Free Music-Roll Disk for Disklavier
By Howard Gustafson, forwarded by Dan Wilson
Forward by Dan Wilson from:
Article: 25137 of rec.music.makers.piano
From: midiman128@aol.com (Midiman128) <------------
Subject: Disklavier and PianoDisc users - free downloadable disk please read
Date: 21 Jan 1997 19:32:22 GMT
I'm trying something on a larger scale than in the past. I own and operate Precision Player Pianos in Texarkana, USA (250 miles from Dallas/ Ft. Worth). Part of my business includes servicing and installing PianoDisc systems; most of the rest is dedicated to the restoration of pneumatic player pianos.
Just for kicks, I developed a way (I'm not the only one, I know) to 'transcribe' player piano roll music to a MIDI format, and then to the format read by the Yamaha Disklavier (also read by the PianoDisc system). This is only done with rolls that were made in and prior to the early twenties; I do not transcribe new rolls. For the past few months I have been giving this disk to my PianoDisc installation clients, and it has been received well.
I'm working on a second disk (already completed, but still in the testing phase) that I will probably sell for around $18. If there seems to be an interest in this type of music, then I will continue producing more disks from time to time.
The free, downloadable disk is located at
http://members.aol.com/midiman128.
You will need a blank, IBM formatted double density 3.5" diskette, and an unzipping program. (I plan to make the file self-extracting at a later date). Those who are interested may wish to explore the site as there is more on it than MIDI files. E-mail with any comments to:
hgustaf101@aol.com.
Please do not send e-mail to the address in this header, as I do not check it often. Thanks in advance for being part of my test audience and please forgive the finicky aol server.
Howard Gustafson
[ Is this guy a MMD subscriber ? -- Dan]
[ No, but he _should_ be! Can you send him an invite? -- Robbie ] |
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