First attempts on YouTube
Just got round to posting a couple of bits on YouTube! One is my at my 6'4" Gotha Steck Pianola playing a roll I made from a MIDI file, of Arno Babadjanian's 'Elegy' - a lovely piece that ought to be much better known. The sound's quite good but the dynamic range has been pretty well much flattened out by the camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM_CUv-UkB8 The other is short clip of Adam at a PPG meeting, showing the close attention that is played to the music at these events. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asGxeXZ_CT0 Julian PS I'm impressed that Daniel spotted this and asked a question within a few hours of it being posted!

Thanks Julian! :lol: I usually try and do a you tube search every 48 hours to see what is new in our field of hobby. Sometimes i do a search and find the most terrific clip of a piano or player and then it can just suddenly disappear within a few hours or days as the person has either A) Got a bad response and pulls it off ,or B)have changed there mind and got cold feet and removed it. If and when i see a great clip , i always at least try and let the poster know as even though we may watch 2 or 3 mins and then flick to something else , the poster has spent many hours getting it all right and then editing and not to mention the long download onto the you-tube site. I feel it doesn't hurt just to say "Thanks" ,"Thankyou" or "Great" all what ever is needed , as a little encouragement goes a long way. Daniel :)

Julian, What make of instrument was Adam playing (that was getting him all the attention!)? A beautiful performance by you and your Steck! Andy

Hi Julian Despite the Youtube lo-fi, the beautiful tone of your instrument still shines through. Great playing too - it was seeing you playing a couple of years ago that really inspired me to try and get the best out of this instrument. I had no idea of its potential until I saw those rapid tempo shifts and note by note focus on the roll. Despite lots of practice -I've got a long way to go to catch up with you :) Love to see more on Youtube - perhaps something else from Adam as well :?: Cheers Neil

Adam was playing a Sherlock & Manning (London, Ontario) piano with a Higel player. A nice-sounding instrument, the player works quite nicely but feels different to Pianolas so takes a bit of getting used to. (And I don't see what's wrong with the Persian Market either, as long as it's well played!) I see managed to shrink my Steck by a foot as well. Julian