>From Kathy Murphy <[log in to unmask]> ... >Recently I saw a Yamaha player piano which could strike the key(s) >with over 100 various pressures (not like the music box sound of an old player >piano). A "real" person played a piece and the piano "reproduced" that Not even a tuppence worth of addition to this thread: merely to note your message reminded me of an LP recording I have of piano music that had *originally* been recorded on player piano rolls by the composers themselves before (if I recall correctly) Edison invented *his* recording device. Not, I suspect, as true to the original as this fancy schmancy Yamaha, but historically more impressive and certainly more interesting, at least to me. Besides, I *like* player pianos -- and am exceedingly fond of the glass harmonica, to make things worse -- so my opinion in this regard is highly suspect, of course <grin>. >(Of course, I'll need to win the lottery to get one of these.) >Happy New Year! Good luck to you. (Nice to know museum people earn enough to afford lottery tickets, at least.) Mario Rups [log in to unmask]