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Sunday, April 19, 2015

It has been several busy months for me



After 17 years of storage, I have refurbished and updated my P-100 Pianocorder and installed it in a 1953 Wurlitzer console piano.  I have posted several photos of the actual work over the past 6 months.  I will be posting videos very shortly now.  The piano was a joint "rescue".  My landlady, Dr.Janet Gitney and I saved this piano from total destruction. It was scheduled to be dumped in the trash.  The piano was in very fine condition, even the case was beautiful in it's original mahogany finish.  The piano from an operational standpoint was in good tune, and fairly well regulated.  Some key releveling and minor action work has produced a very nice player piano.  But it's NOT just a player piano - it can do a whole lot more, as my videos will show.  I am working on transcribing some really great piano performances specifically for the Pianocorder digital system.  Here are some photos of the work as it was accomplished.












The Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra....

The setting is the East Broad Top Steam Railroad...
The orchestra is joined by Frederick Hodges
playing a rare 1922 foxtrot dance version of Felix Arndt's
signature piece... "NOLA"
If you are a train buff as I am, the intro should catch your attention !!