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Re: [ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs and more!



Hi Karl:

This is fascinating. Do you play the rolls back on a vintage player piano or use a modern digital-translation system?

Also, who else did piano rolls? Didn't someone release an album of Gershwin playing his own pieces from a set of rolls or was that someone else? I remember there being a lot of mainstream media about something involving "lost" rolls found and recorded for CD a few years ago.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Miller" <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs and more!



On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Robert Hodge wrote:

Adam Caroll made many great AMPICO reproducing piano rolls! Did he record for anyone else? When do you plan on releasing a Cd or 2?

How about Frank Milne?

Good Luck In Your Endeavour- I will look for your release.

We have two CDs already recorded. One devoted to the music of Cole Porter. Frank Milne is featured as well. Also on the Cole Porter disc will be one roll recorded by Ferde Grofe!

The other disc is devoted to dance tunes from the 30s.

When we first discussed the possibility of doing this I was
skeptical...until I heard some of the rolls. Some of the arrangements are
amazing in their harmonic invention.

As part of working on these, we found a quote about
Rachmaninoff...according to the story, when he was at the Ampico studios
to record, he enjoyed sitting in on the pops recording sessions!

We plan to have the discs ready for release this summer.

Karl



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