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What is a Recording? What is a Record?
By Jon Page

Douglas Bush wrote:

> To my mind, the majority of piano rolls are mathematically
> arranged with no expression coding. As such they are nothing
> more than a representation of musical notes.

I have heard a few musicians who play like this.

Just Musing,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.

(Message sent Wed 22 Mar 2000, 12:20:39 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject: is, Record, Recording, What

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