Thanks for taking the time to check out this page! Below, you'll find a handful of selections from the Pianocorder Music Library which were not fully documented in the Pianocorder catalog listings.
If you can provide accurate title/composer/lyricist information for any of these, please email your corrections to Mark Fontana <mfontana@frontiernet.net>. I will update the page as information is received and include a note indicating who supplied the updated text. Be sure to let me know if you do NOT want credit for your submission(s).
All files are in MIDI format (converted from the original proprietary Pianocorder format) and should be playable on any computer, solenoid-based player system, or pneumatic player piano equipped with the Chase-Gerety system and appropriate software.
Songs showing Nickelodeon in the source column were transferred from special tapes designed for the Rod Rice Nickelodeon, a modified Pianocorder system equipped with eight percussion instruments and a rank of pipes. The MIDI files include General MIDI emulations of the nickelodeon instruments, so be sure to play these on a GM/GS-capable MIDI player such as Microsoft Media Player. WARNING: These are very cheesy and rather sloppily done...
Songs showing MERP in the source column were originally recorded on Superscope/Marantz' Musically Expressive Recording Piano in their studios.
The Pianocorder system had the ability to adjust the treble/bass expression split point of its solenoid stack for accurate reproduction of Ampico, Duo-Art and Welte roll conversions. If you hover the cursor over an entry in the Source column, popup text will appear showing which split point was used for that song. This sometimes provides a useful clue when trying to determine the source roll, assuming the Marantz engineers who transferred the rolls set this parameter accurately.
Enjoy...
Title Composer Pianist Duration Source 1. Back Home In Illinois Unknown Unknown 2:04 Nickelodeon 2. The Brazilian Nut Rag
(listed as "Brazil Nut Rag" in catalog)
(Identified by Robert Perry)Sol Wolerstein Unknown 4:17 88-note roll 3. Ole Miss
(listed as "Clap Your Hands" in catalog)
(Identified by Robbie Rhodes)W.C. Handy Unknown 1:52 Nickelodeon 4. Dead Sea Blues Unknown J. Lawrence Cook? 3:07 88-note roll 5. Disappearing Daddy Blues Unknown J. Lawrence Cook?
(catalog says "Sid Laney")3:08 88-note roll 6. The Anniversary Waltz
(listed as "Donau Wellen (Tune #1)" in catalog)
(Identified by Will Herzog)Cliff Friend / Dave Franklyn Unknown 1:43 Nickelodeon 7. Donau Wellen (Tune #2) Unknown Unknown 1:31 Nickelodeon 8. That Gosh-Darned Two-Step
(listed as "Gosh Darn Two-Step" in catalog)
(Identified by Robert Perry)M. Kendree Miller Unknown 2:16 88-note roll 9. The Hangover Blues
Sounds similar to "The Tennessee Blues"
(Identified by Robbie Rhodes)William Warner (1916)? 2:04 Nickelodeon 10. Hawaii Unknown John Pike 4:15 MERP 11. He'd Push It Along The Ragtime Dream Unknown Unknown 4:06 88-note roll 12. High Society Blues Unknown Unknown 2:45 88-note roll 13. Hobson Street Blues
(Identified by Robbie Rhodes)Bob Zurke John Farrell 2:42 88-note roll: Jazzmaster J12 14. I Wish You Would Blues Unknown Unknown 2:47 88-note roll 15. If I Ever See You Again Unknown John Pike 3:06 MERP 16. Intermezzo
(Identified by Will Herzog)Robert Henning / Heinz Provost Peter Walters 3:37 MERP 17. Irma Rag Unknown Unknown 2:01 Nickelodeon 18. The Late, Late Show
(Identified by Tom A.)Roy Alfred / Murray Berlin John Pike 3:22 MERP 19. Die Lerchenfelder Waltz
(Identified by Gerhard Dangel)Johann Schrammel Unknown 2:01 Nickelodeon 20. Lilah Unknown Unknown 2:01 Nickelodeon 21. Mama's Gonna Slow You Down Unknown Pete Wendling 3:07 88-note roll 22. Nussdorfer March (Variant No.1)
(Identified by Gerhard Dangel)Josef Schrammel Unknown 1:53 Nickelodeon 23. Nussdorfer March (Variant No.2)
(Identified by Gerhard Dangel)Josef Schrammel Unknown 2:05 Nickelodeon 24. Once I Loved
(Listed as "Omarro" in catalog)
(Identified by Tom A.)Antonio Carlos Jobim / Ray Gilbert / Vinicius DeMoraes Ronnell Bright 4:11 MERP 25. Russian Folk Melody Traditional Unknown 3:23 Unknown 26. Die Schwabenthaler Unknown Unknown 1:49 Nickelodeon 27. Sliding Slim Unknown Unknown 2:09 Nickelodeon 28. So Tired Unknown Unknown 2:07 Nickelodeon 29. A Southern Idle
(Listed as "Southern Ideal Rag" in catalog)
(Identified by Robert Perry)Unknown Unknown 1:41 Nickelodeon 30. The Tarantula Rag
(Identified by Robert Perry)William C. Polla Unknown 1:55 Nickelodeon 31. That's Why I Love You Unknown Unknown 2:05 Nickelodeon 32. The Trouble Maker Rag
(Identified by Robert Perry)Claude Messenger Unknown 2:19 88-note roll 33. Unknown #1 Unknown Unknown 0:57 Unknown 34. Unknown #2 Unknown Unknown 2:28 Unknown 35. Espana
(Identified by Greg Coen)Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona 2:54 Ampico #62501G 36. Unknown #4 Unknown Unknown 3:15 Unknown 37. Unknown #5 Unknown Unknown 1:23 Unknown