Kitten On The Keys - Zez Confrey - Played by Erik York

[P1anoYC]

You are awesome mate!!

[handsomepianist]

You play clean and smooth and I like your player piano.

The player pianos I see nowadays are the digital ones.

First time for me to see this mechanical type.

It probably cost a fortune.

It seems, it's hardly manufactured nowadays.

[AAErikCO]

@handsomepianist

Hi,

Thank you for the very nice compliments.

In fact, you can still find lots of quality player pianos for sale on craigslist or eBay, including Aeolian players. I would recommend having a technician do an inspection on any player instrument before making a purchase, in order to tell if there are serious issues. My instrument was mfd. in 1912, & no longer produced.

Keep searching YouTube, lots of good vids including rare Orchestrions & Nickelodeons.

[handsomepianist]

@AAErikCO

That would be interesting, but having my piano tuned up even take some time because of financial challenge.

[Toracube]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for posting it. Andy

[prvbs35]

Hey Erik, give me a call or stop by. Scott-Rejoice Piano 3-18-10

[AAErikCO]

@prvbs35

Thanks Scott :) Tuning still holding!

[Turkeydoodlers]

Thats was so i had to add its as a favorite

[AAErikCO]

Thank you! I'm flattered :)

[Turkeydoodlers]

its clear he is playing of he has the best edditing techniques on youtube lol.. Geesh

Very nice, great to see you playing this by hand, your very good.

As you know we have the same piano, mine is a 1912 :)

[AAErikCO]

Turkey, I need your email again. Still need to discuss a few things about your Stroud.

Hopefully you're Stroud will acquire the liking of Mr. JPJ below ;)

[JamesPriceJohnson]

are you sure you dont have a piano roll playing?(as a compliment) i like alot! but i think i never aqquired the likes of the sound of older strouds. i dont know. just not my favorite. how hard was this to learn?

[AAErikCO]

No, you'd see my feet pumping the pedals if I was ;) Thanks!

I had my piano voiced this way, an instrument can be versatile in sound. The computer recording microphone doesn't help. I can have my piano sound soft & gentle, or bright like I chose. I play pop, blues, & fox trots, & a bright piano sounds much better to me, in my opinion. The strings are also tuned to arround 441-442 A.

It took me about 3-4 weeks to work this up to playing. As per the descrip., I haven't played this in years.

[Pianosyncrazy]

Great Hands, Great Audio !

[AAErikCO]

Glad you liked it my friend :)

[Pianosyncrazy]

Sounds much like Zez himself!

[AAErikCO]

@Pianosyncrazy

Thanks Dave, it means a lot coming from you.

[Pianosyncrazy]

@AAErikCO Well it does ! Now about those Atlas rolls.....