Pianola Journal Department

The Pianola Journal is a roughly annual publication which tries to keep to academic standards of accuracy and research, while remaining interesting and entertaining for our many non-specialist friends. The first Pianola Journal was published in 1987, and we currently have eighteen volumes in our catalogue, with another on its way in 2008. If you are seeking detailed information about a particular Journal, then visit our Pianola Journal pages, or look for the topic which interests you by means of the Search box at the top of this webpage. If your interest is more general, then you will find details of contents below; most Journals also include concert and occasional book reviews.

		Pianola Journal no. 1. 1987. The Pianola and its Institute: Rex Lawson The Rachmaninov Legacy: Lionel Salter Stravinsky and the Pianola (Part 1): Rex Lawson Review of the Pianola Institute Inaugural Concert: Dan Wilson The Duo-Art Rolls of the Enigma Variations: T. Fenemore-Jones On Writing for the Mechanical Piano: Ernst Toch Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 2. 1989. Stravinsky and the Pianola (Part 2): Rex Lawson The Player Piano on Record: Denis Hall The 'Pianola': the Future Educational Force in Music: Sir Henry J Wood Maurice Ravel: Frontispice for Pianola: Rex Lawson Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 3. 1990. Conlon Nancarrow interviewed by Natalie Wheen Shepherd's Hey by Percy Grainger: Rex Lawson The Player Piano on Record - a Discography (Part 1): Denis Hall Pianola Music: Edwin Evans Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 4. 1991. On the Roll: Rex Lawson 'Ein Traum die Dämmerung': Ernest Newman The Player Piano on Record - a Discography (Part 2): Denis Hall Review: Nancarrow on CD: David Smith Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 5. 1993. Etude pour Pianola by Igor Stravinsky: Rex Lawson Ambiance, Musical Style and Authenticity: Drue Fergison On the Roll: Rex Lawson The Camera and the Pianola: Colin Osman The Player Piano on Record - a Discography (Part 3): Denis Hall A New Method of Analyzing Music Style by Means of the Reproducing Piano: Guy Montrose Whipple Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 6. 1993. A Ramble on the Duo-Art Theme: Patrick Handscombe The Reproducing Piano (Introduction, Part 1, Part 2): John Farmer The Player Piano on Record - a Discography (Part 4): Denis Hall Recent Piano Roll Issues: Dan Wilson Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 7. 1994. Debussy and Welte: Roy Howat On the Roll - Easthope Martin and Other Pianolists: Rex Lawson The Reproducing Piano (Part 3): John Farmer A Note on the Technique of Recording: Reginald Reynolds Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 8. 1995. Hugo Cole: an obituary Whose Fingers on What Piano?: Denis Hall Punching Pianola Rolls: an education project at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival: Bill Vince The Art of Player Piano Transcription: Edward Schaaf Two Pleyela Recordings of The Rite of Spring: Louis Cyr Other Minds 2: Rex Lawson Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 9. 1996. Writing Halifax: Robin Walker George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique: Rex Lawson Pianola - a poem: Arno Reinfrank Hindemith - Toccata fur Mechanisches Klavier: Rex Lawson Tone-Variation and Time Variation in relation to Tempo Rubato: John B. McEwen AMICA London 95: Denis Hall Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 10. 1998. Duo-Art Rolls: a description of their production and an assessment of their performance: Denis Hall Granados as Pianist: Lionel Salter Busoni: By One of his Pupils Conlon Nancarrow - a memoir: Charles Amirkhanian Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 11. 1998. Towards a History of the Aeolian Company: Rex Lawson Vladimir de Pachmann - an Appreciation: Samuel Langford Review of the Siobhan Davies Dance Company Tenth Anniversary Tour May-November 1998: Jeannette Koch Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 12. 1999. A Window in Time: Julian Dyer A Window in Time - a response: Denis Hall Cleaning the Windows of Time: Rex Lawson The Pianola as a Means of Personal Expression: Alvin Langdon Coburn Robert Casadeus (1899-1972) and the Duo-Art: Denis Hall Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 13. 2000. Application of Mechatronics and Image Analysis Techniques to the Archiving of Piano Rolls: Arthur Jones, Dan Austin, Andrew Coffin and John Kennedy Ernst Munck - Piano Manufacturers by Appointment to the Court of Gotha: Manfred Schöler (translated by Rex Lawson) A Pianola for a Musician, and a Camera for an Artist: Frederick H. Evans Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 14. 2001. The Reproducing Piano - what can it really do?: Denis Hall Interview with Wolfgang Heisig: Rex Lawson Player Piano: James Kirkup The Medcraft Perforator: Rex Lawson The Ampico Recordings of Leo Ornstein: John Farmer Regarding the Art of Reproducing: W. Creary Woods Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 15. 2003. Prokofiev and the Player-piano: Rex Lawson Enrique Granados' Recordings - Verification of the Granados Performance Tradition: Douglas Riva The Pianola Institute's Duo-Art Push-Up: Denis Hall Paderewski in Persepective: Denis Hall Some Studies in Practical Player-Interpretation: William Braid White Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 16. 2005. The Welte-Mignon Recording Process in Germany: Mark Reinhart The Early Recordings for the Welte-Mignon: Denis Hall Recording Welte-Mignon Rolls in Germany: Denis Hall Scriabin and the Welte-Mignon - A different perspective: Mark Reinhart Nancarrow's Concerto for Pianola: Paul Usher This Journal includes a CD of Welte-Mignon recordings Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 17. 2006. Peddling Pianolas - Aeolian Company Advertising: Rex Lawson Music of and for the Records: Henry Cowell Memories of Dan Wilson: Denis Hall Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 18. 2007. The History of the Welte family and the house of M. Welte & Sons: Gerhard Dangel The Welte-Mignon reproducing piano and its place in the history of music: Dr Werner König A la recherche des rouleaux perdus: Jeanette Koch Price £10, including postage in the EEC.