[78-L] Scott Joplin on 78s?

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 6/25/2014 5:40 PM, David Breneman wrote:
>
> As I recall, many of the Joplin piano rolls weren't the typical home
> type QRS style, but a more sophisticated type that recorded the
> force applied to the key, as well as the more pedestrian "on and
> off", so it was almost an early form of MIDI.  Some music historians
> have said that these rolls are a better historical record of Joplin's
> playing than a 78 would be, because you can hear an actual piano
> "as he played it."  I'm sure someone else here has more information
> on this than I do.
>
>
I believe my father has an LP of Joplin roll music, Probably from the 60's.
Here's a rare one
http://www.pianola.co.nz/pleasant_moments.htm

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