Back in September, 1988, within our AMICA Bulletin, I focused
attention on a self-evident truth.  The very heart of our very special
interest -- music rolls -- are dying of old age.  I appealed to clever
people in our community to find a way to capture roll data in some
form of computer process.

In mid-2000, Richard Stibbons in the UK developed the MK1 circuit
board and gave me (us) a huge helping hand to develop roll scanners.
A growing group of like-minded people emerged and the rest is history.
Over the years I scanned some 6,000+ music rolls of a variety of
formats, out of which emerged a large collection of MIDI Type 1 files
that provide reasonably satisfying performances on solenoid equipped
pianos such as the Disklavier, PianoDisc, PianoMation, and Pianocorder.

A couple of years ago I ceased roll scanning and seriously downsized.
Recently, I had cause to perceive that all my .CIS scan files might
be useful to others, so I have assembled them into a single huge (4.6
gigabyte) zip file posted in my Google Drive cloud space, freely
available.  Most of these CIS scan files do not contain source data,
so I have also included all my MIDI files that do have source data
embedded within.

A caution: while my early CIS files provided reasonably satisfying MIDI
performance on solenoid pianos, they are not considered accurate enough
to produce quality recuts.  Hopefully, clever people will develop
suitable utilities to rescue these early scan files.

For those so inclined, the file includes Warren Trachtman's conversion
software which can be used to create e-rolls for use on pianos equipped
with e-valves.  For those that do go the distance to create e-rolls,
the resulting files will be very much appreciated by the community of
people owning e-valve equipped pianos.  Please make them freely
available.

This huge 4.6 GB zip file may take more than an hour to download.
Make sure you have at least 5 gigabytes of space available in your
"Download" folder.  The zipfile may be fetched by clicking on

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5IhVbYatt-XZVdIa2FzTGtrZzA/view?usp=sharing 

Regards,

Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

 [ Using cable Internet service I downloaded the big file in a little
 [ less than two hours.  After extracting the files using 7-Zip v16.04
 [ the total size within a new folder is 16.4 GB.  Thanks, Terry!
 [ -- Robbie
 [
 [ I caution against the use of Internet Explorer.  It has a bug related
 [ to downloading huge files.  Those with Windows 10 can use Microsoft
 [ Edge.  All of the alternatives, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc should
 [ work.   --Jody