'Shuffle Boogie' on a Steck Pianola

Shuffle Boogie - Pete Johnson. A lively piano roll played on my 1928 Steck pedal 'Duo-Art' Pianola - this time with the front panel removed. Consequently there is unfortunately some mechanical noise - but it does give a glimpse of the mechanism for those who may be interested.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Steck Pianola
• Piano
• Duo-Art
• Piano roll
• Aeolian
• Boogie woogie

[05Toamasina1938]

What is This ?

Pete Johnson never recorded any piano rolls as far as known ?

[storpingintheswuff]

Although composed by Pete Johnson it was (as I believe I answered a previous question) not actually 'recorded' strictly speaking , or 'played' at all! It was arranged by the late great John Farrell - who produced many rolls emulating the style of great jazz artistes.

[jev1937]

Very Interesting arrangment and performance. Great Pianola too. Sounds great!

[storpingintheswuff]

Thank you - glad you liked it.

[LillyC68]

Sounds great! I enjoyed listening very much....

thanks for sharing and best wishes,

Lilly

[AAErikCO]

Yep, I enjoyed it very much. I'd like to know which brands had moving keys, honestly, I've never seen that to be the case, but if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I agree with you its the music that's what we all love about this stuff, but the keys make it fun (and a LOT easier to learn a roll performance). Meant the stuffy brit thing as a joke, sorry. If it's any consolation, I'm a typical American lazy rude redneck lol.

Cheers!

Erik

[storpingintheswuff]

Some UK-built pianos DO have moving keys - usually the larger uprights and many of the grands. Even though I am a 'Stuffy' Brit (no sweeping generalizations there then!!) I personally don't regard moving keys as 'repulsive' (it is quite good fun to watch them) although it's the music produced that's of primary interest.

Hope you enjoyed it anyway - I'll be posting some more soon.

[storpingintheswuff]

ROLL is arranged, rather than PLAYED, by the late John Farrell. GLAD you enjoyed it!

As for the tempo - a valid point although that is the beauty of the foot-pumped player piano. The roll provides the correct notes in the right order. The operator is free to interpret the music - varying the pedalling and using the levers to control the dynamics - and adjusting the tempo to suit their own taste.

I will be posting some more in the future - so please keep watching.

[Pianosyncrazy]

now my keys move, but the piano just toasted....:(

[AAErikCO]

My Stroud had a weird issue. The piano and player were US made (New York), but the keys didnt move. The piano has a key lock which I thought was stuck, but it wasn't the problem... All I could get out of movement was a slight "jitter" on some of the keys. Bushings were fine, no swelling of the keys.. Solution? Had them professionally balanced and weighted so I could watch the performers in action lol :)

Stuffy Brits for thinking that moving keys were repulsive :)

[Bumblebee38]

WHO plays this please ? it is rather GOOD although slightly TOO fast