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This piano has a surprise. It is a dual role, Duo Art roll player! www.amica.org
Duration : 0:4:43
Mar
14
This piano has a surprise. It is a dual role, Duo Art roll player! www.amica.org
Duration : 0:4:43
very beautiful… …
very beautiful…thank you for the video
Holly Cow Two in …
Holly Cow Two in one. Never would have thought that was possible. Did they make many of these or was it a one of a kind custom order? Where did you ever find such a magnificent instrument and in a Steinway to boot? Fantastic Welte replay. The the control switch to do the counter melody section is done with perfect results!.
wow…it’s so nice
wow…it’s so nice
The underside is …
The underside is shown at 1:44 thru 1:49. You really can’t see the details. What you can see is there is NO empty space!
Note an abundance of large hoses throughout the entire underside. The Welte expression unit is above the rear leg, just aft of the electric motor.
The curved hoses leading to the center of the stack provide vacuum to the notes that swithch between the bass and treble divisions, depending on the active expression system.
Do you have …
Do you have pictures of underneath the piano on a website somewhere. I would love to see how they fit all those parts in underneath the piano!
so the rolls …
so the rolls weren’t universal? They were only supposed to be played on particular pianos?
OOPS, the big …
OOPS, the big MYSTERY is the dual license, sorry, LOL Len P
I does believe that …
I does believe that the lid is BEING shut by a PERSON!!!!!!!!! Opened by a person also, I rebuild players and have NEVER HEARD OF any kind of mechanism that would open and shut the fallboard! Len P
Still my favorite …
Still my favorite utube player of all. Fine job Mr. Craftsman, and thank you for such an excellent job of tuning the instrument properly. I noticed!
Yeah, that was sort …
Yeah, that was sort of spooky how the lid flipped up. xP
Every time I watch …
Every time I watch this piano, I love it more, as well as the music it plays.
Thanks for the video
sweet. my old …
sweet. my old Moington-Weston player piano has reached the end I am afraid its going to be scrapped. they cost too much to repair these days.,u can have 100 rolls! free. (England)
just get a cd player
just get a cd player
G G G GHOST!
G G G GHOST!
very nice
very nice
I think that she …
I think that she second song, played by the Welte-Mignon, is “Just Friends” ; the composer is Justin Klenner (it’s on the roll box).
wow we had 2 …
wow we had 2 players and we loved them
wish we had one now there great for partys and sing along
Old pianists used …
Old pianists used to record piano rolls on a “desperate” tentative to preserve their performances as they were (obviously) not happy with the state of the audio recordings.
Duo-Art, Welte, Ampico and similar “MIDI precursor” systems were not perfect.
But listen to that famous Rachmaninoff Prelude, recorded by Rachmaninoff himself, using the Ampico system.
A wonderful piano, …
A wonderful piano, playing a real feel-good song. I’ve come back frequently to listen over and over. Thanks for posting this! Please post more!
what are the songs …
what are the songs and who are the composers?
the other …
the other differences .. ? They are..? Have allways been impressed by these player pianoes….
The two systems are …
The two systems are different in the manner that the expression is controlled. The coding of the rolls is different also. The Welte has no fixed steps of volume, while the Duo Art has 16 (an oversimplified explanation). There are other differences, too.
Could anybody …
Could anybody please explain the different between the Art Duo and Welte Mignon system..? Is it 2 complete different systems ore is it 2 different producers of the rolls…??
Where did you buy …
Where did you buy this Player Piano? Well done for the care, it sounds great!
Very rare
Very rare