Spencer's E-Rolls

Antique Music for A Modern World

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Good News for Piano Owners:

I am introducing a new Musical Shopping Cart. Twenty seven new CDs are available in formats for Yamaha Disklavier, PianoDisc and Pianomation. You may also create your own custom CDs choosing from over 4600 selections. The site is located at Spencers Musical Shopping Cart. The site is a little austere but there is a lot there once you start looking. You can search for your favorite performer, composer or keyword or phrase and canlisten to or download MP3 or MIDI samples of any available song.

If you are looking for a particular title composer or performer in my listings, the easiest way is to use the search facility on Spencers Musical Shopping Cart. Pick one of the piano types in the search category (at the top of the page) and enter the search string. This will being up all available selections and you may listen to samples in MIDI or MP3 formats.

A new set of MIDI emulation files is now available. 4852 files for $230. Click here for more information.

A new Ampico E-Roll CD is available with 1522 titles. Approximately 800 of these are different from those offered by Peter Phillips. Approximately 145 are B coded rolls. See the TO_ORDER page for pricing and ordering.

The E-Roll Player system has been discontinued. Bob Hunt is selling a system called "The Virtual Roll". I highly recommend it as an alternative to the E-roll Player. Click here for The Virtual Roll Page.

Support information for E-Roll Player owners may be found via the "Midi Valve" link on the left.

I have simplified this web site and removed many pages that were rarely viewed. MIDI file listings on individual pages have been removed. See the Download page or the files4Download page for listing off all MIDI files available. If you want to search for a particular title use the search facility in the Musical Shopping Cart as suggested above.

My Welte T100 format scanner is now operating and I am anxious to scan these rolls. Please contact me if you have any available.

Look here for the latest updates and click the underlined text links to go directly to the relevant pages. Don't forget to check the New New New Page for the latest music too.

Please check out the E-Mail Group for E-Roll Collectors.

Digital Piano Rolls are now available for collectors of Original Pneumatic Player and Reproducing Pianos, as well as for owners of solenoid operated electronic pianos, MIDI sound modules and synthesizers.

A variety of options exist for adapting original pneumatic instruments to play from MIDI tracker bar image files or from BAR/ANN files using Wind or WindPlay. See the Midi Valve Page for information on a new system. It is the simplest and most compact unit to date and will require minimal modification to original instruments. Other options involve the the use of standard organ valves or custom configurations.

Owners of solenoid operated pianos such as the Yamaha Disklavier, Piano Disk, PianoMation, and other pianos capable of playing standard MIDI files, may use these files as well.  WindPlay, in simulation mode, will convert reproducing piano expression into MIDI velocities for a convincing performance of these vintage masterpieces on modern equipment. The Emulation CD files will play directly on any MIDI device.

Use of these files is not limited to the owners of these expensive pianos. Anyone with an electronic synthesizer, capable of playing MIDI files, may use them as well. High end computer sound cards can also produce excellent results, if they are capable of utilizing digitally sampled "Sound Fonts." Creative Lab's "Live and the AWE series are examples of such devices.

These files may be used as source material for many other uses as well. The standard MIDI files may be imported into MIDI sequencers, such as Cakewalk. There is no limit to what can be done.  No attempt has been made to limit access to the data. No special software is needed to use the MIDI files. Any standard media player will play these files and they can be used on PC or Mac computers.

Be sure to check out the files listings on the Classical, Popular and Variety pages as well as the downloadable file listings and sample files on the "Downloads" page. Other listings and utilities have been moved to the following page: files4Download.

Any and all inquiries will receive a prompt reply so please don't hesitate to e-mail your questions. There is no such thing as a stupid question when it comes to computers and related issues. There are stupid answers, but I will try to avoid them, since you can get plenty from certain computer program help files.

 

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