The quality of gramophone recordings only reached an acceptable standard in the mid/late 1920’s and until then often involved serious distortions to the playing style to get a usable recording, so these piano roll recordings are often a more faithful likeness of early 20th century pianists’ playing than their sound recordings. Many famous pianists (including Rachmaninov, Paderewski and Rubinstein) recorded reproducing piano rolls, mostly during the period 1905-1930. Reblitz Paperback 45. George Steck self player reproducing Duo Art player grand piano 6,895.00 Add to cart 5 x55 Includes 10 rolls Top was hand rubbed with French Polish to bring original finish back to a nice shine about 10 years ago. Reblitz Paperback 18.95 Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding: A Guide for the Professional, Student, and Hobbyist by Arthur A. They play specially-adapted rolls which are recordings of actual performances of pianists, and include special coding in the margins of the rolls to play the music with all the loud-and-soft expression. This item: Player Piano: Servicing and Rebuilding by Arthur A. Duo-Art, Ampico, Welte (of which there were three variants) and various other less common ones (e.g.Artrio-Angelus, Triphonola). These were the luxury models aimed at the more affluent classes and were the top-end “hi-fi” systems of the player piano era they were much more sophisticated than the straightforward foot-pumped player pianos and came with a price tag to match.
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