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When I saw your email, I pulled out my AMICA∗ magazine since they hadan article on this a few months back - It appears that there are norolls, but it says that: "The majority of the music is played in realtime by the orchestrion, with Metheny alone layering guitar...anddelivering solos that will, ultimately, be the only significantdifferentiator from performance to performance. But Metheny is alsotriggering other instruments with his guitar - mallet instruments,tuned bottles, cymbals and more - so when he is playing a part on hisinstrument, it's actually causing a myriad of others in concert withhim."
Vance

∗Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors Association

ClayE wrote:

 

Metheny is controlling these "player" instruments with his guitar.Explained at 3:05 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VymAn8QJNQ

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com,"ClayE" <ecclesreinson@...> wrote:
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> I wonder if it has one paper roll or several synchronized rolls.Who made the rolls for Metheny's music?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIZ2Ldrr5ok
> If Metheny toured with a midi sequencer/sampler for a band, itwould be a deadly boring show. Touring with this Orchestrion would notbe a boring show?
>