•Maesto (Tom Jansen) has a three-page list of Duo-Art recuts, see http://maesto.com/Stanzliste/Resources/Duo-Art%2005-05.pdf Gerhard Dangel Augustinermuseum, Freiburg, Germany http://www.museen.freiburg.de/ http://www.welte-mignon.de/

•If you find a copy of the old Weber Maesto records made by Hathaway and Bowers in the early 1970s, you'll occasionally hear the triangle playing at the rate of fourteen times per second. The music (not the roll) is playing at a tempo of 140 half notes per minute, (280 quarter notes), with the trian...

•Specification of this organ can be found at: http://www.maesto.com/weltephilharmoni.html Tom Jansen [Gerhard Dangel's posting below gives the information in English. [--Relief Editor

•Dear Marc, take a look at www.maesto.com and you find a list of our actual Duo-Art recuts. The March 2005 list will be updated within the next days; there are about 121 titles listed, but we added another 30 rolls within the previous weeks. Thomas Jansen Musikwerkstatt Monschau http://www.maesto.co...

•Can someone explain what the "Echo Organ" mentioned on this webpage is: http://www.maesto.com/US/welteinstruments.html It says that the Echo Organ sat at the other end of the hall. So I suppose someone would write music for both organs, perhaps bouncing a tune back and forth between them. Was this ...

•If Miguel de Mattos wishes to buy further rolls for his Hupfeld DEA he should try Thomas Jansen at http://www.maesto.com/ . Thomas recuts a wide range of rolls and includes DEA in his list. Kind regards, Nicholas Simons, England

•Anybody who needs to identify European music rolls can take a look at my web site under http://www.maesto.com/ or go direct to http://www.maesto.com/US/identifyingmusic.html Thomas Jansen.

•Dear friends, to add a little bit to the list: Don't forget the wonderful instruments of the Geb. Weber firm: orchestrions like the Unika, Styria, Maesto -- and other very unique instruments (not only organs) from this Waldkirch factory. In our area there are even more museums to visit: * Schwarzwa...

•One Cultural Indicator concerning Player Piano Rolls Greetings! In this great hobby we might tend to take player piano rolls for granted. Compared to a Hupfeld Helios V or a Weber Maesto Orchestrion, piano rolls aren't much to get excited about. However, once in a while something comes along to sha...

•Thomas Jansen in Germany has recut rolls for a great variety of instruments, including the Hohner Magic Organa. Contact Thomas Jansen http://www.maesto.com/ Jurgen Goering

•Carl Kehret is looking for Popper rolls. Thomas Jansen makes excellent recuts for Popper and many other instruments. His web site is www.maesto.com Jurgen Goering

•Has anyone bought recuts from Thomas Jansen? They were mentioned in 040727 MMDigest. I went to his web site, http://maesto.com/index.html which had several recuts I would like to order. I tried emailing him a several weeks ago at , as listed in the web site, to ask for prices and ordering instructi...

•In reply to David Sharpe, Thomas Jansen has recently changed his personal email address due to spam overload. It's now mwmtj@t-online.de.geentroep [delete ".geentroep to reply] http://www.maesto.com/ Thomas speaks English very well and it is often easier to telephone him as he is obviously a very b...

•Hi Philip, Here's the information Thomas posted at Player-Care.com: Company Name: Musikwerkstatt Monschau Explanation of rolls offered: About 23 different systems Web Address: www.maesto.com Email Address: mwm@maesto.com Mailing Address: Musikwerkstatt Monschau Street: Rosental 4 City, State: Monsc...

•Thomas Jansen recuts Welte rolls. His work is impeccable. See http://www.maesto.com/ Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply http://www.pianofortesupply.com/

•Peter, Your roll mentioned on the MMD is a Kuhl & Klatt, often sold under the "Pneuma" name. It plays piano and xylophone. See Thomas Jansen's web page for a useful list of roll types: http://maesto.com/rollenident.html Philip Jamison West Chester, Pennsylvania

•In 1999 Dave Bowers and Tim Westman issued a 2-CD set of music played from various types of rolls (Bruder, PianOrchestra, Link, Maesto, etc.) on Dave's Hope-Jones/Wurlitzer residence organ. "Red Wing," from a PianOrchestra roll, was one of the tunes. Matthew Caulfield Irondequoit, New York ...

•For a few more photos of the Salomons Welte, including a couple of shots of the inner workings, both before and during restoration, see: http://www.maesto.com/US/welteinstruments.html Keep clicking on "NEXT" to see all of the photos. Mark Williamson Kempsey, NSW, Australia

•I just want to inform enthusiasts of the German Red Welte system (T- 100) about our continuously growing list of new recuts. Our website (http;//www.maesto.com) has been updated. There are now 841 new Red Welte rolls available! Best regards, Tom Jansen Musikwerkstatt Monschau www.maesto.com ...

•Per the recent request for Macintosh-specific MIDI applications, I use the following two applications with 100% success and ease: #1 "Aria Maestosa", a free piano roll editor for Mac OS X 10.4, Windows XP+ and Linus (Alsa), available at http://ariamaestosa.sourceforge.net/ #2 "MidiKit", for all kin...