NEW PIANO ROLLS from JULIAN DYER
Maker of rolls for Duo-Art and 88-note player pianos
These rolls are exact replicas of originals, made from recreated master rolls that contain each and every punch in the original roll, all in the right place, so the new rolls perform exactly the same as the original rolls. This is quite unlike the majority of roll copies, where the new perforations only approximate the originals, to the detriment of the music. For the specification of these new rolls, see The Anatomy of a Piano Roll.
Replica rolls listed here for Duo-Art instruments are copies of original rolls issued between 1914 and 1939 by the Aeolian Company in the USA and UK. These are perforated using the correct-size punches for all tracks, including the smaller "snake-bite" accent perforations. (A brief description about how Aeolian made Duo-Art rolls can be found in the page about the Duo-Art recording process.)
A number of new 88-note rolls are offered. These are primarily arranged rolls, taken from the sheet music and intended for the operator to add all timing and expression. Where appropriate these contain Themodist accent perforations that give more musical results on instruments equipped with this type of expression device. They will play perfectly on any standard 88-note player piano.
The number of titles available off-the-shelf is fairly limited. Ask for the titles you want: you probably don't have to find an original, because there are libraries of electronic scans that can be perforated to order! Anything obtainable can be cut for bulk purchase, where the buyer takes the entire perforator run of four or five copies, but if you want something popular I may introduce it into the catalogue so others can share it.
Rolls can also be custom-cut from your own MIDI files, with a minimum order of only four copies. Please ask for more details.
Please have a look at the rolls listed below. If you want to order any, details can be found at the bottom of the page. Take 20% off the listed prices if you order 10 or more rolls, or 10% off for more than 5 rolls.
What's new?
May 2008:
August 2007:
Replica Duo-Art rolls - list updated 29th April 2008
Title |
Price (£) |
British series rolls (originally issued only in Britain) |
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| 01 In the Forest – composed and played by Cyril Scott | 11 |
| 07 Caprice Chinois – composed and played by Cyril Scott | 11 |
| 010 Impromptu, Op 142 No 4 – composed by Schubert, played by Claudio Arrau | 12 |
| 032 Land of Hope and Glory – composed by Elgar, arranged and played by Max Darewski | 11 |
| 073 Prelude Op 25 No 3 – composed by Chopin, played by Irene Scharrer | 11 |
| 080 Entr'Acte Waltz from "The Snow Man"– composed and played by Eric Korgold | 10 |
| 082 Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs, No. 2) – composed and played by Maurice Ravel | 11 |
| 084 Pavane – composed and played by Maurice Ravel | 14 |
| 086 Toccata – composed and played by Maurice Ravel | 12 |
| 0202 Caprice – composed by Isidore Phillip, played by Jean-Marie Darre | 9 |
| 0211 Ragamuffin – composed and played by John Ireland | 9 |
| 0219 Le Gibet (Gaspard de la Nuit, No. 2) – composed and played by Maurice Ravel | 11 |
| 0220 Gamin – composed by Ivor novello, played by Marie Novello | 9 |
| 0340 Reverie, Op 86 (York Bowen) Primrose Mount (Dyson), Rondo (Ireland) – played by William Murdoch | 16 |
| 0341 The Rambing Sailor – Composed by Rowley, played by William Murdoch | 11 |
| 0345 General Lavine: Eccentric - composed by Debussy, played by Eugen d'Albert NEW | 8 |
| 0350 Equinox – composed by John Ireland, played by Frank Lafitte | 10 |
| 0351 Rhapsodie Op 11 No 1 -- compsed by Erno Dohnanyi, played by Frank Lafitte | 18 |
| 0970 Danse Macabre – composed by Saint-Saens, arranged by Liszt and further embellished by the pianst, Vladimir Horowitz (issued in America as 7447) | 17 |
| D577 Amberley Wild Brooks – composed and played by John Ireland. (This roll was only issued originally in 'Annotated' Audiographic form: the recut does not have the printing.) | 9 |
| 3099 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 – composed by Liszt, played by Alfred Cortot. (An American recording, but seemingly never issued in America!) | 18 |
Standard classical series rolls (issued in both America and Britain) |
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| "Excerpt roll for testing" –- a series of excerpts from other rolls to demonstrate the Duo-Art system. | 14 |
"The Warriors" – composed and played by Percy Grainger (made specially for the 100th anniversary of Denton, Cottier & Daniels in Buffalo, NY, and not otherwise issued.) |
10 |
| 541 Zampa Overture – composed by Herold, played by Rudolph Ganz | 13 |
| 926 Sonata, Op 26. First & Second Movements. Beethoven, played by Wanda Landowska | 17 |
| 927 Sonata, Op 26. Third & Fourth Movements. Beethoven, played by Wanda Landowska | 14 |
| 936 Sonata, Op 31 No 1 in G major. First movement. Beethoven, played by Ralph Leopold. | 12 |
| 937 Sonata, Op 31 No 1 in G major. Second movement. Beethoven, played by Ralph Leopold. | 15 |
| 938 Sonata, Op 31 No 1 in G major. Third movement. Beethoven, played by Ralph Leopold. | 13 |
5670 Intermezzo in octaves – composed by Leschetitzky, played by Ossip Gabrilowitsch |
9 |
| 5762 El Pelele – composed and played by Enrique Granados NEW | 11 |
| 5763 The Maiden and the Nightingale – composed and played by Enrique Granados NEW | 13 |
| 5838 March-Jig (Maguire's Kick) – composed by Stanford, played by Percy Grainger | 10 |
| 5982 El Fandango de Candid (Goyescas) – composed by Enrique Granados, played by Ernest Schelling NEW | 11 |
| 6061 Le retour des muleteers – composed by de Severac, played by Robert Lortat NEW | 11 |
| 6096 Lotus Land – composed by Cyril Scott, played by Rudolph Reuter | 12 |
| 6194 Etude, Op 15 No. 8 – composed by Serge Bortkiewicz, played by Lester Donohoe | 10 |
| 6255 Migon's Song – Liszt, played by Rudolph Ganz | 12 |
| 6266 Fantaisie, Op 49 – Chopin, played by Harold Bauer | 15 |
6269 Nocturne, B flat – composed by John Field, played by John Hughes |
10 |
6286 Round Grim Totems – composed and played by Alberto Jonas |
8 |
| 6339 Juba Dance – Composed by Dett, played by Percy Grainger |
9 |
6368 Children’s March – composed and played by Percy Grainger |
13 |
| 6406 Dance Negre – composed and played by Cyril Scott | 9 |
6419 Gaertner Waltz No. 2 – Gaertner-Friedman/Friedman |
10 |
6513 The Sanctuary Dvorsky/Hofmann |
10 |
| 6514 Symphonic Dance – composed by Cyril Scott, played by Scott & Percy Grainger | 12 |
6515 Gaertner Waltz No. 3 – Gaertner-Friedman/Friedman |
12 |
6568 Hungarian Rhapsody 10 composed by Liszt/Paderewski |
15 |
| 6581 Baigneuses au Soleil – composed by de Severac, played by E. Robert Schmitz | 11 |
| 6608 Pupazetti (Caricatures) – composed and played by Alfredo Casella | 14 |
| 6632 Andante from Organ Prelude in E – composed by Bach, arranged & played by Siloti | 9 |
6665 Fantasiestucke Soaring composed by Schumann/Hofmann |
13 |
| 6667 La Dance d'Olaf – composed by Pick-Mangiagelli, played by William Backhaus NEW | 10 |
6760 Two musical relics of my mother – composed and played by Percy Grainger |
10 |
6824 Zanzibar Boat Song – composed and played by Percy Grainger |
12 |
6878 Rhapsody in Blue (part 2) – composed and played by Gerge Gershwin |
13 |
| 6879 Brownies – composed by Korngold, played by Frances Hall | 11 |
| 6910 Idylle (from Pieces Pittoresques) –- composed by Chabrier, played by Alfred Cortot NEW | 11 |
| 6927 The Engulfed Cathedral – Debussy, played by Myra Hess | 11 |
| 6928 Chaconne – Bach/Busoni, played by Ferrucio Busoni | 11 |
6931 Free settings of favourite melodies: No. 3, Nell – composed and played by Percy Grainger |
10 |
6968 Mendelssohn concerto roll 2 arranged for 4 hands and played by Wilhelm Backhaus |
14 |
6997 Eastern Intermezzo – composed and played by Percy Grainger. |
11 |
| 7094 Rhapsody in Blue (part 1) – composed and played by Gerge Gershwin | 15 |
| 7190 Autumn, from North Country Sketches – Delius, played by Percy Grainger & Ralph Leopold | 12 |
| 7191 Winter Landscape & Dance, from North Country Sketches – Delius, played by Percy Grainger & Ralph Leopold NEW | 14 |
| 7192 The March of Spring, from North Country Sketches – Delius, played by Percy Grainger & Ralph Leopold NEW | 13 |
| 7275 Vallee des cloches – composed and played by Maurice Ravel | 14 |
| 7250 Carmen Variations – composed by Bizet, arranged and played by Vladimir Horowitz | 11 |
7300 Ramble on love theme from "Rosenkavalier" composed by Richard Strauss, arranged and played by Percy Grainger |
16 |
| 7302 Lesghinka (Transcendental Etude No. 10) – composed by Lyapounov, played by Dai Buell | 15 |
7305 Beethoven Sonata Op2 No3 Mv1 – played by Josef Hofmann |
15 |
| 7312 From the Canebrake – composed by S. Gardner, played by Robert Armbruster | 11 |
| 7340 Moszkowski Serenata – played by Ignaz Friedman | 11 |
| 7417 Procession of the Sardar – composed by Ippolitov-Ivanov, played by Rudolph Ganz | 12 |
| 7450 Preludes Op 32 No 10 & 8 – composed by Rachmaninoff, played by Horowitz |
13 |
| 7472 Bolero – composed by Ravel, played by Rudolph Ganz |
18 |
American series dance rolls (originally issued only in the USA under these numbers) |
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0458 My heart stood still (Rogers & Hart) played by Freddie Rich |
10 |
0507 Yale Blues (Vivian Ellis) played by Constance Mering |
13 |
0612 Makin Whoopee (Donaldson) played by Frank Milne |
10 |
0616 Where the shy little Violets grow (Kahn & Warren) played by Pauline Alpert NEW |
10 |
0699 Save your sorrow (Sherman) played by Moran & Leith |
10 |
0708 Sunnyside up (DeSylva Brown & Henderson) played by Pauline Alpert |
10 |
0831Diane (Waltz) (Emler & Emler) played by Constance Mering |
9 |
| 1004 You're the top (Cole Porter) played by Adam Carroll | 12 |
| 01015 I won't dance (Jerome Kern) played by King & Sterling | 12 |
| 01093 Hits from "Broadway Melody of 1938" played by Robert Farquhar | 15 |
| 713425 When day is done (Katscher) played by Harvey Maddon | 10 |
Rolls first issued in the 1990s by The Universal Music Roll Company, Rye (Mike Boyd) |
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| 8050 All I ask of you – composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, played by Erles Jones. | 10 |
Replica 88-note rolls
Russian Rag (Cobb) played by Max Kortlander (QRS 100870) |
9 |
Shepherds Hey (Percy Grainger) Special arrangement for Pianola by the composer (Meloto 35132) |
9 |
Zu Zu Rag, played by Victor Arden (Rythmodik E17663) |
10 |
Southern Pictures (Xaver Scharwenka) arranged (Artistyle 93603) |
15 |
Footlight frolics (Sidney Torch) arranged (Themodist 30825) |
9 |
New 88-note rolls
88-note rolls Themodist where noted, otherwise plain 88-note |
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| Gershwin/Grainger – Love walked In & The Man I Love. Concert transcriptions by Percy Grainger, interpreted for the pianola by Sid O'Connell. Themed | 11 |
| Moya Maruschka – a special arrangement for the Pianola by Adam Ramet | 9 |
Liszt Transcendental studies No. 1 and 2 Themed |
9 |
Liszt Transcendental study No. 12 (Chasse-Neige) Themed |
9 |
Arno Babadjanian Elegie Themed |
9 |
Arno Babadjanian Capriccio |
9 |
Nikolai Medtner Skazka (Fairy Tale) Op 35 No. 4 Themed |
9 |
Ernesto Nazareth Escovado |
9 |
Lothar Perl American Variations on a theme of Paganini. Created by Sid OConnell. Themed |
11 |
Ordering information
All prices are in UK pounds sterling. Prices for off-the-shelf purchases:
Alternatively, order a bespoke perforator batch of any title (4 rolls) and deduct 20% for that particular title. Batch-buys do not count towards the off-the-shelf discount.
All orders are posted from the UK, or may be picked up from Wokingham. Postage is charged at cost, packing is free. To give some idea of postage costs at April 2008 prices:
Please ask to confirm exact postage costs. Payment to be sent with order. Cheques must be in Pounds Sterling and drawn on a UK bank. PayPal is accepted for non-UK buyers - a payment request will be sent once the postage has been calculated.
Julian Dyer, 5 Richmond Rise, Wokingham RG41 3XH, United Kingdom
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