Knabe Ampico B - Outstanding Hits Of The Day No. 32 - Frank Milne

[@kirksjunque]

Another delightful roll and performance by this lovely Knabe Ampico B! Having such fine music at home must make it difficult to leave and go to work. Thank you Nick!

[@PiotrBarcz]

This roll in particular is one of Milne's finest ones I'd say.

[@bachtube11]

Very well (laser) cut roll! And the piaon is in very good condition, well tuned and well maintained. This nice tune sounds well! 👍👍👍👍 I pressed like and subscribed!

[@PiotrBarcz]

I'm surprised this roll played as well as it did! I'm happy to know my work paid off! 😂

[@PiotrBarcz]

The stalling I'm guessing was the roll being wound loosely onto the core. I did so on purpose as this was the last cut I made before realizing I should've been drying the paper on my radiators to shrink it down. This roll probably is the one that shrunk halfway through and has been shrinking slowly down all the way since I shipped it. I did cut these oversize to shrink down to 285 mm which is QRS width. Since then I've been drying the rolls and spooling them nice and tight so that shouldn't happen anymore ;)

[@SevenPlus65]

I've had a chance to play Happy Days. I'll email you about it. I'm wondering how I could best send you a video?.... I could post a KZbin?

[@PiotrBarcz]

Oh man I was honestly expecting the dynamics to come through horribly because of what I considered not quite good enough perforating on the coding. I'm so glad it sounds this good! I was counting on luck and biting my nails this whole time hoping it would play xD

[@mykeromero7075]

A simply brilliant and artistic effort on your salvation and reproduction of these old rolls. Thank you and Nicholas Brown for your collaborations so we may all enjoy this

[@PiotrBarcz]

​@@mykeromero7075 I'm just so happy that I can finally make piano rolls affordable again! :D I don't charge people more than I'd be willing to pay for rolls. That's always been my standpoint to the roll industry though it's an exception for me, I would rather make more money in any other field but in this case it really is a mercy mission for myself and anyone else who can't justify the high prices against their desire to get a roll. It's great having friends who have wonderful pianos to prove my rolls play too!

[@GOL1912]

It sounds wonderful, Piotr! I hope to buy a roll or two from you one of these days. :D

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@GOL1912 Make sure you get a player piano first xD

[@GOL1912]

@@PiotrBarcz Well obviously, duh! 😂

[@bitomusique]

Sounds great! How many hands is this?

[@PiotrBarcz]

It can be played as a solo arrangement with minimal edits.

[@menendeze]

That tune have some similarity with the Animaniacs theme, in some parts.

[@PiotrBarcz]

the Animaniacs theme definitely took influence from older tunes though you're right that Roll Along Covered Wagon has the same turn over melody.