Orchestrations, Rare Rags, Restoration
By Damon Atchison
ROLLS BEING TOO HEAVY
I recently obtained some 38 rolls from a person in Florida with a player bench for $20. Now I have 58 rolls (regular size one-song 88 note rolls).
I tried making a pyramid on the top of the piano with the rolls, but it was so large snow formed on the top. I was concerned about the weight on the top of my piano. Now I have them all spread out in two rows one on top of the other. Do I need to worry about rolls being too heavy for my upright player to support?
[ No, just sweep off the snow occasionally ! ;-) -- Robbie ]
RARE RAG ROLLS
I have a roll called "Tickle the Ivories". It's a ragtime piece played by, Walter H---er, the lable is torn. I was wondering if this is valuable or if any or my rolls are. If anyone has the Billings Rollography, could you tell me the name of a roll that starts with the words "When You Wore Wh--- ---" in the title? (If anyone would like a list of my rolls I could send it via E-Mail it's in Windows format.)
PIANO ORCHESTRATION
I'm thinking constantly about how to add about 3 instruments to my player piano. I thought about Ampico valves to determine what key to play on which instrument at what time, but that means ALL instruments must have suction supply that's constant, so that would cause a strain on the suction. SO, I thought if I had a lock and cancel valve to transfer the suction to one instrument at a time it would prove less of a problem. I'd devote 6 tracker bar holes to "on/off" signals, then have my Ampico valve idea supply the selection of which instrument to give the signal too determined by which instrument had the power at that part in the song. The Ampico selection holes is where I'm stuck though. I'd need 6 holes at BOTH ends of the tracker bar, which flirts with accidental on/off signals on the roll, but those could be covered with tape! Does anyone understand? I hope I was clear; it's difficult to be sometimes.
GLUE
Has anyone ever found powdered animal glue with a hot melting point at the hardware store?
PIANO RESTORATION FOR THE AMATEUR
I've never restored a PIANO in the player piano itself, has anyone done this by a book? I don't have $5,000 for a pro job.
Damon Atchison
Damon66@aol.com |
(Message sent Fri 6 Dec 1996, 02:40:17 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.) |
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