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ARTCRAFT Music Rolls - for Player and "Reproducing" Pianos
Greetings, Pianola roll enthusiasts!
We have been creating and publishing VIRTUOSO music rolls for 50 years (as of 2002) and produce arrangements which have pleased audiences the world over, from The Louvre and Swedish TV-Radio to home musicales and concerts in the States. Now, due to the fact that we are increasing our inventory of ARTCRAFT Rolls, we need "space" in the storage building, so joined eBay to auction off many choice, original rolls from the past. Our own releases are for the 88-Note Player-Piano as well as the Duo-Art and Ampico 'expression' players. The old rolls in storage not only include these, but specialty and rare rolls - all original - and not seen in many years. Stay tuned for our upcoming roll auctions!A Half Century of experience is yours for the asking!
We are always happy to share our knowledge of roll-making ... roll interpreting ... and the use of the levers or controls on your particular instrument. Having spent so many years with domestic and foreign players, including some exotic pneumatic action designs, we are glad to tell you what we know ... or pass the information along to another expert in this fascinating niche field.One of the 3 antique 'Leabarjan' (tm) perforators in The ARTCRAFT Studio
Audio Recordings are the Heart of ARTCRAFT Music Rolls' celebrated Interpretive Arrangements since they are based upon "musical performance" and not sheet music notation standards. Good that many of the old rolls were, they didn't possess a simulation of 'keyboard attack' or 'graduated staccato' — just 2 of the many elements which are part of every ARTCRAFT arrangement. The absence of these "performance qualities" gives commercial rolls that droning or mechanical sound, when compared to live performances, audio or ARTCRAFT perforated rolls. Three Tandberg open reel recorders, one variable speed Sony-Marantz Cassette deck (which can be "tuned" to the 2 player grand pianos in the Studio) and a Tandberg Cassette deck — all under the auspices of remote control while Douglas Henderson operates one of the Leabarjans — play an important part in the creation of every Master Roll. 'Musical Analysis' on a measure-by-measure basis is possible with this unique method, and one which was developed over the course of 50 years, beginning with a "piano key" Wilcox-Gay Tape Recordio, a long-forgotten open reel model of the early 'Fifties.
If you have the opportunity to experience an ARTRCAFT Roll in performance, then you'll realize why it finally became necessary to clear out some space in our storage building ... vintage rolls which are good in their own right, many in storage for 40-plus years. Still, we thought the reader might enjoy seeing a glimpse, above, of the Interpretive Arranging method which separates ARTCRAFT releases from the 'products' of the past, fine that many of them were in their time.
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ARTCRAFT Music Rolls - Home Page
The Musical Wonder House - Music Museum
The PIANOLA News - Articles for the Player-Piano enthusiast
Artists Choice Music Rolls - Robin Pratt
What is a 'Reproducing' Piano?
9 spectacular PIANOLA Concerts for 2001 at Searsport Shores, Maine!
(See the 1929 Story & Clark 'Reprotone' upright and Arranger-Pianolist Douglas Henderson, on location)
Check out this PIANOLA CONCERT 'road sign' in Maine, for the 2002 season of Player-Piano performances!
(There are a series of informative links, at the bottom of the Illustrated Web page.)
MUSIC ROLL Enthusiasts!
Check out our free Newsletter, which can be sent to you via E-Mail every month or so. We feature pictures and articles about player rolls, new and old. There's always something of interest. You can see the "published" Newsletters here - ARTCRAFT Newsletter Archives
If you want to join our growing group of subscribers, after you've checked out some of the back issues, there's a "JOIN THE NEWSLETTER" (mailto:) option on our Home Page - ARTCRAFT Music Rolls
or just CLICK HERE! (You can unsubscribe at any time, and we don't even need your name, just the E-Mail address! No information is sold or shared with anybody else.)
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