Ordering and Contact Information

The Violano rollscanning project is an ongoing effort whose goal is to capture in archival form as many of the 3121 rolls manufactured for the Mills Novelty Company Violano Virtuoso as possible before the rolls disintegrate due to their age and use.  Scanned files are available free of any charges for roll recutting efforts.  For those with MIDI controlled Violanos, such as the highly reliable and well-supported unit sold by the new Mills Novelty Company, files are available for their machines at a nominal fee per song to help offset the steep costs in time and dollars expended on this project.  Collectors who make rolls available to the project are entitled to as many files for their own use as they contribute to the database at no charge.  Because each installation of the currently available MIDI interface for the Violano is uniquely encoded, custom encoding is required.  Primarily for this reason, the cost of files is on a sliding scale depending on the number purchased.   Subscription rates are available for those who would like to keep their library of songs up-to-date with the rollscanning project. All files work with early style machines since damper cancel signals have been added where needed to make very late style files work.  Some late style machines may have piano volume problems for files made from rolls prior to number 1750.  Tremelo is not an issue since current MIDI interfaces lock this feature on at all times.

Additions, pricing information and comments should be directed to:

Jack Breen

2 Granuaile Road

Southborough, MA 01772-1449

508-380-3844 (cell) 508-485-6176 (home)

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jack@violanomusic.com