This batch of 157 player piano roll scans represents one of the principal reasons why we are scanning century old piano rolls and converting them into midi form in hope of extending their life well beyond their paper form. Of the 157 titles, many of them are no longer playable on a conventional player piano due to age damage of some kind. Many were simply played to death in their day.
The data that is known for each is containing within the File Info section of each file, including the donors names, and also in the Complete_Uploads spreadsheet. Where data is missing, it simply could not be determined either from modest clues on the roll, or an absence of data on the 'Net. An "Advanged Search" on Google is useful if the title is somewhat long. But single word titles, such as "Diane", provoke a virual blizzard of hits, making it impossible to follow through. So, what you see in the File Info area of each file is all that I have been able to determine. Where possible, multi-tune rolls have the individual tune titles imbedded within the File Info area of each file.
As before, all these 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:
Special Thanks to:
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!
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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.
This complete batch of 157 titles are all contained within ZIP files within a single ZIP file. It's contents are as follows:
Duo-Art performances - 4
Ampico performances - 1
Welte performances - 1
Recordo performances - 1
88n rolls - 150
Total this batch - 157
A few duplicates are starting to emerge. They will simply replace earlier versions of same midi file. As we gain more experience with roll scanning, our output emerges of better quality. Simply delete the older midi files from same roll bearing same tune title and catalog number.
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 are freely available on request for anybody inclined to consider them as candidates for recutting new replicas. 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: batch21.ZIP (1.8 megs)
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. 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.
Ampico Performances
Dinner Music D - 100135A.mid
Welte Performances
When The Red, Red Robin - Y7454W.mid
Recordo Performances
Just Around The Corner 612990R.mid
Duo-Art Performances
Dinner Music- 01066D.mid Jeux d'Eau - 6199D.mid Suite, Op15 Valse - 5849D.mid You Were Meant For Me - 104215D.mid
Standard 88 Note Tunes
A Kiss In The Dark 4170S.MID A Lane In Spain 3923S.MID A Little Love A Little Kiss 41763S.MID A Little On The Lonely Side 8004S.MID A Shanty In Old Shanty Town 5408S.MID After You Get What You Want - 1219S.mid Alte Kameraden - F8997S.mid American Patrol 1354S.MID Apple Blossoms In The Rain 7964S.MID Army Air Corps 7656S.MID Around The World 9455S.MID At Full Speed - X9016S.mid At Sundown - 8851S.mid At Sundown O6417S.MID Avalon - 1203S.mid Ave Maria 0520S.MID Beer Barrel Polka 9515S.MID Bill Bailey Wont You Please Come Home 9553S.MID BKREN.txt Black And White Rag - 30720S.mid Black-Eyed Blues - 1557CS.mid Blame It On The Waltz 3745S.MID Blue Danube Waltz 3034S.MID Blue Heaven - 4095S.mid Blue Heaven 4095S.MID Boogie Woogie 7882S.MID Bubbling Spring - 80131S.mid Bye Bye Blackbird 8394S.MID Carry Me Back To Old Virginny 246S.MID Carry Your Cross With A Smile 2906S.MID Cecile Waltz - 60527S.mid Chant Sans Paroles - 80730S.mid Charleston 8691S.MID Christmas Chimes 30518S.MID Come Out Of The Kitchen Mary Ann 86972S.MID Concert Etude - 80921S.mid Daddy, You've Been A Mother - 1082S.mid Doe-88n.xml Dont Be A Baby Baby 8093S.MID Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 10607S.MID Elegy - 80971S.mid Falling In Love 3585S.MID Fats Waller Medley No.12 - XP431S.mid Firelight - 80745S.mid Gavotte And Musette 80877S.MID George Gershwin Medley - CEL121S.mid Goodbye Broadway, Hello... - NKNWN5S.mid Hail Hail The Gangs All Here 329S.MID Harlem Strut - 1557BS.mid Hello Aloha How Are You 3496S.MID High Brown Blues - 1557AS.mid How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down On The Farm Q191S.MID I Dream Of You 7996S.MID I Love Me 2263S.MID I Love You 7944S.MID Il Trovatore Act 4 720S.MID I'll Be seeing You - 9323S.mid Ilma - 11508S.mid Im Gonna Love That Guy 8037S.MID I'm Lookin' Over A Four Leaf Clover - 8345S.mid In The Big Rock Candy Mountains 4645S.MID Indianola 28612S.MID It Had To Be You 7953S.MID It Was Only A Sun Shower - 03468S.mid Its A Small World 10378S.MID I've Got The Red, White And Blues - 1771S.mid Jinga-Bula-Jing-Jing - 1242S.mid Jolly Fellows - 5383S.mid Just A Cottage Small By A Waterfall - 3720S.mid Kitten On The Keys M66340S.MID La Golondrina 1483S.MID Lead Kindly Light 123S.MID Leave Me With A Smile 1753S.MID Less Than The Dust 590S.MID Lights and Shadows - 80628S.mid Little Brown Jug 358S.MID Marys A Grand Old Name 7686S.MID Meet me In The Moonlight - 4024S.mid Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland 378S.MID Memories Of France 4391S.MID Merry Go Round Waltz 8517S.MID Minuet 400115S.MID Minuet Antique - 80866S.mid Muskrat Ramble 9078S.MID Never l;et No One Man Worry You - 1179S.mid New York Ain't New York Anymore - X5782S.mid No No Nora 2398S.MID Normandy 43231S.MID Nothing Lives Longer Than Love 4002S.MID Officer Of The Day 30459S.MID Oh Johnny Oh Johnny Oh 7123S.MID Old Shep 7572S.MID Pal Of My Cradle Days 3168S.MID Pastoral in E Minor - 80940S.mid Peter Pan 2963S.MID Pistol Packin Mama 7866S.MID Pizzicato Gavotte S8208S.MID Poor Papa 3474S.MID Popular Songs Of Other Days 2035S.MID Precious 3702S.MID Put That Ring On My Finger 8059S.MID Ramona 44844S.MID Red Sails In The Sunset 6244S.MID Red Wing 30529S.MID Remember 3228S.MID Rum And Coca Cola 8006S.MID Santa Claus Time - 1553S.mid Should I - 07483S.mid Silver Threads Among The Gold 400013S.MID Sleepy Lagoon 7641S.MID Sweetheart Memories 4126S.MID Sweetheart Waltz 7405S.MID Symphony 8062S.MID Tea For Two 2894.MID Tenderly 9516.MID That Lucky Old Sun 8561S.MID Thats The Beginning Of The End 8212S.MID The Alley Cat Song - 9876S.mid The Bohemians 20219S.MID The Bubble 90119S.MID The Ferris Wheel 7645S.MID The Flapper Wife - 3179S.mid The Letter Edged In Black 43329S.MID The Old Lamp Lighter 8177S.MID The Organ Grinders Swing 6455S.MID The Pal That I Loved Stole The Gal That I Loved 2862S.MID The Prisoners Song 3410S.MID The Sidewalks Of New York - 3252S.mid The Sunset Trail Of Gold 2049S.MID Ti Pi Tin 6815S.MID Till We Meet Again 645S.MID Tomorrow Is Another Day 5027S.MID Tonight 9845S.MID Toot Toot Tootsie 8577S.MID Twelfth Street Rag 1188S.MID Unfinished Symphony - 81123S.mid Unknown Operatic Aria 6480S.MID Water Sprite 80226S.MID What Does It Matter - 3844S.mid When I Take My Vacation In Heaven 5976D.MID When The One You Love Loves You 42585S.MID When The Red Red Robin Comes - 3550S.mid When You Come Back 598S.MID Who - 3346S.mid Why Dont My Dreams Come True 2429S.MID Winchester Cathedral 10116S.MID Wine Women And Song 7025S.MID WW1 Medley Sampler - 30970S.mid You Call Everybody Darling 8403.MID You Don't Like It, Not Much - 06575S.mid Your Feets Too Big 6155.MID You're Breaking My Heart 8524S.MID
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: batch21.ZIPbatch21.ZIP (1.8 megs)
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, against the batch in which they were uploaded. 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 Lotus 1-2-3.