I am disbursing some of my collection of 'stuff'. which includes some 23 Aeolian Grand Rolls I rescued from a family basement about twenty years ago. Now they...
Hi Gordon, I would be interested in them. Leslie Hoffman...
Leslie Hoffman
stuntrek@...
Sep 7, 2007 12:49 am
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Hello, just a couple questions to start. I have seen a lot of interesting articles for scanning rolls to midis. What abouvt cutting rolls from midis with a...
... interesting articles for scanning rolls to midis. What abouvt cutting rolls from midis with a program like Windplay, connected to a perforator? ... If you...
Take a look at Midiboek at http://huizen.daxis.nl/~Ppaardekam/ a program to convert MIDI input to paper templates for punching music rolls/books. It has also...
Hello. Thank you for the quick responses and great direction. I look forward to exploring the many avenues opened. Thank you, James ... Don't let your dream...
The Law of Unforeseen Consequences has emerged from out of my web site's ever larger library of midi type 1 files. The community of people owning solenoid...
Hi Terry and others; Solenoid pianos use property file formats. The earliest played off of cassette tape, then Floppy disk and then CDs. There are efforts...
Julie Porter
jporter@...
Oct 13, 2007 5:44 am
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Hi everyone, Carol Beigel (http://www.carolrpt.com/) has a lot of information on her website that might be useful, including links to download most of the ...
Hi all, I have an MK3 based scanner, constructed by Terry Smythe in 2005, that is surplus to my requirements. It's capable of scanning just about any format of...
... Many thanks for the links, appreiated. I've seen Carol's postings from time to time, but did not know about her web site. Very informative, just the...
In recent weeks, I have had some discussions with Jim Crank and Larry Chase about scanning wide pipe organ rolls. They have learned about what may be a new...
And of course, Robin Paepcke and I have a 24 inch plus scanner we do orchestrion rolls on. This could be used for your pipe organ rolls. Julie Johnson, ...
Very good information.A ready source for these arrays seems to be a problem. I have helped make one CIS scanner work and had only minor trouble doing it. Since...
It may be of interest here, I have been using my scanner quite a bit as of late. I purchased 40 Caliola rolls, which has given the scanner quite a workout. ...
Julie Porter
jporter@...
Oct 30, 2007 9:17 pm
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Over the years, I've learned that many rolls need repairs before they can be successfully scanned. I'm now passing 100% of rolls through my roll repair rig...
... Good News, Terry! AMI Semiconductor is producing theses devices. The next question is for the pricing. Even more attractive might be a chance to get hold...
Recently I had a delightful surprise from Gordon Raspin in Tasmania, Australia. He had perceived that piano rolls could be scanned using a flat bed scanner...
How much is that system? Can they build another? Is it easy to use and quickly produce a playable MIDI file? How much would it cost? D L Bullock ... -- D.L....
I am new to this group, but in browsing the articles, I don't see an explanation of the matter of paper speed vs take-up spool speed. Were piano rolls...
Hi Ken; There are some good threads on this in the MMD <http://mmd.foxtail.com> Use the subject search for the keyword "Acceleration" I put the formula from...
Julie Porter
jporter@...
Nov 2, 2007 9:57 pm
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I live in Southern California in the San Fernando Valley. My dilemma is that I do not have a scanner but I have multiple collection of organ rolls and...
http://www.musanim.com <http://www.musanim.com> Has anyone else in the group seen this MIDI player by Stephen Malinowski? It's not as elegant as vanBasco's...
Looks like an interesting program, Especially for music theorists. Years ago, I wrote my own program, using the Macintosh operating system, that would...
Julie Porter
jporter@...
Nov 14, 2007 10:16 pm
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Ken asked on the list; ... I thought I would start a new topic on this. Recently I acquired a large collection of rolls for my band organ. I now probably...
Julie Porter
jporter@...
Nov 14, 2007 11:27 pm
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... Well, I'm 58, but was raised on radio and recorded music! My mother was an opera snob, like yourself, and as she spoke 3 languages, English, German,...
... Julie One answer is that the notes (perforations) flow in the same way as musical staff displays. That is, high notes are up on top, low notes are on the ...
Tom Lear of MMD has done several midi scans of rolls with karaoke words included. Doug L. Bullock www.pianoworld.us ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
I had posted awhile back asking for help in the Southern California area. I did get one response about a scanner that might be able to do small rolls. Right...
... Hmm, I it really depends on the operating system in use and the interfaces provided to you. There are various abstractions for many platforms which make...
