Oh my god I LOVE her! Some of her quotes are brilliant! vis: "Rag players are the most temperamental," said Miss Pollock. "Even the women players of classic...
... Artists would play and make flubs. They intended to hit that G in the melody but hit the F# instead. The meant to play that C major triad second inversion...
Hi, folks! Now you're talking about one of my favorite topics, editing of hand-played rolls. I have more to say about this than anybody could possibly be...
FASCINATING! Thanks to Perf. Bill, Bob, et al. for this wonderful discussion topic. I'm learning a LOT. PLEASE keep going!!! Your sponge, ... On Nov 3, 2009,...
In terms of editing of hand played performances, there's quite a body of advertising literature regarding this, especially amongst the reproducing roll ads. ...
Immensely updated bio is done, including many more tunes - some from the ragtime era - and better detail on her later life as Molly Donaldson. An accurate...
Pauline Alpert wrote a few novelty-styled solos, some of which are included on the Dana Suesse disc I mentioned here before. Â Uncle Dave Lewis Ann Arbor, MI ...
A curiosity. I recently obtained the Crazy Organ Rag from 1955 published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Company, and composed by Dave Woody and Scott Joplin? I have...
Hi all, The other day I was thinking about the whole mysterious scenario around Silver Swan Rag, and some discussions I had with Robert Perry; we found out...
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The piece Crazy Organ Rag is nice, I like it. I have a mp3 of organist Lenny Dee playing this nice rag from Decca records; i once received this mp3 from Luigi...
Dear folks: Encouraged by at least one person (thank you, Richard), I thought I'd put in another bit about editing of hand-played rolls. I think that a great...
I don't have the National SSR, what I DO have is a three National coin pianos. Here's where I throw the monkeywrench into the "hand played" thing. The three...
Hi Bryan, I should clarify a couple things: The well-known roll that most people have heard (featured on one of those Boigraph LPs, etc.) is Master Record...
Hi Dr. Pinsker, Thanks for your post - I've long been interested in this subject and found your insight very interesting. I've done lots of experimentation...
Group, I was wondering if someone might care to shed some light on electric pianos or "keyboards" as some folks call them. I am in a most unfortunate position...
Hi Fred. This sounded familiar. Then I found out it was familiar. So you might try first re-looking at the thread started a couple of years ago by yourself...
The magic phrase in this is "without spending $1,000. There are some truly amazing electronic pianos out there. Roland sells one that allows the performer...
To enhance the previous thread, a few current recommendations. For a console-piano type of experience, the Williams keyboards have got decent reviews as of...
... Good points Bryan. I would add that a digital piano and a keyboard generally have similar memory capacity for nearly the same money, which also makes a...
We live on the 12th floor of a 23 story condo, and HAD a wooden piano, which we ended up giving to our daughter-in-law's sister, when she agreed to pay to move...
Hey all My family owns a nice Kawai MP4, and it's doing the job of a keyboard very well. The ECYS has borrowed it from me as it always sounds good onstage :) I...
Hi, Fred, I was needing to equip myself with a digital about fifteen years ago, and I did not have a budget. Whatever fit my needs was what I would buy. My...
... Actually - if you press the sustain pedal to hold bass notes while you play a chord, and are playing other notes in the right hand, or want to create a...
Reminder from: EliteSyncopations Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EliteSyncopations/cal West Coast Ragtime Society 2009 Festival Friday November 20,...
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Bill & Group, Thanks again for your help and responses ! Regards, Fred M Cain...
I have been down for the count with the flu. Not THE flu, thank goodness, but one that has me home-bound and unhappy. In my coherent moments I put some of the...
To dredge up an ancient thread - I finally found the answer to the release date of 'Fever Heat' in that great resource, Music Trade Review. 'Fever Heat' and...
Hi. Still battling flu, but can't comprehend enough that I know the link reference below is not for the intended page. Simple error I'm sure. It is for a 1923...
Hello to all! I'm very pleased to have found this group! I've been collecting and playing ragtime in all its forms for the past 52 years, and enjoyed every...