Well, not “new”, but not bad little used piano for just $250! The action is so light and smooth, I barely have to even press the keys! Hope you enjoy this little slice of ragtime by Scott Joplin! Jackie you should play it if you ever find your way down to SoCal! 
(PS: Fisheye lenses aren’t very flattering up close lol!:o)
Damn, you’re good! LOL!
Wow! You’re such a player!
I used to play that song on the trumpet. It was pretty tough.
wow that was really good. for a moment i thought you were some really good pianist.
haha, not as good as the player roll…at least for that piece!:o
Yeah I really want to learn that one! 
I can play a few pieces pretty well, but not that one…yet! 
Cool. I’ve never seen a player piano in action. I’ve played one though. 
I kind of memorized that song, but in all my playings of it, I never played it that fast!
Haha yeah, it has a “tempo” and volume control, and I just put it on medium. Composer’s tempo indications are really only a guide since they never actually put “120bpm” or whatever on their manuscripts. But they did put indications such as “Allegro”, "Moderato’ “Largo” and so on, but pianists will always differ somewhat in their interpretations.
Glenn Gould was famous for his Bach-and for good reason; he was and remains (after his death) the greatest player of Bach ever! But he was brutally criticized for pretty much destroying the Mozart sonatas he recorded. They were played exceedingly, ridiculously fast, and without any feeling whatsoever, making them almost unrecognizable as Mozart’s works. He was also well know for HATING Mozart.
Player piano music replicates FOUR hands playing the piano.
Really? One of the rolls I have is
“Stars and Stripes forever”, and when you listen to it, it does indeed sound like more than one pianist playing it at the same time. There are sooooo many notes happening at once. But Horowitz did it…solo! Listen ALL the way through, especially when it really kicks in at 3:15!
Here’s a fun little “medley” of familiar music, performed on my player piano. I got about 30 boxed rolls, and if I bought the same 30 rolls from QRS, (They still make them) it would cost me about $600.00! 
Please forgive the less than stellar sound quality; I shot this on my tiny digital still cam–in video mode–but it’s still pretty cool.
Playing fast doesnt mean there is no feeling.
Maybe, but in that particular instance, it was blatantly evident HE (Glenn Gould) didn’t have much, if any felling, for Mozart. He admitted as much. When you play a piece of music twice or more as fast as generally indicated, it’s almost impossible to appreciate the composer’s intent, emotion, and so on for the piece.
It would be like talking so fast that you cannot be understood, or snarling and yelling with hateful anger to emote love, when you should be speaking softly, with subtle tones. The opposite is also true. Ravel had a famous comment regarding his beautiful “Pavanne for a dead Princess”. He said it should NOT be played too slowly, like a “Dead pavanne for a Princess!”. 
Horowitz was amazing! Check this out:
Mind-blowing.
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OMG!!! I can’t believe you posted that…I’ve been watching the very SAME 12 part series, “The art of Piano”, on YT just earlier today! Well, great minds thing alike they say haha!
I think QRS still has a plant on the west side of Buffalo, NY, USA.
I had a friend who worked there for a while, and he gave me a nice tour of the place, and I learned more than I ever needed to know about piano rolls.
Billy