player piano

moo's player piano. playing bizet's carmen. november 2006

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Music

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• player
• piano
• bizet
• carmen

[pianoman1984]

is it an ordinary 88-note pianola or is it a true ampico?

[gabbymiller]

i think it's ampico! i'm not sure - i will check in a bit.

[leinaalaomeliac]

BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA CURSE OF THE INSANE EVIL PLAYER PIANO PLAYING CARMEN!! lol <3 this song

[tenderheart17]

I love it! Just fantastic!

[bandobendi87crosby]

Can you tell me how you work your player piano?

[bandit289]

Yea this is true, I have a Weber 1904 upright with the Aeolian Metrostyle 65 note player. These rolls (pin rolls) are getting harder to find, and Im lucky to have what I got. They came with the piano when I bought it for $700 in 1991.

[KawhackitaRag]

To make things even more confusing, the first widely-popular type of piano roll was the 65-note player piano roll, which was used by Aeolian and Chase and Baker push-up piano players, and a few inner-players. These rolls are the same paper width as a regular (later) 88-note roll, but the holes are larger and the spacing is wider. Also, the 65-note rolls are "pin end" rolls whereas the 88-note rolls are "hole end".

[KawhackitaRag]

As far as I know, those player 64-note spinets made in the 1960's by Aeolian, etc. play regular 88-note piano rolls. However, not having the full keyboard, they have a special tubing arrangement where the notes outside of the keyboard range will play in other octaves. For example, a note hit in either the highest or next-highest octave of the roll (88 notes) will only play in the lower octave on the spinet.

[pm0501]

Are 88 note rolls playable on the smaller 64 key pianos? I noticed that most player pianos play within the middle 64 keys. Not being a piano player... I am seeking advice.

[HarborGuy]

Thanks - good to know.

[KawhackitaRag]

You can play most American reproducing piano rolls on a regular 88-note player piano if you tape off the last few tracker bar holes on each end of the bar with masking tape... which won't leave a sticky residue. If you don't tape off the holes, the end few notes will play constantly ("thumping and tinkling"), from the expression holes.