Jürgen Hocker has done a fantastic thing and uploaded videos of his Ampico Bösendorfer grand piano playing the rolls of every Conlon Nancarrow study for player piano. He reputedly is the only one with a whole set, having worked with Nancarrow during his lifetime, and the videos all begin with a few photos of Nancarrow, Hocker and archival material.

It is fantastic to be able to see the keys and roll while the studies play. (Not to mention the pleasure of hearing them on a different piano than usual, restored under Nancarrow’s supervision.) See the rest at Hocker’s YouTube page.

(via mmd)