[LAU] midi bonanza: scanned player-piano roll archives!

I needed some new "radio" for background listening via http://kmid2.sourceforge.net/ , and now I have it : http://nielsmayer.com/npm/smythe-midi.tgz http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/archive.htm For personal use, educational and noncommercial use only: ....... Century old player pianos rolls are dying. While their target player pianos can be repeatedly restored into perpetuity, the rolls cannot. It is important therefore that the content of these rolls be captured in computer form in hopes of extending their life into the foreseeable future. The process of scanning music rolls first generates a very large file, basically containing hundreds of thousands of pixels. That initial .CIS file can then converted into a .MID music file as a byproduct of the process. The files available here are the final relatively small .MID files which may be "played" through most any computer's sound card, an electronic keyboard, or in solenoid equipped pianos such as Disklavier, PianoDisc, PianoMation, and Pianocorder. All are Midi Type 1 files, with identifying data imbeded within the "info" area through the use of CakeWalk. As an aid for owners of such pianos who wish to use my midi files, Carol Beigel has assembled a very useful web site for this purpose: http://www.carolrpt.com/MIDItools.htm The midi files downloadable from here are made available solely as a convenience for personal enjoyment. They should not be used for commercial purposes. ........ Note this is a lot of music: gnulem-226-~/Music> ll smythe-midi.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 npm npm 48309966 2010-07-08 13:48 smythe-midi.tgz gnulem-228-.../Music/smythe-midi> ll *.mid *.MID DUPLICATES/*.mid DUPLICATES/*.MID | wc -l 3973 A cut and paste sampler from the A's And They Called It Dixieland 1062S.mid An Evening At Home - 61863S.mid Angela Mia (1928) 75393W.mid Angel Food Rag - 69 S.mid Angels' Serenade 0213S.mid Angel's Serenade 1193S.mid Angels' Serenade 6069W.mid Angry (1925) 3247S.mid Animal Crackers (1926) - A2157-1.mid Annabelle - 2356 S.mid Annie_Laurie-241A.mid A Precious Little Thing Called Love - 4583S.mid April in Paris 104945D.mid April Showers (1921) 6133W.mid April Showers March 09364S.mid Arabesque #1 [Debussy]D.mid Arabesque #2 [Debussy]D.mid Arabesque 51004a.mid Arabesque, A Flat Major, Op 45, No. 1 1198W.mid Arabesque_No_1-088BRD.mid Arabesque No 1 E Major 69901A.mid Arabesque_No_2-087BRD.mid Arabesque No 2 - 5808 D.mid Arabesque No 2 E Major 63503A.mid Arabesque Op 18 56166A.mid Arabesque Op.59 No.2 - 67776D.mid ARABESQUE_op_7_no_1_in_E-minor-0218BRD.mid Araby (1915) 32264S.mid Are You Lonesome Tonight (1926) 1123S.mid A-Ripper - 301813S.mid Arkansas Blues (1921) 136S.mid Arlequine Op 53 - 2539 R.mid Armentiers March 017783S.mid Arms of America March - 80533S.mid Army Air Corps March - 7656S.mid At Sundown - 713362D.mid At The Devil's Ball - 308 S.mid At The High Brown Baby's Ball - 893 S.mid At The Jazz Band Ball (1918) 8630S.mid At The Old Plantation Ball (1915) 86500S.mid Auf Wiedersehn 102185d.mid Niels http://nielsmayer.com PS: everything sounded just great till this one: 5th Symphony 1st 2nd Mvmt - 5030D.mid