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autopiano commented 1 month ago

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"I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin , played on the LX

High-End Stereo Recording of this video:

http://www.box.net/shared/u...

From an original Ampico Roll, a great sounding Fox Trot of this f...

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autopiano said:

@CooCurrent It is in fact two pianists, Victor Arden and Adam Carroll.

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  Welte Mignon - Christmas Carols Program

  1. The First Noel; 2. O Little Town Of Bethlehem; 3. Adeste Fidelis;

  4. Hark The Herald Angels Sing; 5. Silent Night; 6. Joy To The World;

  7. What ...

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  autopiano said:

  That's a very nice sounding mandolin rail. Did you make it yourself or did it come with the player when it was a standard player?

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autopiano commented 3 months ago

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Pearl White at Shea's Buffalo, 1964

Pearl White was one of America's best-loved theatre organists. She was a child prodigy and probably the youngest organist playing for silent movies...

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autopiano said:

Thanks so much for uploading these - I have a few, treasured, Pearl White piano rolls, including 'My Baby Just Cares For Me'! It's great to talk with someone who knew Pearl personally. Did she tell you anything about her days recording rolls for the Capitol roll company in Chicago?

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  Ampico Lexington - Pense Sentimentale - Dawson

  edited by Emse Dawson # 7251U (Sentimental Mood)

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  autopiano said:

  Nice roll. What's the story behind it? It doesn't appear in Obenchain.

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  Welte Mignon - Polishola - Blair

  Played by Jack Blair released 1919

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  autopiano said:

  @pianmn199 Indeed - that's my point - nothing is known about him. I haven't been able to find any record of Fuiks/Arden copyrighting or publishing Polishola, so I wonder if Blair was actually him using a pseudonym. The Smith/Howe book says Lisle Embree was a psuedonym (false, he was a real guy), ...

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  Welte Mignon - Polishola - Blair

  Played by Jack Blair released 1919

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  autopiano said:

  Charitable of Welte to credit Fuiks/Arden, since it's a blatant steal of Harry Thomas's "A Classical Spasm", which he recorded for Ampico/Rythmodik in 1916! I'm hoping it was a labelling mixup rather than someone's dishonesty. Makes me wonder, however, if the mysterious Jack Blair was actually F...

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  Knightsbridge March (In Town Tonight)

  This is a player piano tune from around 1933 adapted for the Band Wagon.

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  autopiano said:

  Sounds like this scan was taken from my website at pianola.co.nz - if so, the original roll artist deserves credit - Laurel Pardey, of the Mastertouch roll company in Sydney, Australia.

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autopiano commented 6 months ago

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Pineapple Rag - Played By Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin Pineapple Rag, played by Scott Joplin

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autopiano said:

Through no fault of the uploader, he is repeating an inaccurate statement started by the manufacturers of this CD/LP. Joplin only made seven handplayed rolls - "Maple Leaf Rag" x 2, Weeping Willow, Magnetic, Ole Miss Rags, Something Doing, and Pleasant Moments - Ragtime Waltz. The rest of the ro...

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  Easy Winner - Played By Scott Joplin

  Scott Joplin - Easy Winner, played by Scott Joplin

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  autopiano said:

  Through no fault of the uploader, he is repeating an inaccurate statement started by the manufacturers of this CD/LP. Joplin only made seven handplayed rolls - "Maple Leaf Rag" x 2, Weeping Willow, Magnetic, Ole Miss Rags, Something Doing, and Pleasant Moments - Ragtime Waltz. The rest of the ro...

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  Plesant Moments - Played by Scott Joplin

  This piano roll was discovered on Ebay, in the incorrect box., and was found to be the lost Joplin roll that collectors had been seeking for more t...

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  autopiano said:

  As the guy who discovered the roll and produced the MP3 that has been uploaded here....more info about the roll and discovery can be found at my site: pianola.co.nz/pleasant_moments.htm

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autopiano commented 7 months ago

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President Coolidge March Player Piano

This (Shaky) video was taken on my iPhone; sorry for the video quality, but the audio should suffice. This march was written to commemorate Coolidg...

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autopiano said:

This is Vocalstyle roll #12930, composed by Costello and Carson, played by Sam Jones and Abe Cole. Both of these names are likely Vocalstyle 'house names', used by whoever was at the recording piano or arranging table that day. Lovely high-quality performance as is usual with Vocalstyle!

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  my player piano roll collection

  here are my paper piano roll collection

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  autopiano said:

  They're not rare as such. You can find heaps of them on Ebay, along with regular sized rolls. Collectors usually go by the recording artist or the type of music.

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  my player piano roll collection

  here are my paper piano roll collection

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  autopiano said:

  Yes, there were jumbo rolls, and yes, the roll you're showing is a jumbo/extended play roll for use on normal player pianos.

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  Emblem 8811 "Tom, Dick, Harry and Jack" pb Warren

  88 note roll "Tom, Dick, Harry and Jack" played on Cable console player

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  autopiano said:

  Nice roll. You might be interested to know "B. Warren" is a psuedonym of US artist Bertha Wolpa, also known as Bertha Walker when she recorded for Ampico, and later on Bee Walker, who wrote 'Hey Jealous Lover' sung by Sinatra! Quite an interesting life she led.

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  The Sobbin' Blues - New Orleans Jazz Gone Piano Roll

  Here is a piano roll with a tune from the pen of the great jazz master and Chicago born band leader, Art Kassel (1896 - 1965). It is no wonder that...

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  autopiano said:

  @pgronemeier Given Dick Watson wasn't even a glint in his father's eye at the time this roll was released, and Fred Osborne and Mr. Howe never really existed, I doubt it..

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  Ampico Lexington - 88n - Earl Fuller's Jazz - Roll #3

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  autopiano said:

  Many thanks for posting this 3-set! I've tried unsuccessfully in the past to win these rolls on Ebay, and will redouble my efforts now you've shown how fantastic they are!

  As an aside, I was fully prepared to hate this piano when I first clicked on your video - a homebuilt Ampico?! Just goes to s...

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  Grieg Concerto in A minor - Allegro (Full)

  Full piece showing just keys, pedals and hammers.

  MIDI

  Piano Concerto in a minor, op. 16 (perf. on 1858)

  Ampico (live) recording, piano: Marguerite...

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  autopiano said:

  @KevinBeethoven - This video was generated from a player piano roll, for the 'Ampico' reproducing system. The pianiste, Margaret Volavy, recorded this some time between 1912-1917. Until the 1920s, the Ampico system frequently used 'note extensions' to simulate half-pedalling, or use of the sosten...

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autopiano commented 1 year ago

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Player PIano Roll The Wabash Blues - 4 Hand Jazz

Another great duet, performed here on a MelOdee piano rolls from the 1920's. While this is another example of the early blues, this arrangement is...

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autopiano said:

The pianists, as per the 1923 Melodee catalogue, were Cliff Hess and Frank Banta. Neat roll!

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  Seeburg Style L piano: "Hot Spring Water"

  A roughly 1920 Seeburg style L automatic piano. Common as dust in the 1920s, these fun little saloon pianos have had a fairly good survival rate wi...

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  autopiano said:

  @05Toamasina1938

  2051- BIRMINGHAM BLUES—(1) I've Got a New

  Mama Down in New Orleans; (2) Forty-seventh Street

  Stomp; (3) Trouble in Mind; (4) Shake That Thing;

  (5) State Street Skiffle; (6) Back Alley Rub; (7) Jackass

  Blues; (8) Hard to Get Gertie; (9) Dixie Dreams Blues;

  (10) Hot Spring Water B...

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  Knabe Ampico-Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

  1926 5'3 Knabe Ampico A playing "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" from "Showboat"

  I was playing with the new camcorder. This is recorded using the penci...

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  autopiano said:

  J. Milton Delcamp is the pianist here. He died tragically young of tuberculosis, and this roll is proof of what a loss that was to the musical world. Your Ampico sounds great!

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  Roaring '20s Hits On The Player Piano - CHARLEY MY BOY

  As most of you know, the 1920s was the peak of the player piano's popularity. Here we have a lively player piano rendition of "Charley My Boy" pla...

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  autopiano said:

  It will have been taken from a Welte Licensee roll. Loscalzo was born in 1901 and made rolls from about '24 onwards. Not sure when he died.

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  Ampico "Sweet Man", Played by Zez Confrey, Mason & Hamlin RBB, 206571E

  One of Zez Confrey's best Ampico rolls. Recorded using an excellent 2009 re-cut from Dean Howe and Michael Swanson.

  High-end Stereo recording: ...

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  autopiano said:

  The Ampico recording book still exists, complete with dates various rolls were recorded, and as far as I know Confrey is in there. (As an example of how detailed they are, Lee Sims recorded 'Me And My Shadow' on June 15, 1927. The roll was issued in August). So I doubt the Confrey rolls are drawi...

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  CHING CHONG on my Player piano

  Pampa nº 3224

  Saxophon

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  autopiano said:

  Interesting, this appears to be a straight 100% copy of the QRS roll. I wonder if PAMPA was licensed to do so, or pirated it.

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  Fab '50s Hits On The Player Piano - BYE BYE LOVE

  Here we have a great player piano rendition of "Bye Bye Love" played by Harris Adams (aka J. Lawrence Cook) and originally issued as QRS 9464, then...

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  autopiano said:

  I'm enjoying your '50s hits, however it's not safe to assume every name on QRS rolls of this era is Cook. Harris Adams was very much real, and only worked at QRS for about a year. He was born in 1934, so is probably still alive.

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  William Tell Overture - Raymond Baird, saxophone (1936)

  Not much information is available on Raymond Baird, but he was featured in a 1937 film, "Oh say can you hear", where he apparently played two saxop...

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  autopiano said:

  Here's a better photo of Ray (it's on about page 30). only problem, he's 8 years old!

  amica.org/Literature/Smythe/Music_Trades_31Jan1925.pdf

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