Each year the GSM, the German mechanical music society, sends all its
members a Christmas present enclosed with the December issue of its
journal.  The 2001 present was a CD of T-100 (Red) Welte-Mignon rolls
recorded by famous pianists, played by a Welte Vorsetzer on a new
Steingraeber E-272 concert grand piano.  The CD was realized by player
piano expert Peter Zergiebel, of Rodewisch, Germany, in cooperation
with GSM and Klaviermanufaktur Steingraeber & Soehne of Bayreuth.

  "Die Elite der Pianisten", HB 80300
  "The elite pianists of the early 20th Century on Welte-Mignon"
  Vol. I.: Compositions by Brahms, Chopin, Liszt und Schubert,
  performed by Backhaus, Busoni, Carreno, Nikisch, Pugno, Schnabel,
  Stavenhagen und Zeisler

Herr Zergiebel plans more CDs with the Welte-Mignon Vorsetzer:

  Vol. II.:  Great composers interpret their own works
            (Debussy, Saint-Saens, Strauss)
  Vol. III.: Pianistic Bravura Pieces of the 19th cent.
            (Beethoven, Thai-mountain, Wagner, Liszt)

HB 80300 (Vol. I.) is currently available from:

  Klaviermanufaktur Steingraeber & Soehne
  Steingraeberpassage 1
  D-95444 Bayreuth
  Germany
  http://www.steingraeber.de/

or from

  Peter Zergiebel
  Str. d. Friedens 9
  D-08228 Rodewisch
  Germany
  http://www.klavier-zergiebel.de/
  email: pz@klavier-zergiebel.de

The price is 10 euros plus taxes and shipping costs.

Be sure to visit Herr Zergiebel's web site to view (and hear!) the
animated images of a Welte-Mignon air motor and box pump.  The direct
URL is http://home.t-online.de/home/klavier_zergiebel/leistung2.html

More about the CD is at the bottom of page
http://home.t-online.de/home/klavier_zergiebel/cd.html

Robbie Rhodes