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Haha. Thank you so much. Just a bit of Yuletide fun. Give me a couple of weeks and I might be able to send some MIDI files.

@@TheAmpico :D I can't code them for reproducing system myself but I can definitely make 88 note rolls that will sound super natural!

@ Cool! What MIDI coding do you need to make reproducing rolls? Velocity?

@@TheAmpico Well WIND for example can autocode duo-art coding from velocity but doesn't seem to want to do it with any other system, not sure if it's a software bug or if it just doesn't do it. The only other option is to manually do the coding either using Robert Barns' hot wire method (burning holes in the roll, scanning that, cutting a new one) or manually input the coding in a roll editor.

@ Ah. That’s too bad. I have files with velocity encoding, but would want Ampico rolls.

Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you and your pianos are doing well!

Many thanks! 😊

I wish they gave him credit as well, but then again, he sold it to them to do as they please. I think it’s also fair to say that they have done a lot with the system to make it easier to use and more engaging. Everything from the app to the ability to sync with videos. It was Stanke’s system, but it has certainly gone through some changes. I am by no means a diehard Steinway-lover (as you might be able to tell from my channel name, haha), but I will say that out of all of the major player systems on the market right now, I do think the Spirio is the best-sounding. It’s a great system, but it certainly isn’t worth what they charge.

Happy Holidays! 😊

Thank you! 😊

Hello! It is titled “Classical Carols.” There are several volumes. I’ve got a couple of them, but even after several years of looking for the volume containing this arrangement, I haven’t been successful. If you manage to find it, please let me know!

@@TheAmpico Thanks for sharing! I couldn’t find anything online, and I’ve tried reaching out to Jeff directly, but I haven’t received a response yet. It might be time to make my own arrangements. For now, I’m focusing on the Rach PC2 bit :)

I have no idea.

Lol. At least this one was well-calibrated and the salespeople were kind. In my experience, Steinway showrooms are typically not viewed as a place for everybody. This one was extremely kind and welcoming. No stuffy, snobbish salesman watching your every move.

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@@TheAmpico Very nice! I won't deny the Spirio system is good, that's the LX under a different name, Wayne Stanke's system! It's far and away the best.

@@PiotrBarcz It’s a great system. Although it was created by Stanke, to Steinway’s credit, they really have made it more accessible and user friendly. They’ve also added quite a few features that Stanke didn’t have. Nonetheless, the LX was already wonderful. I still do think that the Spirio is the best system on the market right now, but it is still extremely overpriced.

Thank you very much, Piotr!

Aww! Thank you kindly. No, unfortunately the Mason is staying back in Indiana until I get my own place here, which probably won’t be any time soon. I’m considering transferring to a dream school upstate, so if by (very slim) chance I get in, we’ll see if that changes anything. I uploaded this video originally in the spring as part of my music school audition. This re-upload was to share my playing with the music school I was just hired at here in the city. Fortunately, I’ve had new shortage of fine pianos to practice in since being here. I’ve practiced on a lovely 2004 Steinway D almost daily for the past few weeks. I might post some stride stuff on it in the future.

My Wurlitzer with PianoDisc has a record strip built in. I haven’t tried recording anything on it yet, but that should work. It works as a keyboard using the silent function (hammer block rail), so I know the record strip works. My school also has a number of newer Yamaha Avantgrand digital pianos (🤮) with record functionality. I could probably record some stuff on one of them, although I don’t know how to get the midi from the piano to a device.

@@TheAmpico If you come upstate then drop by my neck of woods! It would be great to meet you, maybe you could record some midi files for me :D

@PiotrBarcz I’d love that! Are you close to Ithaca?

@@TheAmpico I think I'm a few hours away from it, though it could be like 7. NY is a HUGE state even though it doesn't look it xD I live in Willsboro, you can punch that up on google maps and find the distance pretty easily I think.

Thank you!

Such a great memory. I love the movie as well.

Yes. Such a shame. California has neglected and lost so many great organs. The exposition organ is actually for sale right now via Organ Clearing House (John Bishop). I have a bit of a connection to the organ as well. A friend of mine in Indiana owns the original console (and some of the pipework perhaps?). It controls his large home organ and sits next to the console of the Glasgow Paramount Compton organ, the only Compton in the United States, which he also has installed in his house. The Compton is playable from the Austin console. There are quite a few videos of it on RUclips, including a couple on my channel. Sitting at that bench and knowing that Lamar, Saint-Saens, Virgil Fox, and so many other greats have occupied the same space is an incredible feeling.

@@TheAmpico Thanks to that gentleman who treasures a piece of history!

Why? It works perfectly well. It’s not terribly old. 2005 model.

@@andrewbarrett1537 I know! I met you in person for the first (but hopefully not the last) time there! This is Benjamin Helton.

I agree. Wolff is a fabulously talented musician. I’m very proud to call him a friend.

Sure is! Model A from 1919 or 1920.

Thank you!

@@TheAmpico you’re welcome!

Thank you! It’s a fabulous piano. I am very grateful to the owner for allowing me to share it with others.

Many thanks!

Thank you. I need to improve my tuning skills more, but I haven’t had a ton of opportunities to practice. This is a nice piano. It sounds way brighter in this video than it does in person. My school has hundreds of grands. Mostly new Yamaha and Steinways. Nice pianos.

@@TheAmpico That's awesome! I wish I had access to Yamahas on a semi daily basis.

@@PiotrBarcz They can be nice instruments.

@@TheAmpico I've never played one I didn't like xD They're so incredibly consistent.

@@PiotrBarcz New ones are. Old ones… not so much. Haha.

Thank you for this list!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Haha. Love that.

She sure is. I got her before I had my license. I was 15. 😅

@@TheAmpico Wow! 15 and you had a car most people would dream to own!

@@PiotrBarczThanks. She’s a lovely old gal, but she needs a lot of love. I’d like to make her a daily driver one of these days. She gets better gas mileage than my Subaru!

@@TheAmpico Wow! Better gas mileage and being such a huge car is awesome!

@PiotrBarcz Right!?

Nope. The audio was added while I edited.

@@TheAmpico Ah I seeeeee

Also very handy in home/residential settings like this where a pipe organ installation often isn't reasonably possible,

Thanks!

@@TheAmpico you’re welcome!

You are so welcome!

I would, but this is all I could find. He made plenty of recordings, of course, but there are very few clips that actually show Costa playing. Those tenths are to die for. I’d love to see your Costa transcriptions.

I couldn’t agree more!

I would’ve loved to meet him. I totally agree that we need another person like him. I grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood almost daily. Unfortunately, he passed several years before I was born. It was neat to visit Pittsburgh to see the WQED studio, where they recorded and Carnegie Mellon University, where Johnny Costa studied.

Mason and Hamlin is one of the finest piano manufacturers in the world. I consider myself very lucky to own one.