Disklavier

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "pangaeapilot" 
<PangaeaPilot@h...> 
wrote:
> ......
> The closest I have gotten so far to hearing pure artistry from my 
> Disklavier has been from the "Gershwin plays Gershwin" Software
that 
> was actual Piano Rolls performed by him and converted to 
Disklavier 
> Technology. There must be others???


Conversion of piano rolls to MIDI files, which can be played on the 
Disklavier, is being undertaken by several people in a loosely 
organized cooperative effort.
I have a website with approximately 1000 piano rolls scanned so far, 
and more being added as I obtain more rolls to scan.
There are many excellent performances by some of the top piano roll 
artists of that era ( Charley Straight, Zez Confrey, Roy Bargy, 
Jimmy Blythe, J. Russel Robinson, etc.) available for free download.

My site is at:

   http://www.trachtman.org/rollscans/

Due to U.S. copyright restrictions, only songs from 1922 and earlier 
are available for public download from my site.

My piano roll MIDI site is similar to Terry Smythe's site at:
   http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/rebirth.htm
which also has a few thousand piano rolls converted to MIDI files.

I hope this is helpful.

Regards,
Warren Trachtman