This complete batch of 267 titles are all contained within ZIP files within a single ZIP file. It's contents are as follows:
Ampico performances - 62
Duo-Art performances - 55
Recordo performances - 2
88 note tunes - 142
65 note tunes - 6
Vox Organa Pipe Organ tunes - 16
Total this batch - 267
This complete batch of roll scans may be downloaded by clicking on: batch25.zip (3.6 megs)
Special Thanks to:
As before, the "piano" files will work on all solenoid pianos such as Disklavier, Pianodisc, Pianomation and Pianocorder. For those inclined to tinker with the midi files, a very good free utility is "MidiMod", available from Spencer Chase's web site:
Ampico Performances
Performance Title Composer Performer Donor A Beautiful Lady In Blue Coots Milne Dave Kerr A Garden Dance Vargas Fairchild, Edgar Dave Kerr A Perfect Day Jacobs-Bond, Carrie Volavy, Marguerite Dave Kerr Afternoon Of A Faun Debussy Copeland, George Richard Giaccio Aloha Oe H. M. Queen Lilloukalani Andrei Kmita Michael Swanson Anchors Away Arden And Carroll Richard Giaccio April In Paris Duke Fairchild, Edgar aka Milne Frank Richard Giaccio Ballade, No.1 in D Flat Lizst, Franz Nyiregyhazi, Erwin Dave Kerr Big Boy! Ager Lange, Henry Michael Swanson Butterfly Dance, Op.77 No.1 Friml Fairchild, Edgar Dave Kerr Christmas Carols Various Kmita, Andre Richard Giaccio Christmas Greetings 1926 Carroll, Adam Richard Giaccio Christmas Greetings 1927 Richard Giaccio Christmas Hymns Kmita, Andre Richard Giaccio Dance Of The Demon Holst, Gustaf Gerdts, Felix Dave Kerr Dinner Music No. 10, Noel Coward Medley Carroll, Adam Richard Giaccio Dinner Music No. 18 Farquar, Robert Richard Giaccio Don't Wait Til The Night Before Christmas Abel and Baer Milne, Frank Richard Giaccio Etude Op.25, No.11 in A Minor Chopin La Croix, Aurore Dave Kerr Etude, Op.25 No.3 in F Major Chopin Perry, Gray Dave Kerr Face To Face Johnson Kmita, Andrei Dave Kerr Fate Guy, T.J. Fairchild And Shipman Richard Giaccio Fifth Nocturne Op.52 Leybach Kmita, Andre Richard Giaccio Fox Trot Medley No.29 Various Milne, Frank Richard Giaccio Happy Days Are Here Again Arden, Victor Richard Giaccio Humoresque Dvorak Howard Brockway Michael Swanson I Wonder Whats Become Of Sally? Ager Fairchild, Edgar Dave Kerr Impromptu from Rosamunde Schubert Buhlig, Richard Dave Kerr In A Monastary Garden Keteby Black, Frank Richard Giaccio In A Persian Market Ketelby Hafiz, Omar Richard Giaccio I've Found My Sweet-heart Sally Pollack De Bert, Corrine Dave Kerr Journey's End Tierney Fairchild,Edgar Dave Kerr Liebestraum, No.3 Lizst Zeisler, Fannie Bloomfield Dave Kerr Macushla Rowe-MacMurrough Brockway, Howard Dave Kerr Make Believe Kern, Jerome Arden, Victor Richard Giaccio Murrillo, Op.138 Allegro De Concert Terschak Gerdts, Felix Dave Kerr Naila Ballet Waltz Dohnanyi-Delibes Munz, Mieczyslaw Richard Giaccio National Emblem March Bagley Carroll, Adam Richard Giaccio Night And Day Porter, Cole Carroll, Adam Richard Giaccio Nocturne Op.15, No.2 in F Sharp Chopin Ornstein, Leo Dave Kerr Outstanding Hits from Snow White and The Seven DwarfsChurchill, Frank Edgeworth, Bob Richard Giaccio Outstanding Hits Of The Day No. 10 Edgeworth, Bob Richard Giaccio Over The Rainbow, Address Unknown, Sunrise Serenade Milne, Frank Richard Giaccio Raymond Overture Wagner Pelletier and Loesser Dave Kerr Sanctus From St Cecilia Mass Richard Giaccio Selections from Pinocchio Harline Milne, Frank Richard Giaccio Semper Fideles March Sousa, John Phillip Arden and Carroll Richard Giaccio Sleigh Ride Junchen, Dave - arranger Richard Giaccio Someday My Prince Will Come Churchill Farquar, Robert aka Milne, Frank Richard Giaccio Star Spangled Banner Rachmaninoff, Sergei Richard Giaccio Stars And Stripes Forever Fox Trot Sousa, John Phillip Fairchild and Carroll Richard Giaccio Sweetheart, Let's grow Old Together Milne, Frank Richard Giaccio Thais Meditation Massenet Brockway, Howard Dave Kerr The Enchanted Nymph Levitzki, Mischa Levitzki, Mischa Dave Kerr The Herd Girls Dream, Op.45 Labitzky Kmita, Andrei Dave Kerr The Ice Skaters - Waltz Variations Waldteufel Loth, L. Leslie Dave Kerr The Last Round Up Hill, Billy Arden, Victor Richard Giaccio The Moth (Nachtfalter) Strauss, arranged by Tausig Munz, Mieczyslaw Richard Giaccio Trinity Chimes Decker, Walter Decker, Walter Richard Giaccio Waltz Op.70 No.1 in G Flat Major Chopin Zeisler, Fannie Bloomfield Dave Kerr White Christmas Medley Liberace Richard Giaccio Whos Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf Churchill and Ronell Milne, Frank Richard Giaccio
Duo-Art Performances
Performance Title Composer Performer Donor A Shanghai Tragedy Chasins, Abram Chasins, Abram Dave Kerr Adoration Waltz Magine Clair & Leith aka Milne Dave Kerr Barber of Seville Overture Rossini Alan Turner By The Waters Of Minnetonka Lieurance, Thurlow Lieurance, Thurlow Dave Kerr Callirhoe Op.37 No.4 Chaminade Armbruster, Robert Dave Kerr Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni Longo, Frank Dave Kerr Charmaine Rapee and Pollack Alan Turner Charme D'Amour (Love's Spell) Kendall Pitot, Genevieve Dave Kerr Crescendo Lasson Adler, Clarence Dave Kerr Dance of the Hours Ponchielli Alan Turner Dancing Leaves Miles Armbruster, Robert Dave Kerr Danse Des Elfes Op.3 Gabrilowitsch, Ossip Sapellnikoff Dave Kerr Das Rheingold-II Wagner Alan Turner Dream And Reverie Colber, Fred Colber, Fred Dave Kerr Rain On The Roof Ronell Alpert, Pauline Randolph Herr Flight Of The Bumble Bee Rimsky-Korsakov Rachmaninov, Sergei Dave Kerr Forest Elves Op.70 No.5 Schytte Hofmann, Josef Dave Kerr Gershwin Prelude 1 - PRELD1D Gershwin Dave Kerr Gershwin Prelude 2 - PRELD2D Gershwin Dave Kerr Gershwin Prelude 3 - PRELD3D Gershwin Dave Kerr Gotterdammerung-I-Prologue Wagner Alan Turner Indian Lament in G-minor Dvorak - Kreisler Moore, Francis Dave Kerr Jupiter Symphony C Maj 3rd Mvmt Mozart Fritz Gellerman Jupiter Symphony C Major 2nd Mvmt Mozart Alan Turner Last Rose of Summer, Annie Laurie Alan Turner Liebestraum No 1 Liszt Alan Turner Love Poem Gebhard, Heinrich Gebhard, Heinrich Dave Kerr Medley of Plantation Songs various Alan Turner Melody In F Op 3 No 1 Rubinstein Alan Turner Murmuring Zephyrs Jensen Giorni, Aurelio Dave Kerr Murmuring Zephyrs Jensen Ganz, Rudolph Dave Kerr Out Of The Dusk To You Lee Alan Turner Pierrot And Pierrette Edwards Pitot, Genevieve Dave Kerr Prelude op 23 No 5 G Minor Rachmaninoff Alan Turner Ramona Wayne Alan Turner Rhapsodie Hongroise No 10 Liszt Alan Turner Rhapsodie Hongroise No 2 Liszt Alan Turner Rhapsodie Hongroise No 8 Liszt Alan Turner Rhapsody In Blue - Original Demonstration Roll by Gershwin Dave Kerr Rondo Capriccioso op 14 Mendelssohn Alan Turner Scherzo Op 31 B Flat Minor Chopin Alan Turner Serenade Fuleihan, Anis Fuleihan, Anis Dave Kerr Serenade Badine Gabriel-Marie Armbruster, Robert Dave Kerr Siegfried-III-Exerpts from Act III Wagner Alan Turner Song Of The Boatmen Of the Volga Russian Folk Song Ganz, Rudolph Dave Kerr Sparklets Miles Banta, Frank Dave Kerr Symphony No 5 E Minor Op 64 3rd Mvmt Tschaikovsky Alan Turner Symphony No 5 E Minor Op 64 4th Mvmt Tschaikovsky Alan Turner Symphony No 5 Op 64 2nd Mvmt Tschaikovsky Alan Turner The Butterfly Bendix Pitot, Genevieve Dave Kerr The Melody Way, Roll V Miessner Gartlan, George H. Dave Kerr The Erlking Schubert-Liszt Alan Turner The Recessional de Koven Alan Turner Valse Triste, Op.44 - 59604D Sibelius Bauer, Harold Dave Kerr William Tell Overture Rossini Alan Turner
Recordo Performances
Performance Title Composer Donor Happy Days And Lonely Nights Ager-Yellan-Bernstein Fritz Gellerman Now's The Time To Fall In Love Desylva-Brown-Henderson Fritz Gellerman
Standard 88 Note Tunes
Tune Title Composer Artist Donor A_Little_Love,_A_Little_Kiss Silesu Terry Smythe Adeste Fidelis Reading Dr. Gordon Fahrni After_All Callahan-Roberts Terry Smythe All Aboard For Heaven Gordon Raspin All Alone Monday Gordon Raspin Aloha_Oa Queen Liliuokalani Terry Smythe American Home Songs arr/b Archer, Emil Dr. Gordon Fahrni An Orange Grove In California Gordon Raspin Annie Laurie Ryder, T.P. Terry Smythe Apple Blossom Time von Tilzer Fritz Gellerman Are You Sorry That I'm Leaving Gordon Raspin Ask Me Another Gordon Raspin Baby Feet Go Pitter Patter Redding, Walter Dr. Gordon Fahrni Banjo Gottschalk Terry Smythe Beautiful Stars Above Fuzy, Stephen Baxter, Ted Terry Smythe Blue Heaven Whiting-Donaldson Arden and Kortlander Dr. Gordon Fahrni Blue Rose Waltz Logan, Frederic Knight Terry Smythe Brides and Butterflies Moret, Neil Terry Smythe Bright Eyes Motzan & Jerome Dr. Gordon Fahrni But How She Lied To Me Gordon Raspin Carry Me Back to Old Virginny James A. Bland Dr. Gordon Fahrni Chick-A-Dee Stark & Brean Dr. Gordon Fahrni Childhood Memories Shearer Vestrizzio, Vito Terry Smythe Chloe Meret Cook, J. Lawrence Dr. Gordon Fahrni Christmas_Jingles Terry Smythe Could I?I Certainly Could Ager, Yellen and Bornstein Kortlander, Max Dr. Gordon Fahrni Curly Gordon Raspin Destiny Waltz Gordon Raspin Dinah Waterson Terry Smythe Don't Leave Me Daddy Verges, J.M. Kortlander, Max Dr. Gordon Fahrni Don't You Remember The Time Williams, W.R. Baxter and Kortlander Terry Smythe Drifting And Dreaming Dr. Gordon Fahrni Enchanted Days Roberts, Lee Roberts, Lee Terry Smythe Enchantment Waltzes Rolfe, W. Terry Smythe Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia Clarke Dr. Gordon Fahrni Flying Colors March Gordon Raspin Forever and Ever. Gordon Raspin Forget Me Not Dr. Gordon Fahrni Gems Of Scotland various Terry Smythe Gems Of Scotland various Terry Smythe Get Out And Get Under The Moon Gordon Raspin Go_To_Sleep_My_Dusky_Baby Terry Smythe Golden Eagle March Gordon Raspin Good Old Days In Alabam' Gordon Raspin Goodbye Little Darlin', Goodbye Gordon Raspin Good Bye Tosti, F.P. Terry Smythe Goog_Old_Favorites_Medley_No_2 Terry Smythe Half As Much Gordon Raspin Hawaiian Dreams Marpie, H.B. and Carter, Sydney Terry Smythe Heigh-Ho! Everybody Heigh-Ho! Fritz Gellerman Hilo March Milne, Frank Terry Smythe Hold Me Hickman, Art and Black, ben Hickman, Art and Ellis, Frank Terry Smythe Home Sweet Home Terry Smythe Hot Lips Busse, Lange Wendling, Pete Dr. Gordon Fahrni How Lucky You Are Gordon Raspin I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile Gordon Raspin I Never Knew How Wonderful You Were Gordon Raspin I Want To Be Happy Gordon Raspin I Can't Give You Anything But Love Cook, J. Lawrence Dr. Gordon Fahrni If You Look In Her Eyes Gordon Raspin I Faw Down An' Go Boom Donaldson-Douglas-Gumble Cook, J. Lawrence Fritz Gellerman If I Wait 'Till The End Of The World von Tilzer, Harry Daniels, Fred Terry Smythe I'll Be Waiting For Rose Time Gordon Raspin I'll_Get_By Berlin Terry Smythe I'm Going to Settle Down Outside of London Town Gordon Raspin I'm_Sitting_On_Top_Of_The_World Terry Smythe I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Jaan Kenbrovin and John William Kellett Dr. Gordon Fahrni In_The_Land_Of_Beginning_Again Terry Smythe In A Little Spanish Town Cook, J. Lawrence Dr. Gordon Fahrni In A Shanty In An Old Shanty Town Young-Siros-Little Scott, Harold Dr. Gordon Fahrni In the Garden C. Austin Miles Dr. Gordon Fahrni In The Garden Of My Heart Ball Roberts, Lee Terry Smythe In The Gloaming Harrison Terry Smythe Ireland Must Be Heaven For My Mother Came From T Johnson-Fischer Roberts, Lee Terry Smythe It's A Small World Gordon Raspin Ivory Tower Gordon Raspin I Want A Girl von Tilzer, Harry Cook, J. Lawrence Dr. Gordon Fahrni I Wish That I Could Hide Inside Redding, Walter Terry Smythe Jerusalem Parker Terry Smythe Jolly Blacksmiths Paull Dr. Gordon Fahrni Just_Once_Again Terry Smythe Keep The Home Fires Burning Ford, Lena Roberts, Lee Terry Smythe Kolibre Polka. Opus 132 Eilenberg Gordon Raspin La Campana Di San Giusto Drovetti and Arona Fritz Gellerman Land Of Nod Kortlander Fritz Gellerman Laughing On The Outside Gordon Raspin Leave Me With a Smile Earl Burtnett and Chas. Koehler Dr. Gordon Fahrni Leg Of Mutton Gordon Raspin Let_The_Rest_Of_The_World_Go_By Terry Smythe Liberty Belle Gordon Raspin Little_Pal DeSylva-brown-Henderson Terry Smythe Little Grey Home In The West Lehr-Eardley-Wilmont Arndt, Felix Fritz Gellerman Lorraine March Fisher Erlebach, R.O. Fritz Gellerman Lotus Land Scott, Cyril Mme. Sturkow-Ryder Terry Smythe Lotus Land Scott, Cyril Mme. Sturkow-Ryder Terry Smythe Love Berlin Arden, Larry Fritz Gellerman Love's memories Heinzman, Otto Terry Smythe Maybe Redding, Walter Dr. Gordon Fahrni Mean To Me DeSylva-Brown-Henderson Dr. Gordon Fahrni Medley Of Old Fashioned Favorites Dr. Gordon Fahrni Meet Me Tonight Mid The Roses Gordon Raspin Melinda's Wedding Day Piantadosi Dr. Gordon Fahrni Mississippi Ripples Hanley - Earl Dr. Gordon Fahrni Missouri Waltz Knight - Logan Dr. Gordon Fahrni Mocking Bird Webber Dr. Gordon Fahrni Moonlight and Roses Milne, Frank Terry Smythe My Girl's An Irish Girl Gordon Raspin My Buddy Milne, Frank Dr. Gordon Fahrni My Isle Of Golden Dreams Terry Smythe Oh, How She Lied To Me Arden and Kortlander Gordon Raspin Old Pal Lewis - Jerome Dr. Gordon Fahrni On Guard March Hudson Gordon Raspin One, Two, Three, Four Gordon Raspin On The Banks Of The Wabash, Far Away Roberts, Lee Terry Smythe On The Sunny Side Of The Street Cook, J. Lawrence Dr. Gordon Fahrni Pussy-Cat Gordon Raspin Qui Vive Galop Ganz, Wilhelm Gerdts, Felix Terry Smythe Ragtime Cowboy Joe Cook, J. Lawrence Dr. Gordon Fahrni Ray And His Little Chevrolet Grossman, Stanley & Baskette Dr. Gordon Fahrni Sabre and Spurs March Sousa Dr. Gordon Fahrni Sally Ager, Yellen and Bornstein Dr. Gordon Fahrni Sand Dunes Gay, Bryon Gordon Raspin Shine On Harvest Moon Milne, Frank Dr. Gordon Fahrni Steal A Little Kiss Ohman, Phil Dr. Gordon Fahrni Sweet Eloise Gordon Raspin That Old Gang Of Mine Berlin, Irving Arden, Victor Dr. Gordon Fahrni The Bells of St. Mary Furber - Adams Dr. Gordon Fahrni The Glow Worm Paul Lincke Dr. Gordon Fahrni The Watch On The Rhine Wilhelm, Carl Terry Smythe Voices From The Hillside Fantasy Rockstro Dr. Gordon Fahrni Waiting For The Robert E. Lee Lewis F. Muir Dr. Gordon Fahrni Wake Up Little Girl Herscher - Burke Dr. Gordon Fahrni Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Cook, J. Lawrence Dr. Gordon Fahrni When The Great Red Dawn Is Shining Gordon Raspin When The Leaves Come Tumbling Down Gordon Raspin When You Walked Out Someone Else Walked Right In Berlin, Irving Gordon Raspin When It's Lamp Lighting Time Redding, Walter Terry Smythe When My Ship Comes In von Tilzer, Harry Terry Smythe When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver Terry Smythe Where Do We Go From Here Wenrich Wilson and Browne Dr. Gordon Fahrni Whispering Hope Merton, Richard Dr. Gordon Fahrni Whispers of Love Vargas Kmita, Andrei Terry Smythe
Standard 65 Note Tunes
Tune Title Composer Donor Cuttin' Up Haskett, Charles G. Dave Kerr Dockstader Rag Copeland Dave Kerr Rag-Time Skedaddle Rosey, George Dave Kerr Ragtime Skedaddle Dave Kerr Two Step Selections No 9 Dave Kerr Yankee Consul Selections Robyn, Alfred G. Dave Kerr
Vox Organa Pipe Organ Tunes
Tune Title Composer Donor A Melody-A Pensive Mood Fibich John Dousmanis Avalon Jolson and Rose John Dousmanis Badinage Herbert John Dousmanis Finale of Symphony in C Major Schubert John Dousmanis Gavotte From 6th English Suite Bach John Dousmanis Il Trovatore Selections Verdi John Dousmanis Kiss Me Again Herbert John Dousmanis La Boheme Selections Puccini John Dousmanis Largo Handel John Dousmanis Madame Butterfly Fantasie Puccini John Dousmanis Overture Merry Wives of Windsor Nicolai John Dousmanis Mikado Selections Sullivan John Dousmanis Mortuary No 2 Various John Dousmanis Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor Bach John Dousmanis Finale of Symphony in C Major Schubert John Dousmanis Symphony No 1 Andante Cantabile Beethoven John Dousmanis
It is becoming apparent that the need to preserve the content of century old player piano music rolls is being recognized on an ever wider scale, as more people worldwide build roll scanners and capture the content of these rolls from collections in their own community. They are to be commended. Their work is very much appreciated.
In addition to a growing collection of midi files on my personal web site, other web sites have emerged containing a large number of turn-of-the-century piano roll scans, equally freely available, maintained by:
Warren Trachtman , creator of the IAMMP (International Association of Mechanical Music Preservationists). His roll scans may be downloaded individually from:
Those midi files that are freely available from Warren's site are in "bold" face. Right-Click on the tiny animated icon featuring a speaker, left-click on "Save target as...", and save the midi file to a directory of your choice on your own computer. Enjoy!
and
Robert Perry , in New Zealand. His roll scan midi files may be downloaded individually from:
If by chance there are others out there inclined to contribute piano rolls to this preservation project, they would be most welcome. It matters not that these rolls might have torn or missing leaders, may have broken or missing spool ends, may have ragged edges, may not have their original boxes or labels, etc. The only real concern is about rolls whose leaders are missing into the music perforations, at which point they have marginal value. I would ask that you contact me personally at smythe@shaw.ca before sending them through, to determine most efficient and least costly shipping both ways. Outside chance someone with a roll scanner can be found "in-country", to avoid international mailing and customs problems.
In recent months, a number of additional roll scanners are coming on-line elsewhere in the world, thanks to the power and magic of the internet. I have the only one in Canada. So, Canadian donors can send rolls to me, while US donors can send rolls to a US address, and so on. No longer necessary to endure a shark attack by Canada Customs. So, please contact me before dropping rolls into the mail.
NOTE: The principle purpose of roll scanning is archival preservation of the content of rapidly decaying music rolls, a most unique slice of musical heritage. The initial scan files, which are the true arcive files, are freely available on request for anybody inclined to consider them as candidates for reasearch or recutting new replicas. The midi files on this web site are emulations and emerge as a by-product of the preservation project and are made available solely for personal enjoyment. They should not be used for commercial purposes.
Many, many thanks to Alan Jackson who built us a complete spreadsheet (in Excel format) of every midi file contained within every batch uploaded from day 1. It can be downloaded by clicking on: Complete_Uploads.ZIP . The current batch will be found at the bottom of the list. Will make it possible to sort in any order of choice, by title, composer, or artist, etc.
Observant users will note a discrepancy between the number of entries on this spreadsheet and the actual number of midi files available. This emerged as a consequence of roll documentation errors within individual midi files that provoked my spreadsheet making utility to ignore them. Yet another aggravation is random single blank spaces in some entries, making sorting more difficult. My apologies. One day I will attempt to correct these minor errors.
If any among our viewers are unable to view or import an Excel spreadsheet, contact me personally and I'll "save as" the file in some other format that you can read and/or import, perhaps simple basic Lotus 1-2-3.
NOTE: The principle purpose of roll scanning is archival preservation of the content of rapidly decaying music rolls, a most unique slice of musical heritage. These midi files emerge as a by-product of the preservation project and are made available solely for personal enjoyment. They should not be used for commercial purposes.
This complete batch of roll scans may be downloaded by clicking on: batch25.zip (3.6 megs)