Piano roll recordings played by E. Robert Schmitz in the 1920's . The original reproducing piano rolls digitized by scanning techniques since 1980's  by others, and recorded from digitized piano rolls by me in 2014-18 into audio form
Photo: Elie Robert Schmitz (b. February 8, 1889, Paris, France, d. September 5, 1949, San Francisco, California) was a Franco-American pianist and composer. He studied with Louis-Joseph Diémer at the Conservatoire de Paris where he won First Prize in Piano. He caught the attention of Camille Saint-Saëns and Vincent D'Indy while directing the Association Musicale Moderne et Artistique (later renamed L'Association de Concerts Schmitz), which gave the world premiere of Debussy's Première rhapsodie, Roussel's Evocations, Le Flem's Crépuscules d'amour, and Milhaud's Suite Symphonique. Schmitz lead the Association from 1912 until 1914. 
Schmitz toured the United States in 1919, and the following year, founded the Franco-American Music Society in New York. The Society incorporated as Pro Musica in 1923.
Schmitz published a system of piano study, The Capture of Inspiration, in 1935. His book, The Piano works of Claude Debussy, a technical analysis with commentary, was published after his death, in 1950. Schmitz recorded the entire Debussy Preludes, Book I, released in the LP era on the Camden label (CAL-179), a product of Radio Corporation of America. Among his notable pupils was the composer Samuel Dolin.

E.Robert Schmitz (1889-1949) On The Roll Revisited

Debussy: Toccata  C Sharp Minor (from Pour Le Piano)played by E.Robert Schmitz on Ampico piano roll 68661, Scanned and converted into a digitized copy of the original piano roll. Recorded (without editing the original rendition) 2016, and 2 Jun 2017, by VViljanen (by permission) from the digitized copy of the original roll. 
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED,
PHOTO: E. Robert Schmitz 1889-1949
INFO* of the original piano roll:
TOCCATA C sharp minor
Roll Number: 68661, 68661H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: March, 1928
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Debussy: Toccata  C Sharp Minor from 'Pour Le Piano'. E. Robert Schmitz in 1928 on Ampico 68661

E. Robert Schmitz plays in 1925 Debussy: El Puerto from 'Iberia', on Ampico 64703. 
- - Recorded in 2016. and 2 Jun 2017,  by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Basic info of the original piano roll in 1925:
EL PUERTO (THE HARBOR) "Iberia" D flat
Roll Number: 64703, 64703H
Composer/Creator: Albeniz
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: July, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00

Claude Debussy: El Puerto from 'Iberia'. E. Robert Schmitz in 1925 on Ampico 64703

E.Robert Schmitz Plays In 1925 Ravel - Jeux D'eau, on Ampico Piano Roll 69383.   Recorded in 2016, and the rec updated 28 May 2017,  by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
JEUX D'EAU (THE FOUNTAIN) 
Roll Number: 69383, 69383H
Composer/Creator: Ravel
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: November, 1928
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00
*source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Maurice Ravel: Jeux D'eau. E.Robert Schmitz in 1925, on Ampico 69383

E. Robert Schmitz plays in 1925 Whithorne*:  New York Days And Nights Suite. Duo-Art 6846. - - Recorded in 2016 (rec updated Mar 10, 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from digitally simulated original reproducing piano roll. 
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Emerson Whithorne (1884-1958), portrait by Arnold Genthe (1923)
Basic info** of the original piano roll in 1925:
"NEW YORK DAYS AND NIGHTS" SUITE, Op. 40: No. 3, Pell Street (Chinatown); No. 2, Chimes Of St. Patrick's; No. 4, Times Square (Carnival)
Roll Number: 6846, 6846-3
Composer/Creator: Whithorne
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: February, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.75
Notes: Some sources list Times Square as No. 5
*Emerson Whithorne (birth surname Whittern) (September 6, 1884 in Cleveland, Ohio - March 25, 1958)[1] was a notable American composer and researcher into the history of music. He had a reputation as an authority on the music of China. Whithorne lived for a period in London, staying until 1915. The Times reported that Whithorne was prosecuted for playing the pianoforte at unsocial hours. In November 1913 he won the case brought by the landlord of his South Kensington flat. Whithorne was married to Ethel Leginska.
- As a curiosity of this piece, a well-known Finnish folk tune can be heard as one of the themes of this piece (at 3.30) - possibly heard by the composer on NY streets from someone immigrated from Finland, very common in the beginning of the 1900's. (note by VV)
**source of the roll basic info: The Player Player Group web page

E. Whithorne*: New York Days And Nights Suite. E.Robert Schmitz 1925 Duo-Art 6846

Debussy: Prelude, from Suite Bergamasque, E.Robert Schmitz plays in 1926, on Ampico 65991. -- Recorded in 2016, and Jan 25, 2023 by VViljanen (by permission)from digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using on its playback and recording a modelled Bechstein 1896 grand, tone/sound modified/re-designed by VV. 
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: E. Robert Scmitz 1889-1949
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
PRELUDE "Suite Bergamasque" F major 
Roll Number: 65991, 65991H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: May, 1926
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Player Piano Group web page (by permission)

Claude Debussy: Prelude F Major from Suite Bergamasque. E. Robert Schmitz 1926 on Ampico 65991

Claude Debussy: Prélude L'après-midi D'un Faune. E. Robert Schmitz on Duo-Art 6532. Recorded in 2016, and June 2, 2017, by VViljanen (by permission)from digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Basic info* of the original piano roll in 1922:
PRELUDE A L'APRES-MIDE D'UN FAUNE (Prelude To the Afternoon Of A Faun)
Roll Number: 6532, 6532-3
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: May, 1922
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $2.75 (Price after 1922)
*source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Claude Debussy: Prélude 'L'après-midi D'un Faune'. E. Robert Schmitz 1922 on Duo-Art 6532

E.Robert Schmitz Plays In 1921 WIENIAWSKI CONCERT VALSE Op.3, Duo - Art 6473. --Recorded in 2016  and the rec updated 26 Apr 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
VALSE DE CONCERT, Op. 3
 
Roll Number: 6473, 64739
Composer/Creator: Wieniawski
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: September, 1921
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.25 (Price after 1922)
*source: The Piano Player Group web page

Joseph Wieniawski: Concert Valse Op. 3 No 1.  E.Robert Schmitz 1921 on Duo-Art 6473

E. Robert Schmitz plays in 1920 Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 pt.1 on  Duo-Art 6264.--Recorded in 2016 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll with virtual Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/re-designed by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: E. Robert Schmitz 1889-1949
Basic info* of the original piano roll in 1920:
"CARNAVAL" (Scenes Mignonnes sur 4 notes), Op. 9, Part 1: Preamble; Pierrot; Arlequin; Valse Noble; Eusebius; Florestan; Coquette; Replique; Sphinxes; Paplllons; ASCH-SCHA (Lettres Dansantes); Chiarina
 
Roll Number: 6264, 6264-3
Composer/Creator: Schumann
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: April, 1920
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.75 (Price after 1922)
Notes: Some delete Chiarina
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Robert Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9 - part 1.  E.Robert Schmitz 1920 on  Duo-Art 6264

E. Robert Schmitz plays in 1929 Chopin: Etude 'Aeolian Harp' Op.25 no.1, DuoArt 69521H.-- Recorded in 2016 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll with virtual Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/designed by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: E. Robert Schmitz (1889-1949)  was a Franco-American pianist and composer.
Basic info of the original piano roll in 1929:
GOLLIWOGG'S CAKE-WALK "Le Coin Des Enfants" (Children's Corner)
Roll Number: 66621, 66621H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: October, 1926
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00

Chopin: Etude 'Aeolian Harp' Op.25 no.1. E. Robert Schmitz 1929 DuoArt 69521H

E. Robert Schmitz Plays In 1926 Debussy- Menuet, From Suite Bergamasque A - Minor, Ampico 66003.  Recorded in 2016 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using on its playback a modelled Bechstein 1896 grand, tone/sound modified/re-designed by VV. The rfec updated Jan 25, 2023 by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Basic info* of the original piano roll in 1926:
MENUET "Suite Bergamasque" A minor
Roll Number: 66003, 66003H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: May, 1926
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
Info source: The Plsyer Pisno Group web page (by permission)

Claude Debussy:  Menuet from Suite Bergamasque. E.Robert Schmitz 1926 on Ampico 66003

E. Robert Schmitz Plays In 1925 Bach - Liszt Prelude & Fugue Am, Suite 1.No.1 Ampico Piano Roll 65043. Recorded in 2016 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll with virtual Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/re-designed by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Basic info of the original piano roll in 1925:
PRELUDE AND FUGUE A minor, Suite 1, No. 1
 
Roll Number: 65043, 65043H
Composer/Creator: Bach, Liszt
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: October, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00

Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue Am. Suite 1 No 1.  E.Robert Schmitz 1925 on Ampico 65043

E. Robert Schmitz plays in 1924 Debussy: Arabesgue No.2 In G,on Ampico 63503A.   Recorded in 2016, and 2 Jun 2017,  by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
ARABESQUE No. 2
Roll Number: 63503, 63503H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: September, 1924
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00
*source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
*source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Claude Debussy: Arabesgue No. 2. E. Robert Schmitz in 1924 on Ampico 63503

E.Robert Schmitz plays in 120 Schumann Carnaval op.9, on Duo-Art piano rolls 6264 and 6282.
Recorded (updated) 22 Aug 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: E.Robert Schmitz 1889-1949.
Basic info** of the original piano rolls:
"CARNAVAL" (Scenes Mignonnes sur 4 notes), Op. 9, Part 1: Preamble; Pierrot; Arlequin; Valse Noble; Eusebius; Florestan; Coquette; Replique; Sphinxes; Paplllons; ASCH-SCHA (Lettres Dansantes); Chiarina
Roll Number: 6264, 6264-3
Composer/Creator: Schumann
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: April, 1920
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.75 (Price after 1922)
Notes: Some delete Chiarina,
"CARNAVAL" (Scenes Mignonnes sur 4 notes), Part 2: Chopin; Estrelle; Reconnaissance; Pantalon et Columbine; Valse Allamande; Paganini; Aveu; Promenade; Pause; Marche des Davidsbundler contra les Philistins
Roll Number: 6282, 6282-3
Composer/Creator: Schumann
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: May, 1920
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $2.75 (Price after 1922)
Notes: Some listings begin with Chiarina
**Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9. Part 2. E.Robert Schmitz in 1920, on Duo-Art 6282

E.Robert Schmitz plays in 1920 Schumann Carnaval op.9, on Duo-Art piano rolls 6264 and 6282.
Recorded 22 Aug 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: E.Robert Schmitz 1889-1949.
Basic info** of the original piano rolls:
"CARNAVAL" (Scenes Mignonnes sur 4 notes), Op. 9, Part 1: Preamble; Pierrot; Arlequin; Valse Noble; Eusebius; Florestan; Coquette; Replique; Sphinxes; Paplllons; ASCH-SCHA (Lettres Dansantes); Chiarina
Roll Number: 6264, 6264-3
Composer/Creator: Schumann
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: April, 1920
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.75 (Price after 1922)
Notes: Some delete Chiarina,
"CARNAVAL" (Scenes Mignonnes sur 4 notes), Part 2: Chopin; Estrelle; Reconnaissance; Pantalon et Columbine; Valse Allamande; Paganini; Aveu; Promenade; Pause; Marche des Davidsbundler contra les Philistins
Roll Number: 6282, 6282-3
Composer/Creator: Schumann
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: May, 1920
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $2.75 (Price after 1922)
Notes: Some listings begin with Chiarina
**Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9. Part 1. E.Robert Schmitz in 1920 on Duo-Art 6264

Debussy Prelude F major (de Suite Bergamasque), E. Robert Schmitz in 1926 on Ampico 65991.
Re-recorded Mar 9, 2017* by VViljanen (by permission)from digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll with a modelled Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/redesigned by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: E. Robert Schmitz (1889-1949)
The information on the original piano roll:
PRELUDE "Suite Bergamasque" F major
Roll Number: 65991, 65991H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: May, 1926
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00

Debussy: Prelude F major from 'Suite Bergamasque'.  E. Robert Schmitz 1926 on Ampico 65991

J.S.Bach - Franz Liszt: Prelude & Fugue A Minor, BWV543/S.462. E. Robert Schmitz in 1925, on Ampico 65043.
Recorded Mar 10, 2017 by VViljanen (by permission), and the rec. updated Jan 19, 2018,  and Jan 25, 2023 from digitally simulated original reconstructed  reproducing piano roll, using on its replay and recording  a modelled Bechstein 1896 grand, revoiced, reconfigured and setup by VV.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Elie Robert Schmitz (1889-1949). was a Franco-American pianist, teacher, writer, editor, and organizer.
Photo: Bechstein 1896 grand. 
Info* of the original piano roll:
PRELUDE AND FUGUE A minor, Suite 1, No. 1
Roll Number: 65043, 65043H
Composer/Creator: Bach, Liszt
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: October, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

J.S.Bach - F.Liszt: Prelude & Fugue Am BWV543 /S.462.  E.Robert Schmitz 1925 on Ampico 65043

Debussy: Prelude Am, Pour Le Piano. E.Robert Schmitz in 1924, on Ampico 63843.
Recorded 15 May 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Elie Robert Schmitz (1889-1949) was a Franco-American pianist and composer. Schmitz studied with Louis-Joseph Diémer at the Conservatoire de Paris where he won First Prize in Piano. He caught the attention of Camille Saint-Saëns and Vincent D'Indy while directing the Association Musicale Moderne et Artistique (later renamed L'Association de Concerts Schmitz), which gave the world premiere of Debussy's Première rhapsodie, Roussel's Evocations, Le Flem's Crépuscules d'amour, and Milhaud's Suite Symphonique. Schmitz lead the Association from 1912 until 1914.  Schmitz toured the United States in 1919, and the following year, founded the Franco-American Music Society in New York. The Society incorporated as Pro Musica in 1923. Schmitz published a system of piano study, The Capture of Inspiration, in 1935. His book, The Piano works of Claude Debussy, a technical analysis with commentary, was published after his death, in 1950. Schmitz recorded the entire Debussy Preludes, Books I and II, for Victor Records, re-released in the LP era on the RCA Camden label (CAL-179/180). Among his notable pupils was the composer Samuel Dolin.

Basic info* of the original piano roll:
PRELUDE A minor
Roll Number: 63843, 63843G
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: December, 1924
Category: classical
Original Price: $1.75
*source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Debussy: Prelude Am, Pour Le Piano. E. Robert Schmitz in 1924, on Ampico 63843

Déodat de Severac: Baigneuses au Soleil. E . Robert Schmitz in 1922 on Duo-Art 6581.
Recorded 5 Jun 2017, by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Déodat de Severac 1872-1921 was a French composer,  appreciated as talented as Debussy and Ravel, but later remaining mainly forgotten.
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
BAIGNEUSES AU SOLEIL (Women-Bather's In the Sun) (Souvenir de Banyuls sur Mer)
Roll Number: 6581, 6581
Composer/Creator: Severac
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: December, 1922
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $2.50 (Price after 1922)
*source: from The Piano Player Group web Page (by permission)

Déodat de Severac: Baigneuses au Soleil. E . Robert Schmitz in 1922 on Duo-Art 6581

De Falla: La Vie Brève- Danse Espagnole No 1. E.Robert Schmitz in 1927 on Ampico 67441.
Recorded 26 May 2017, by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: E. Robert Schmitz 1889-1949
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
LA VIE BREVE (THE SHORT LIFE) "Danse Espagnole" (Spanish Dance) No. 1
Roll Number: 67441, 67441H
Composer/Creator: de Falla
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: April, 1927
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00
*source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

De Falla: La Vie Brève- Danse Espagnole No 1. E.Robert Schmitz in 1927 on Ampico 67441

Debussy: La Cathedrale Engloutié. No 10 from Preludes Book I (published in 1910). E. Robert Schmitz in Nov 1927 on Ampico 68293.
Recorded** from digitized original reproducing piano roll 13 Dec 2018 by VViljanen
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
LA CATHEDRALE ENGLOUTIE (THE SUBMERGED CATHEDRAL)
Roll Number: 68293, 68293H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: November, 1927
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
**Werckmeister III temperament used here...even though this isn't Bach... ;-)

Debussy: La Cathédrale Engloutie. Preludes Bk I No 10. E. Robert Schmitz  Nov 1927 on Ampico 68293

My warmest thanks to everyone stopping by for listening to my  'REVIEW   OF THE PAST TIME PIANISTS' INTERPRETATIONS ON THE HISTORICAL PIANO ROLLS, and also to a small LIST of MY MODEST OWN RENDITIONS, all of the latter representing a variety of piano music & some pipe-organ classics, - and  TO THE Growing LISTS OF (just lately done and reproduced)  TRANSCRIPTIONS OF VARIOUS CHAMBER MUSIC CLASSICAL PEARLS FOR TWO PIANOS.
A HEADSET IS RECOMMENDED for optimal sound experience!
This kind of 'touching' on these old pre-sound-rec. era works by the great performers of the past, and giving my sound to these old 'punch rolls',  makes me feel  deep humbleness, .and I wish that this modest attempt to bring these  performances alive will satisfy you listening to them!
To introduce myself...
I am a Finnish M.D., PhD. and Hand Surgeon (now retired), previously when young with 10 years of professionally orientated piano studies at Turku Conservatory in 1965-1975, partly  along with medical University studies. 
The digital sound techniques have become very familiar to me already from 1980's along with my university research work  
and my musical activities.
As continuation to my musical and professional experience, I have, during the last few years of my retirement, adopted a music historical challenge
to bring the past time major and minor pianists, prior to sound-recording era, onto the same 'start line' with the present pianists, by making their presentations, played onto 'punch rolls' i.e. piano rolls, audible with modern digital techniques. This wouldn't be possible without the pioneering  efforts of Richard Stibbons, Wayne Stahnke, Terry Smythe, Warren Trachtman, Spencer Chase, and others, who developed the optical digitizing techniques of the piano rolls, and digitized them.

The main part of my recordings here in SC consists of selection recorded by me from optically digitized piano-rolls** (from 1910's on or earlier, classical and 'vintage era'). These recordings of mine are not and will not be commercially unavailable. - The rolls were first optically scanned and converted into a digital form by diverse operators** (see also to the info of each piece). The pieces here were partly (minor part) picked from various open net sources, publicly available, but mainly from the huge archive (n=ca.5000) of digitized copies copies of the original reproducing piano rolls, made available to me by one of the pioneers of roll digitizing tehchniques (willing to keep anonymous), and then recorded from this archive mainly with virtual grand piano (called by me 'Bluethner Model One') modified/re-designed by me, as well as the rec settings. 
Also a minor selection of my own renditions among my records can be found here, included on my playlist 'Bach Goes Virtual', the name of the list telling something about the techniques used for getting the end result... The list includes various organ works by J.S.Bach and others, and also a few piano renditions of mine. Then there are included also various pieces which have been in my repertoire, but here played mainly by the  'guest' great players of the past (before the sound recording era).
MY MOST HUMBLE THANKS TO THE NOBLE DONOR  OF THIS INVALUABLE PIANO ROLL MATERIAL FOR MY USE!!!
My Sincere Thanks also to The Player Piano Group, UK, for providing me their permission to use the information about the piano rolls collected and provided on their web page ( https://rolls.playerpianogroup.org.uk ),  and for simplifying my short historical presentations of these renditions on their re-publication here!
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY MOST HUMBLE THANKS TO EVERYONE  OF YOU FOR LISTENING, AND FOR YOUR 'LIKES' & COMMENTS !
YOUR LISTENING & FEEDBACK IS TRULY APPRECIATED..!!.
Use of good headphones or speakers will make your music experience more enjoyable!
Best wishes, all the best
Veikko
These recordings are not commercially available, and ANY KIND OF THEIR COMMERCIAL USE IS PROHIBITED.

E.Robert Schmitz (1889-1949) On The Roll Revisited

Veikko Viljanen