NEW PIANO ROLLS from JULIAN DYER
For Duo-Art and 88-note player pianos
New rolls let you choose the music for your player piano and buy it when you want it, not just make do with what turns up. New rolls don't have the damage and decay that old rolls suffer from. Buy your new rolls here!
Below are the catalogues of rolls for standard 88-note player pianos and automatic Duo-Art instruments. Not sure what rolls your player piano can use? Have a look at the page on compatibility. If you know what you want, you can order directly.
Duo-Art rolls
These are special rolls needed to operate Duo-Art pianos that automatically reproduce the performance of the pianist. The copies here are exact replicas of original rolls, containing each and every punch in the original roll, all in the right place and of the right size, 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.
A brief description about how the Aeolian Company made the original Duo-Art rolls can be found in the page about the Duo-Art recording process. If you want to know more about how Duo-Art pianos work, have a look at Understanding and Regulating the Pedal-Electric Duo-Art.
Standard 88-note rolls
Most player pianos use 88-note rolls, with the operator (or 'Pianolist') adding all timing and expression. Some instruments have an extra accenting mechanism to highlight certain notes, and the rolls here have accenting when this is appropriate. They will play perfectly on any standard 88-note player piano. The catalogue has a mixture of replica and new rolls, including titles newly arranged by Adam Ramet to play in a way that only the player piano can!
Special recut orders
I can only offer a fairly limited list of rolls off-the-shelf, but there are huge numbers of other rolls that could be recut. Ask for the titles you want: you may well not 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 copies. I don't copy rolls less than 50 years old, or older recuts.
Custom-cut new rolls
I can cut new rolls from MIDI files, as long as the MIDI file is provided in a form ready for cutting - I can check a file to assess how suitable it is for making into a roll. New rolls are supplied only in batches of four copies; it's not practical to supply single rolls or proof rolls, although I can provide examples of how the MIDI will sound once it's been cut into a roll. I cannot create MIDI files for you, so if there is something you want you'll have to find somebody to create it for you, and I'll then happily cut it for you.
What's new?
July 2020 - New titles
September 2019 - A large and wide-ranging release of new Duo-Art and 88-note titles. From old to new (for Duo-Art) classics and much in between, and a good selection of popular rolls.
August 2019 - new titles from Adam Ramet
Replica Duo-Art rolls - list updated 18 Dec 2020
Bulk orders: take 20% off the listed prices if you order 10 or more rolls, or 10% off for more than 5 rolls.
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Titles marked NEW will be in the catalogue for a year after being added, maybe longer. Titles marked LAST ORDERS will not be replaced when stocks run out, so order now! Titles marked LONG ROLL are longer than Aeolian's standard maximum roll length of 100 feet - they will work well on most Duo-Arts but this cannot be guaranteed |
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Duo-Art
Test Roll
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Duo-Art test roll, with description sheet. A modification of the standard British roll, with the zero-setting section extended to cover a wider range of notes. Very similar to the American "test roll number 3" but without musical examples. | 12 |
British
series rolls (originally issued only in Britain)
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03 Three Cuban Dances – composed by Cervantes, played by Adela Verne | 16 |
019 Valse for Claudio Arrau – Sofie Menter played by Claudio Arrau | 14 |
026 The Naiads and The Hobby Horse – played by the composer, Leo Livens | 14 |
061 L'Ondine – played by the composer, Cecile Chaminade | 14 |
062 Preludes, Book I No 2 Voiles – Debussy played by Myra Hess | 14 |
063 Toccata in A – Paradies played by Harold Samuel | 14 |
082 Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs, No. 2) – composed and played by Maurice Ravel LAST ORDERS |
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0208 Etude Op 4 No 3 – Szymanowsky played by Myra Hess | 14 |
0219 Le Gibet (Gaspard de la Nuit, No. 2) – composed and played by Maurice Ravel LAST ORDERS | 16 |
0342 Cubana (Piezas Españolas, No. 2) – Falla played by Joseph Greene | 16 |
0351 Rhapsodie Op 11 No 1 – composed by Erno Dohnanyi, played by Frank Lafitte LAST ORDERS |
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Standard
classical series rolls (issued in both America and Britain)
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515 The Hebrides ("Fingal's Cave Overture" – Mendelssohn, played by Ganz and Hutcheson | 22 |
5763 The Maiden and the Nightingale – composed and played by Enrique Granados LAST ORDERS |
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5799 Sonata in B minor, roll 3 – Liszt, played by Ernest Schelling LAST ORDERS | 20 |
5815 Rhapsodie Op 11 No 3 – Dohnanyi pl Powell LAST ORDERS | 16 |
5835 Hoochee-Coochee Dance (At the fair No 1) – composed and played by John Powell | 14 |
6096 Lotus Land – composed by Cyril Scott, played by Rudolph Reuter LAST ORDERS |
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6153 Prelude Op 12 No 7 – Prokofiev, played by the composer | 14 |
6154 Reflets dans l'eau (Images Book 1 No 1) – Debussy played by Copeland | 12 |
6160-6344-6253 Marche Op 12 No 1 , Rigaudon Op 12 No 2, Gavotte Op 11 No 2 – composed and played by Prokofiev | 14 |
6194 Etude, Op 15 No. 8 – composed by Serge Bortkiewicz, played by Lester Donohoe LAST ORDERS |
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6198 Prelude in G minor Op 25 No 5 – Rachmaninoff, played by Prokofiev | 14 |
6210 Sarcasms Op 17 Nos 1 & 2 – composed and played by Prokofiev | 12 |
6266 Fantaisie, Op 49 – Chopin, played by Harold Bauer LAST ORDERS |
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6415 Humoresque in G flat – Balfour Gardiner played by Grainger | 14 |
6441 Impromptu Op 142 No 3 (Rosamunde) – Schubert played by Cortot | 16 |
6475-6479-6485 Piano Concerto – Grieg, arranged and performed by Percy Grainger (only as a 3-roll set) NEW (LIMITED EDITION) | 52 |
6477 Love for three oranges - Intermezzo – composed and played by Prokofiev | 12 |
6513 The Sanctuary – Dvorsky played by Hofmann LAST ORDERS |
14 |
6745 Nightingale – Alabieff-Liszt played by Friedman | 16 |
6774 Scherzo Op 12 No 10 – composed and played by Prokofiev | 14 |
6826 Tales of the old grandmother – composed and played by Prokofiev | 14 |
6834 L'isle joyeux – Debussy played by Rubinstein | 18 |
6872 Danza Jubilosa – Medner pl Medtner | 14 |
6878 Rhapsody in Blue (part 2) – composed and played by George Gershwin (also available as a complete performance on LP005) |
18 |
6882 March Of The Knights Op 14 No 2 – Medtner pl Medtner | 16 |
6889 Two Etudes – Bortkiewicz played by Carol Robinson LAST ORDERS |
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6927 The Engulfed Cathedral – Debussy, played by Myra Hess LAST ORDERS |
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6958 Widmung (Dedication) – Schumann-Liszt pl Backhaus | 16 |
6968 Mendelssohn concerto roll 2 – arranged for 4 hands and played by Wilhelm Backhaus LAST ORDERS |
16 |
6998 Danza Festiva Op 38 No 3 – Medtner pl Medtner NEW | 18 |
7001 Sheherazde fantaisie – Rimsky-Korsakoff arr & pl Prokofieff | 18 |
7075 Nocturne, Op.9, No.2 – Chopin pl Leginska | 14 |
7094 Rhapsody in Blue (part 1) – composed and played by George Gershwin (also available as a complete performance on LP005) |
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7107 Little white donkey – Ibert pl Novaes | 14 |
7108 Nocturne in F Op 55 No 1 – Chopin pl Hofmann | 16 |
7123 Sonata in C major Op 53 (Waldstein) 2nd and 3rd mvts – Beethoven played by John Powell LAST ORDERS | 24 |
7152 Etude in F sharp Op 36 No 13 – Arensky played by Gitta Gradova | 14 |
7207 Martha (Tango) – Khariton pl Khariton | 14 |
7236 Toccata in G major – Bach played by Myra Hess | 14 |
7252 Lento – Scott played by Grainger | 14 |
7284 Novelette in B Op 99 No 9 – Schubert played by Gabrilowitsch | 14 |
7287 Two etudes Op 10 No 6 & Op 25 No 12 – Chopin played by Horowitz | 18 |
7310 Waltz in F Op 69 No 1 – Chopin pl Goodman | 14 |
7314 Blaze away & Spirit of independence (Military march medley) – Holzmann played by Leith & Addison | 16 |
7318 Nocturne Op.48, No.2 f sharp – Chopin pl Hofmann | 20 |
7327 Impromptu No 3 in G flat Op 51 – Chopin played by Cortot | 16 |
7330 Confetti (Danse Chic) – Media | 14 |
7370 Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Lyric pieces Op 65 No 6) – Grieg played by Grainger | 16 |
7377 Norwegian Folk Songs Op 66 – Grieg played by Grainger | 22 |
7379 Victor Herbert medley, played by Robert Armbruster | 20 |
7386 Skazka Op 38 No 4 – Medtner pl Medtner NEW | 20 |
7421 Film and Stage Musical Hits 1930 – various played by Ohman | 18 |
8018 March from the Love for Three Oranges – composed and played by Prokofiev | 14 |
LP005 Rhapsody in Blue (complete) – composed and played by George Gershwin - a composite of rolls 7094 and 6878 LONG ROLL | 26 |
Dance
and popular rolls (both American and British series)
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7249 Rag Doll (Nacio Herb Brown) played by Henri Bergman | 14 |
0906br Blue Grass (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) played by Pauline Alpert | 14 |
0917 Glad Rag Doll (Henderson) played by Dagmar Nordstrom LAST ORDERS | 16 |
0960 If I had a talking picture of you (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) played by Thomson Kerr LAST ORDERS | 14 |
0964 Carioca (Youmans) played by Arden & Ohman | 14 |
01015 I won't dance (Jerome Kern) played by King & Sterling LAST ORDERS |
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01064 The way you look tonight & A fine romance (Kern) played by Adam Carroll | 18 |
713386 So blue [waltz] (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) played by Muriel Pollock | 14 |
713389 Hallelujah (Youmans) played by Freddie Rich | 14 |
713404 Me and my shadow (Dreyer) played by Pauline Alpert | 14 |
713415 Bye-bye pretty baby (Gardner-Hamilton) played by Pauline Alpert | 14 |
713438 My blue heaven (Donaldson) played by Pauline Alpert | 14 |
Test roll | |
88-note test roll – from the original Aeolian issue. Tests each note, singly and with repeats | 12 |
Argentinian 1920s tangos from PAMPA in Buenos Aires | |
La Cumparsita (Rodriguez) PAMPA 3177R | 14 |
Cascabelito PAMPA B3596 NEW | 14 |
Caminito Pampa B3807 NEW | 14 |
Jazz and ragtime | |
Get Away Big - composed and played by J Lawrence Cook & Joe Hilbert (QRS 4676) NEW | 14 |
New 88-note rolls
88-note rolls – Themodist where noted, otherwise plain 88-note |
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3 Gymnopodies by Eric Satie. Metrical arrangement from the sheet music. Themed. | 16 |
Ganz – Allons Vite (grand galop de concert) | 12 |
Gershwin/Grainger – Love walked In & The Man I Love. Concert transcriptions by Percy Grainger, interpreted for the pianola by Sid O'Connell. Themed |
16
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New Pianola Arrangements by Adam Ramet
Brand new 88-note arrangements specially designed to make the most of your player piano!
(Songs come with a lyric sheet)
European popular music |
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Moya Maruschka (Vilnov) – Russian, from Petr Leschenko's 1930s recording |
12
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Bugatti Step (Jaroslav Ježek) – Czech, from the composer's 1931 orchestral recording |
12 |
Otto e Mezzo (8 1/2) (Nino Rota) – The closing sequence from Fellini's 1963 film |
12
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British light music and music hall |
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Fairy Queen Galop (Sydney Smith) NEW | 12 |
American popular music - shows, films, jazz and novelties |
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Star Wars "Main Title" (Williams) – a rendering of the entire orchestral opening on the pianola |
16
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Carousel Waltz (Richard Rogers) – from the film | 16 |
Let's Misbehave (Cole Porter) – dropped from "Paris" before its New York opening |
12
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Nickel in the slot (Confrey) |
12
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King Chanticleer (Nat D. Ayer) |
12
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Classic ragtime |
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Treemonisha Overture (Scott Joplin arr Ramet) NEW | 16 |
The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) |
12 |
Rose Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin) |
12 |
Solace (Scott Joplin) |
12
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Jelly Roll Morton transcriptions by Mike Meddings
Mike Meddings made these rolls for his own concerts, transcribing Morton's 78s to recreate every nuance of phrasing and timing. Thanks to Mike, these are now being offered for sale again.
88-note rolls |
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Finger Buster – transcribed from Jazz Man 12, recorded Dec 1938 | 12 |
Frog-I-More Rag – transcribed from Rialto534, recorded April/May 1924 | 12 |
Ordering is simple: just email the list of the rolls you want. Give both number and name. Don't forget your delivery addess! And, for courier deliveries, a delivery phone contact is essential.
All prices are in UK pounds sterling. There are discounts for larger orders: 10% for 5 to 9 rolls, 20% for 10 or more rolls.
All orders are posted from the UK, or may be picked up by agreement. Delivery will be either by Royal Mail (for orders up to 2kg), or a courier service selected from parcel2go.com who give the best prices. Courier services vary by speed of delivery from 1-2 days to about a week, prices reflect speed and perhaps trackability and reliability. Unless specifically asked I will select the most economical, but if you want faster I can buy whatever you request. You can see the current options at the p2g website.
Postal insurance is your choice. Limited cover comes with all services, and is what I will buy on your behalf if not otherwise directed. It always costs more to increase cover up to the invoiced value of rolls, and I will buy this for you if you request.Recovery if there are problems will be limited to the chosen cover.
When all costs are known I will issue an invoice including payment details. Payment may be by PayPal, bank transfer, cash on collection or cheque (in Pounds Sterling, drawn on a UK bank).Julian Dyer, 5 Richmond Rise, Wokingham RG41 3XH, United Kingdom
email: enquiries <at> pianorolls.co.uk (using @ instead of <at>)