[lit-ideas] Re: Reproduced music
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:34:32 -0700
> Duo-art reproducing pianos have been around since the beginning of the
> 20th century. You can hear "reproducing piano" recordings of piano
> performances by Saint-Saens, Gershwin, Albeniz, Prokofiev, Ravel, etc. I
> have a few in my collection.
I thought the same thing: aren't there thousands of player-piano rolls? A
friend has a
shelf-full of these (but no player piano), while another friend has an entire
floor of his
house filled witih player pianos, player drums, player trumpets, and various
other
mechanical music machines.
I suppose someone could make a device that converts player-piano rolls into
digital music.
Here's a business model for someone: much of that music is more than 70 years
old, and that
means... the copyright expired. Free music. You can convert it to digital, sell
the
recordings, and keep 100% of the money.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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