Via Gary via Mark-- This guy digitally scans old player piano rolls and converts them to midi files. So far he's scanned 2,650 rolls! Here's his main page. Here's his scanner set-up. And here's the page with all the midis. I'm loading these old-time tunes on my phone right now. It's pretty neat to have 100 year old ring tones.
Digital Scans of Player Piano Rolls
Via Gary via Mark-- This guy digitally scans old player piano rolls and converts them to midi files. So far he's scanned 2,650 rolls! Here's his main page. Here's his scanner set-up. And here's the page with all the midis. I'm loading these old-time tunes on my phone right now. It's pretty neat to have 100 year old ring tones.
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To me, this is a perfect example of the MAKE philosophy, old meets new, creativity, and a redeeming social value. Thanks for posting this!
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