pianola underground


The pianola is dead! Long live the pianola!


At pianola underground the art of making new music for this curious format is very much alive. Old instruments are reanimated with new music to peform to a new 21st century audience. New music and new arrangements of old music - all here in one place. We also assist music venture and concert projects, design and photography projects.

pianola underground is the web presence of Adam G Ramet.

let's misbehave


Cole Porter (1928) newly arranged for pianola. Rated by many as the finest new jazz-age piano roll for decades.




Otto e Mezzo


Nino Rota (1962) newly arranged for pianola. This is the main theme from the Fellini movie 8 1/2 and is the first mechanical music arrangement of the piece.




festive overture


Shostakovich (1954) newly arranged for pianola from the complete orchestral score.




ashkenasi dances no.1


Ramet (2007) new composition for pianola.




nickel in the slot

Zez Confrey (1923) newly arranged for pianola.




wintergarden rag

Abe Olman (1909) newly arranged for pianola.




happy hippos

Norman Kennedy (1912) newly arranged for pianola. A full length two-step from ragtime-era London.




allons vite!

Wilhelm Ganz (1877) newly arranged for pianola. This is Ganz's follow-up grand concert galop to "Qui Vive"




bugatti step


Jaroslav Jezek (1930) newly arranged for pianola.




moya marusechka

"Pjotr Lescencko (1934) newly arranged for pianola. The winning roll in the 2007 AMICA Pumper Contest.




solace

"Scott Joplin (1909) newly arranged for pianola. The complete original solo piano score for this evocative habenera. The note lengths have been meticulously adjusted to make effective performance of this piece possible in this format. Previous transcriptions of this work by others merely transferred the notes making performances, at best, difficult. The roll remains 100% metronomic and you can play the piece however you like best! £10.




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