WHO ? - Player Piano Roll - Jerome Kern

[@dwards73]

You're by far the best site for listening to these old tunes. Your piano is in tune and perfect working order and your recording system reproduces the sounds crystal clear! This and Judy Garland's are my favorite versions of this tune. Thank you so much for posting this!

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Well, thank you Edward..that is quite a compliment. Having gotten a little reprieve in the health department as of late, I should be posting some more now in the coming days again. Appreciate the view !

[@PiotrBarcz]

2:37: Wow! That is some cool soloing!

[@oldbear52]

This is one of my all time favorites of Jerome Kern's compositions! Thank you for your time and effort in producing and sharing your fine videos!!!

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thank You Dennis. The piano, just having moved and is now residing in an early 1920's home with reinforced but original construction seems to be playing better than ever. Could it be there are kindred spirits within the wood ? Once I get it tuned properly, I will issue more rolls. Thanks for your comments, I am glad this old Aeolian is still pleasing folks as it has pleased me over the years.

[@rizab519]

The bass has a wonderful timbre. A great old tune pumped by an outstanding gentleman. Thanks again ... :)

[@williamschlenger1518]

What an ingenious invengion.

[@mr99boxer30]

What a beautiful rendition of this song with full orchestration ! Your piano is superb !

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thank you very much. Glad you like it.

[@thomasjordan3449]

Wow, yet another dimension, you folks sure do know your rolls. Gratitude and affection for another enhancement to my quality of life.

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thank you Thomas, glad you like these.

[@vincentvargas6224]

I ENJOY LISTENING TO YOUPIANO TUNES. VERY NICE ANDD RELAXING TO ME.

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thank you Vincent, glad you enjoyed it.

[@dennisryan4783]

Wow, your player really has great tone and timber. Love it. Thanks for posting and keeping this great music alive.

[@rowanbelt3612]

I love that you modeled the title card on the US logo colors. Wonderful roll and your piano sounds great. Thank you!

[@joek5784]

So swell!!! Love it!! Thanks for posting!!

[@aknabea]

Wow! Love this arrangement. Much better than the two others that I have! Thanks for the video!!

[@AeolianHall1]

This great song by Kern and Hammerstein was on a Duo-Art Roll played by Moran and Milne, and on a Welte Roll played by Vee Lawnhurst and Howard Lutter. Both those rolls are just about as good an arrangement as I could ever hope for, and this Sims arrangement (which I never heard before) certainly equals them. Thanks for putting it on.

[@lynnsterlava3107]

Thank you for this info! I have a QRS version (Victor Arden) and the Duo~Art (713194) version & about to sell one of them, thinking to keep the Arden version that I love. Have you heard the QRS version? I'm about to upload videos of both, but on my 1970's player so no coding dynamics on the Duo..I wonder how much better it will sound on the proper player!

[@kathdavis8059]

Wonderful! ❤️

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thank you! 😊

[@frankolin9878]

Good music once again thank you

[@Musicmany2k]

Thank you Frank!

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thank you very much Richard, you are very kind indeed.

[@PiotrBarcz]

2:39: Well, this is the best part ever!

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thanks. I loved this roll also. I have only heard the Duo Art version which I thought was spectacular.

[@drewnugent317]

To the 5 who didn't like it.... you have no taste. Lee Sims was a god and his piano rolls and recordings are gold

[@Pianosyncrazy]

I'd tend to agree, but everyone has their own likes on style and tempo. Thank you Drew for your view and comments.

[@dpbmss]

A missing tune, like an earworm, would never have found it. Had no idea it was by Kern or nearly as old. Thanks.

[@Pianosyncrazy]

I find many of Kern's tunes are of the ear worm catagory... especially in my own head. LOL

[@tabougrou]

superbe merci beaucoup j'aime beaucoup

[@Pianosyncrazy]

@HarborGuy Thanks, think so also.....Lee Sims was such an extremely talented man, U.S. Music was so very smart in employing him...

[@pianmn199]

Great Sims roll! Thanks for posting! Spray some Elmers Slide-All on back of the last couple feet so it won't discord.

[@dudley5533]

Excellent!

[@harryandruschak2843]

"Like" on 5 August 2017

[@iterlimen]

Splendid…! Conratulations from an spanish pianolist.

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Gracias my amigo

[@davidoppenheim3979]

This is how a 1920's foot pumped player piano SHOULD sound! Most people today only see 95 year old players that are horrendously out of tune and only working by way of "aftermarket" miniature electric vacuum cleaner suction units in them. Loud and obnoxious! These pianos were intended to make "real music" with feeling not just "noise".

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thank you David. Appreciate the comment and the view.

[@davidoppenheim3979]

@@Pianosyncrazy All true! So great. I love the gutsy tone of mid 1920's Aeolian upright player and reproducing pianos. Is your Stroud strictly a foot impelled Duo Art or is it factory pedal/electric?

[@brentg3707]

nice

[@iterlimen]

Fantastic…! Congratulations from an spanish pianolist

[@Pianosyncrazy]

Thank you very much!

[@Pianosyncrazy]

@mikefitzgerald33 Thanks, Lee is a marvel at the piano....

[@HarborGuy]

Very "snappy" ...

[@Pianosyncrazy]

@oldbear52 Thanks, glad it was good for you also... :)

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

A great song for Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan in the 1920’s.

[@elizabethsnyder_baldonado39]

How did you get Lee Sims & Jerome Kern inside this piano at the same time??? Were they both very small???😲 Asking for a friend's piano...😘🎶🎵🎶

[@Pianosyncrazy]

It was REALLY tough Elizabeth !

[@Pianosyncrazy]

@aknabea It might get lost here... have to watch and see where it shows up .. Ha!

[@Pianosyncrazy]

@tabougrou Merci

[@PAULLONDEN]

These contraptions must've costed a fortune in those days. Not for rhe regular Joe. Wonder what you were doing with your left hand .

[@Pianosyncrazy]

While the going price in 1923 was around $600.00 for this model there were many more a little cheaper and some more expensive. That might have been a fortune to some in those days, but a piano was then billed as a 'must have expense' for the culture maybe such as a color TV set was in the 1950's and 60's Re: 'Left hand' : Most player pianos provided a way to operate the pedals remotely with ones hands as the foot pedals were inaccessible. In addition the foot pumped player offered additional volume expression controls which adjusted the amount of vacuum sent to the player stack. This piano offered two such controls... one for notes normally played with the left hand and one for those normally played with the right. Thanks very much for the view and the comments !