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 twenty-three volumes in our catalogue. 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 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, Aeolia 1003 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.
		Pianola Journal no. 19, 2008 Ferruccio Busoni, the Duo-Art and Bach's Chaconne: Francis Bowdery Josef Lhévinne - Reproducing Piano Roll Artist: Mark Reinhart Mechanical Piano-Players: G.C. Ashton Jonson This Journal includes a CD of Busoni's and Lhevinne's Welte-Mignon recordings, Aeolian 1004 Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 20, 2009 On The Right Track - Dynamic Recording for the Reproducing Piano (Part One): Rex Lawson The Philipps Duca Reproducing Piano: Mark Stikkelbroek Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 21, 2010 Reminiscences of Liszt: Francis Bowdery On The Right Track - Dynamic Recording for the Reproducing Piano (Part Two): Rex Lawson Paderewski and the Player Piano: Denis Hall This Journal includes a CD of Paderewski's Welte-Mignon recordings, Aeolian 1005 Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 22, 2012 Piano Roll Speeds: Denis Hall On The Right Track - Dynamic Recording for the Reproducing Piano (Part Three): Rex Lawson Piano Tone and Voicing for Player and Reproducing Pianos: Denis Hall New Perspectives in Pianoforte Playing: Carroll Brent Chilton Musical Expression Through the Player Piano: Fred James Hill Price £10, including postage in the EEC.
		Pianola Journal no. 23, 2013 Mechanical Troubles - Performing Nancarrow's Player Piano Studies Today: Dominic Murcott On The Right Track - Dynamic Recording for the Reproducing Piano (Part Four): Rex Lawson How Do You Like Your Debussy?: Denis Hall On Making One's Own Music Rolls: J.H. Morrison Price £10, including postage in the EEC.