.01 |
Seek "Strawberry Short (Cake Walk)" of 1915
from Dennis Kocalis •I am trying, desperately, to find a Universal Music Roll Company player piano roll, "Strawberry Short Cake Walk" by St. John. If you could offer any assistance in locating the piano roll, I would much appreciate your efforts. Dennis Kocalis [ At U.S. Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 1915 -- [... |
| 2022.06.14.01 |
Extremely Accurate MIDI File From Video Scan
from Piotr Barcz •As many of you know, scanning video to MIDI file results vary widely. There's smooth ones and there's ones with tempo jitter or rough chords, but then sometimes a video will produce a MIDI file scan so accurate it could've been made with a CIS roll scanning system! It's this kind of scan that I mad... |
| 2022.09.03.02 |
88-note Piano Roll Music on MIDI Files
from Julian Dyer •[ Brian Tate wrote in 220828 MMDigest: > It has probably been almost 10 years ago that I would frequently > go to a website that had many 88-note piano roll MIDI files in > alphabetical order by song title. This may well refer to the IAMMP website, which had to be moved to a new URL. There are over... |
| 2022.11.07.03 |
Server to Share Piano Roll Images and MIDI Files
from Piotr Barcz •I've been using Discord, a chat service mostly used by gamers, to share CIS image scan files and MIDI files of piano rolls, and I've also used the site as a file hosting service for anything smaller than 8 megabytes. I was considering making an archive server that would serve a similar purpose to t... |
| 2022.12.28.01 |
Recording and Producing a New Pianola Roll
from Troy Taylor •Hello -- My youngest nephew is becoming quite an accomplished pianist. There is now some interest in the family in perhaps getting a piano roll made of his playing, but none of us are sure how to do this. He has a keyboard that can record and export MIDI files, but I believe that there is more to t... |
| 2023.01.09.01 |
Seek "What About Me" 1934 Fox-trot Piano Roll
from Piotr Barcz •I've seen this song, "What About Me", in only one video: https://youtu.be/t3_2VKlBsik Imperial SongRecord 08633 What About Me [8/34] I can't find a roll scan of any piano roll of this tune, nor the Imperial roll, nor any roll. Does anyone at least know who wrote the song? Piotr Barcz [ Ref. U.S. Li... |
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