PIANOLA SOCIETY Old Cats Whiskers Blues

[Zefrenm]

The Cat's Whiskers are turning Grey - A Drag Fox Trot Blues

Composer Ed. Gladstone & Felix Austead

Publisher © 1923 Philip Ponce Publications

I have a Diamond Disc of this song

Was this a stock arrangment or is there a performer for that roll?

[AAErikCO]

Such a tease :( This is like musical torture for blues enthusiasts not hearing the full roll lol. Hypothetically if I join pianolasociety, would one be able to provide a "certain roll" recording? LOL

[KawhackitaRag]

Say, who is the pianist or arranger for this roll?

[KawhackitaRag]

Turns out it's "Little" Jack Little! A nice recut of this roll is up for sale on Ebay right now (end time April 27) if anyone wants to buy it!

[hotsickle]

your kidding ? I didn't know he ever made any rolls. That's a good tune...

[AAErikCO]

Any idea what the roll fetched on ebay?

[HarborGuy]

Nope didn' toss em sold em all with the piano..they buyers wanted them....I don't think they were QRS rolls but were long playing and very old...

[HarborGuy]

Your very lucky to have these rolls if original. Most I have found are all in bad shape, and tear easily....

[KawhackitaRag]

I hope you didn't throw those rolls away! There is a preservation movement going on... especially for old pre-1950's rolls, where people with "roll scanners"...custom built electronic devices that scan rolls optically and create an image file - can recover the musical information of even badly damaged rolls (which would never play on a player piano)

[KawhackitaRag]

They can use these computer files for a variety of purposes including using a computer-driven perforator to make perfect copies of the roll, or using a MIDI sequencing program to transcribe the performance into sheet music.

[KawhackitaRag]

If you or someone you know has some unplayable rolls they are throwing away, have them donate them to IAMMP to preserve the music: (website located at w w w dot iammp dot org)

[KawhackitaRag]

Nice.

[pianolasociety]

thanks!