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	MMD Archives: Power of Duo-Art, Ampico and Solenoid Pianos
		Because of the condition of Ampico's lighter weight leather and double flap system, the natural decay has subtracted roughly 10-15 percent from the overall capacity of that pump.
		Also, in the Ampico, The setting of the amplifier is adjusted to a specific level for the piano it resides in, and often this was throttled by the factory on purpose.
		Ampico wanted a more tame, softer playing instrument because I'm told that Charles Stoddard had a hearing problem that included ringing in the ears and was sensitive to pianos playing loudly, anyway.
	mmd.foxtail.com /Archives/Digests/200201/2002.01.20.08.html (1143 words)

	Track List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ampico had entered the reproducing piano race later than its great American rival, Duo-Art, and desperately needed a world famous artist in its catalogue if it was to be taken seriously.
		While Fairchild was with Ampico he laid down that no important classical recording should even be advertised until the editing process, which involved both his and the artist's final approval of the finished roll, was completed.
		This degree of care is apparent in virtually all Ampico recordings, and it must also have been a great comfort for artists to have a measure of control over the issue of their rolls.
	musicbase.h1.ru /PPS1/sd_958.htm (1416 words)

	MMD Archives: Ampico Misconceptions
		In contrast to the Duo-Art, the Ampico is a self-compensating mechanism.
		It is certainly true that the crescendo in an Ampico B doesn't change the intensities directly, but requires intensities to be on so it is able to modulate them, whereas in the A, the Crescendo overcomes the intensities directly.
		The fact that the Ampico roll coding system was never intended to utilize crescendos separately from the intensities is actually borne out by the fact that neither the model A or the model B used the so-called "independent" Crescendos.
	mmd.foxtail.com /Archives/Digests/199611/1996.11.10.13.html (4717 words)

	Player Piano Rolls, Antique Player Pianos, Player Pianos, Player Piano Music Scrolls
		Ampico reproducing systems were eventually installed in such fine pianos as the Mason and Hamlin, the Knabe, the Chickering, the Beale in Australia, and the Willis in Canada.
		In addition to playing the artists' record music rolls the Ampico may be operated with any standard 88-note music roll to which the operator imparts his own interpretation and the instrument may be played manually the same as any upright or grand.
		The Ampico may be had in the world-famous Chickering, Haines Bros., Marshall and Wendell, Franklin, Fischer and the celebrated Knabe pianos and for Canadian distribution also in the Willis pianos.
	www.playerpianos.com /1925_chickering_ampico_reproduci.htm (978 words)

	The Pianola Institute - History of the Pianola - Conlon Nancarrow
		He had simply picked up two Ampicos because they were available when he needed them, and so his style of dynamics, which we shall consider next, had been designed around their capabilities and limitations, but his music was essentially for the player-piano in general, and not specifically for the instruments in his possession.
		The Ampico system that Nancarrow used divides the bass and treble sections between E and F above middle C. Each half of the pneumatic mechanism is controlled separately by marginal perforations on its particular side of the music roll.
		All these views of the player-piano are coloured by the particular instruments that the composers encountered, and so they cannot be taken as reliable pointers to the nature of the player-piano in general.
	www.pianola.org /history/history_nancarrow.cfm (2585 words)

	MMD Archives: Re Ampico B
		Premise: The Ampico B music reproducing system is inferior to the Ampico A system, because there are so few music rolls for the B. Evidence: The Ampico company reissued some classical music performances with new coding for the B system; they sound much better.
		Therefore Ampico knew that the B was inferior.
		Dr. Hickman, as a concerned engineer, was unable to convince Ampico management that the new "B model" should perform as well as the Ampico-A with the existing library, and so he was compelled to compromise the performance in favor of cost-reduction.
	mmd.foxtail.com /Archives/Digests/199607/1996.07.04.06.html (382 words)

	Ampico Wheelock
		This was all necessary because the piano had been a family heirloom for decades and the owner could not ever consider getting rid of the instrument.
		This 1937 piano uses an Ampico B drawer and stack.
		The rest of the expression system is the standard Ampico A in the center next to the motor is the single crescendo for the B drawer A system.
	www.thepianoworld.com /ampico__wheelock.htm (609 words)

	Analysis and Prediction of Piano Performances (KUL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ampico MIDI is a significant advance, it has e.g.
		Beats on MIDI (in our study) were counted in 384 ticks, Ampico in 120 ticks.
		Velocity in MIDI is connected with volume and is counted in 128 levels, Ampico's force is encoded in 14 levels.
	www-ai.ijs.si /~ilpnet2/apps/appp.html (388 words)

	INKPOT#65 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: Rachmaninov the Pianist - The Ampico piano rolls 1919-1929.
		During the period 1919 to 1929, Rachmaninov made some recordings with Ampico on piano rolls, outside his commitments to record for RCA Victor.
		Unlike the gramophone recordings, the sound quality of which were sometimes insufficient to do justice to the performer, piano rolls captured the performance exactly as it was played.
		Hence, with the Ampico piano rolls and a modern reproducing piano, we are actually able to hear Rachmaninov play 'live', without the noise and flattened sound of historic recordings.
	www.inkpot.com /classical/rachampico.html (1108 words)

	Tim Gracyk's Phonographs and Old Records -- Piano Rolls for Reproducing Pianos
		An ordinary "player-piano" is not designed to play Ampico or Duo-Art rolls though I've been told that taping a small strick of plastic over the top 4 and bottom 3 holes of a tracker does allow someone with a "player-piano" to enjoy Ampico and Duo-Art rolls.
		Duo-Art and Ampico were electrically-driven systems usually fitted into pianos made by the most prestigious companies.
		Ampico rolls may not be played on Duo-Art pianos, nor vice versa.
	www.gracyk.com /piano_rolls.shtml (1170 words)

	AMPICO A & B Similarities/Differences
		Remember the basics-- if it were necessary that the Ampico B be compatible with the model A, Ampico would have made sure that it was.
		It is strictly the use of a crescendo which allows the Ampico a "Brilliant" setting, since the "Medium" setting cannot utilize crescendos or intensities to raise pump pressure over its nominal (idle) reroll pressure.
		It isn't meaningful to depict either model of Ampico's expression characteristics with a set of curves taken when the pumps are fully amplified, since this is only a special case, occurring momentarily, and certainly not representative of the Ampico family of expression curves.
	www.player-care.com /a_b_ampi.html (1471 words)

	1921 Chickering Ampico Reproducing Piano
		She said she'd sell it to me for $50, but I had to move it out of the basement that week or else she'd chop it up with an ax and it would go to the dump!
		Similar Ampico pianos I've priced in the past have been at least a 3-hour drive away and $750-$1200.
		When all was said and done, I had purchased the piano, paid for the truck, supplies and gasoline, and a nice Japanese dinner for two for $242.72.
	www.msu.edu /~atchiso5/ampico.html (452 words)

	BluesTone Ampico Rolls
		Ampico rolls are layed out so that they will play fine on any standard 88-note player.
		Bob Taylor (who is famous for hand-coding the Leo Podolsky Ampico rolls a few years ago for Chicago AMICA) liked this performance so well that he took on the task of coding it for the AMPICO (both A and B) with impressive results.
		You'll find this classy performance is like no other Ampico roll issued, and a welcome relief to the long drought of good new Ampico popular music we've had to tolerate.
	www.bluesrolls.com /Ampico.html (1561 words)

	Phillips-Ampico eroll photo page
		The Phillips Ampico-Apple system was developed in the early 1980s, with most of those produced still in use.
		Apple II computer playing one of the 1500 items recorded for the system into a 1923 5'3" Knabe Ampico A, shown here with its roll drawer open.
		As shown on the left, the piano keys are listed by name (A, B etc to A#).
	www.petersmidi.com /photos.html (204 words)

	Player, Piano, Valves, Ampico, Rebuilding
		It was really the main downfall of the Ampico system for later rebuilders, who didn't understand the principles of unprotected latex in the open environment.
		Be especially careful with Ampico B blocks, that you are 100% sealed between the bottom of the ball bleed hole and the pouch board hole.
		And another thing to be sure and do with the Ampico B valve block: After each is clamped in both directions to dry with rubber bands, take a pipe stem cleaner and clean out the ball bleed hole by curving the cleaner down into it through the output hole of the valve.
	www.player-care.com /blockval.html (2675 words)

	Ampico Master Roll 72083
		Special care was taken to make the rolls perform almost identically on both the Ampico "A" and Ampico "B" systems.
		Additionally, the little known coding scheme needed for the special Ampico "A" concert grand demonstration pianos was included.
		By identifying the loudest note, any compression needed to stay in the Ampico's available range, could be based on that particular note.
	members.socket.net /~rtaylor/coding_master_roll_72083.html (836 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The reproducing system which came to be known as the Ampico was developed independently as this century's first decade was drawing to a close.
		Chickering, Marshall and Wendell, and Franklin pianos were brought into the Ampico family as were subsequently the JandC Fischer and the Ampico-Symphonique.
		Ampico's offering of sizes and styles was certainly no less diversified than the competition's.
	www.pianorestorer.com /reproducing.htm (433 words)

	NEW Ampico Rolls by ARTCRAFT
		The pedal Ampico is one of the most unpleasant instruments to use with the expression mechanism running, since the design divorces the Pianolist from the interpretive 'feel' of the music roll...
		We are grateful that Bob Hunt of Kennebunk, Maine has lent his support to this Ampico project, since his Franklin upright will allow the Master Rolls to be made long before the restoration of the Brewster player has been completed (sometime in 1999, ostensibly).
		If you don't believe that the commercial Ampico rolls of the past were "one missed musical opportunity after another", ask the owner of a Marque Ampico how he/she plays the original 'reproducing' rolls.
	www.wiscasset.net /artcraft/ampico.htm (1053 words)

	Correct Method of Rebuilding the AMPICO Vacuum Pump (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This is a 2 hour video that is thorough and complete, covering all three Ampico Pump systems (Ampico pumps, Stoddard and model A, The interim transition model A, and the model B.) No aspect of the Ampico pump is taken for granted or excluded.
		The pump you watch being rebuilt is then also tested, and you will see it's output and hear it's normal sound, with and without the hatch cover.
		There will never again be a reason to rebuild the Ampico pump and "hope" that it will turn out all right.
	www.player-care.com /video_2.html (259 words)

	MMD Archives: Ampico Salesman's Manual
		It is true that the Ampico may also be used as a player, but this is purely incidental to its unique distinction as a REPRODUCING PIANO.
		It is the Ampico's ability to reproduce the "singing tone" of the artist that has amazed musicians and music lovers alike.
		By means of these devices the Ampico can pick out the melody and also obtain special accenting effects simultaneously (in italics) with crescendo or diminuendo effects.
	mmd.foxtail.com /Archives/Digests/199803/1998.03.24.19.html (566 words)

	A-1 Player Piano Rolls, Ampico B Knabe, Antique Player Pianos, Player Pianos, Player Piano Music Scrolls
		Below is the Original Ampico Roll Cabinet which was purchase at the time our consignor bought the piano in 1931.
		The roll cabinet has the original ampico trademark on the inside its cabinet is currently in original condition it is Burl Walnut just like the piano and craved Roses and Leave relief.
		Ampico Roll Cabinet: (Scalloped Case) This roll cabinet is very rare and has a capacity of holding over 100 small and large rolls.
	www.playerpianos.com /knabebconsignment.htm (751 words)

	Ampico Player Grand Piano Rotary Pump Reproducer
		110, Cycle with the horsepower was 60, RPM Knabe Ampico from a in and original mounts up for working motor was plugged Grand piano.
		Please more player is a original manual and other other for 8 1/2 Ampico reproducing M.O. gets for the service manual and diagrams.
		reprint of Ampico grand softbound book, check my immediate shipping, a must the 1929 1929 Service This is 1 shipping.
	www.mailameal.com /dyn/d2043.2383.ampico.player.grand.piano.rotary.pump.reproducer.cms (194 words)

	Chickering Ampico For Sale. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I have a 1922 Chickering grand with an ampico A system.
		They are mostly vintage Ampico and most are in excellent condition.
		Ampico A system seems to be complete and ready to be rebuilt.
	www.ptg.org /pipermail/pianotech/2000-August/068783.html (154 words)

	INKPOT#65 CLASSICAL MUSIC FEATURE: RACHMANINOV - The Ampico piano rolls - CD Reviews
		The just-released, latest-in-line of Ampico piano roll recordings, this recording utilises the latest techology in reproducing pianos, explained in detail by Wayne Stahnke in the sleeve liner.
		A definitive introduction to Rachmaninov the pianist, and you won't be sorry you got this one.
		For those of you who already own the Ampico recordings on ADD or mono discs but are not satisfied with the quality, this may be the solution to the headaches you get everytime you listen to an old recording.
	inkpot.com /classical/rachampicor.html (512 words)

	Brief history of player pianos and their musical legacy
		I also developed an interface to fit into any Ampico piano to allow that piano to play from a computer.
		Regarded now as the first computerised system to operate a piano, the Phillips-Ampico system was based on an Apple II computer with roll scans stored on 5.25" disks.
		The system was marketed in Australia during the 1980s, and featured a large library of Ampico roll scans and a means of testing all aspects of the Ampico.
	www.petersmidi.com /history.html (493 words)

	Nancarrow und Ampico
		Das Ampico war neben dem Duo Art das in den USA am weitesten verbreitete Reproduktionssystem.
		Auch das Ampico A verfügt - wie fast alle reproduzierenden Systeme - über zwei Dynamik-Einrichtungen, die die Bass- beziehungsweise Diskanthälfte des Klaviers unabhängig voneinander steuern können.
		Berühmte Interpreten, die bei Ampico unter Vertrag standen, waren Eugen d'Albert, Harold Bauer, Wilhelm Backhaus, Alexander Brailowsky, Ferruccio Busoni, Leopold Godowsky, Mark Hambourg, Sergej Rachmaninoff, Artur Rubinstein, Camille Saint-Saëns und Alexander Skrjabin.
	www.nancarrow.de /ampico.htm (469 words)

	Ampico - links, statistic, graphs @ Topsites111.com
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	www.topsites111.com /statistic/ampico.html (317 words)

	The PIANOLA News - from ARTCRAFT
		The Ampico salesman can't afford to be either a high-brow or a low-brow.
		A salesman who is demonstrating the Ampico day after day runs the danger of "going stale" — of forgetting that the Ampico's reproduction of a great artist's playing is nothing less than a twentieth century miracle and should be treated as such.
		The Ampico should be displayed in a room separate and apart from other instruments, and the furnishings of this room should be carefully chosen with a view to creating an atmosphere of dignity and artistic refinement.
	www.wiscasset.net /artcraft/rollnews.htm (4020 words)

	P&G's Vintage Instrument Listing Service - Vintage Original old antique Ampico Symphonique Baby Grand Player Piano
		The RPT has provided the seller with an appraisal of "worth" for the instrument, and is relying on the Ole Bear to help market the piano to another loving, caring home.
		Ampico was one of the big player piano mechanism manufacturers in the early 20th Century in competition with Duo Art at the time.
		Ampico was made by the American Piano Co., East Rochester, NY beginning around 1916 according to Pierce Piano Atlas #10.
	www.pgtigercat.com /VILSList12/VILSList12.htm (1112 words)

	1926 Brewster 'Marque Ampico' update page - 2-7-99
		The 3 crescendo designs for the Ampico differed in the "speed" and only 1 [instead of 2] was installed in the later B grand.
		The Amphion interpretation of the Ampico player features 2 'crash' valves (each with a different spring torque) on a smaller, highly responsive pedal action.
		Bob Hunt, like many Ampico collectors, is enthusiastic about the prospect of NEW Ampico rolls which will do justice to a Knabe, Chickering, Mason and Hamlin and the other fine instruments which were equipped with the famous 'reproducing' player action.
	www.wiscasset.net /artcraft/brewster.htm (1071 words)

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