For people who have connected their computer to an 88 note mechanism, how "Georgia Porcupine" by George Fischoff that was briefly popular in the One song I would kill for but have never seen is called What are people's favorite 88 note rolls? I am especially looking forīoogie woogie or ragtime or rock, something that really gives the pianoĪ workout. I don't have a lot of $$ and with lots of house projects and two little kids I don't have a lot of time, but my interests for the group are: The thought of being able to store the equivalent of a whole cabinet of rolls on a floppy is awfully appealing.
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Of course now the nagging thought is how to connect the computer to the piano (cheaply). Lately I have been playing around with midi (albeit on my $60 sound card) and have amassed a pretty large collection (1500? songs) by reading and following pointers posted there. About 90% are old rolls from 1917 - 1925.
It has been a lot of fun and I now have around 275 rolls.
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Except for being full of dust, cobwebs, and dead bugs and missing a few hinges and key tops, it worked great. I placed an ad in the paper, and ended up buying a 1910 Hallet Davis upright for $1000, including 91 old rolls. Then, about 4 years ago I convinced my wife that it was time to find a player piano since the old ones in working or repairable condition seemed to be harder and harder to find. Then off to college where I studied Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, then took a job in Southern California, got married, got a job back "home" (Pacific NW, with HP), bought a house, and became a dad. I decided that at that point in my life a motorcycle made more sense and postponed the player piano dream, but still kept my eye out for a roll now and then. In high school I had earned some money and agonized over spending it on a player piano or a motorcycle. Over the years they obliged me and by the time I was in high school I had about 15 rolls. My family thought I was nuts, but regardless every birthday and Christmas I always put player piano rolls at the top of my wish list. At that moment I decided that some day I would own a player piano. High, my family visited Seattle and we wandered into a warehouse that had a number of old player pianos for sale. I must confess that I have never restored a player mechanism, do not own a reproducing piano, cannot read music, and cannot play much more than chopsticks and "peter, peter, pumpkin eater."Īnyway, I have always been fascinated by automatic musical instruments, especially player pianos and music boxes.
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