News & Events
Upcoming Events
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Arthur and Helen Jones (Zoom) – Saturday 17th January 2026
As usual, we’ll be aiming to replicate the format of a traditional face-to-face player piano meeting as far as Zoom permits, with a programme of rolls on the Ampico and 65-note Pianola interspersed with ample opportunities for chatting with other members. The music will, as usual, have a hint of a Viennese flavour (but little or no Strauss this time) to help welcome the New Year but will also look forward to warmer times to come. For anyone not fully familiar with Zoom, we’ll hold a “dummy run” to test connections etc. at 7.30pm on Friday 16th January on the same link – experience has shown that it’s well worth trying things out in advance of the main meeting in order to identify and overcome any teething problems.
Nicholas and Eileen Simons, Derby – Sunday 29th March 2026
Details to be advised. To book your place, please log into the members’ area to obtain contact details.
Jim and Sally Spriggs, York – Saturday 18th April 2026
Details to be advised. To book your place, please log into the members’ area to obtain contact details.
AGM and weekend away – Saturday 9th May 2026
To be held at the Amersham Fair Organ Museum, 28 Plantation Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 6HJ. Further details to be advertised when known.
Geoffrey Hobson, Wakefield – Saturday 16th May 2026
Details to be advised. To book your place, please log into the members’ area to obtain contact details.
Graham and Ruth Cantrill, Rempstone – Saturday 13th June 2026
Details to be advised. To book your place, please log into the members’ area to obtain contact details.
Stephen Dye, Oakham – Sunday 18th October 2026
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The PPG and the North West Player Piano Association are joining forces!
We are delighted to announce that the North West Player Piano Association (NWPPA) has recently merged with the Player Piano Group (PPG).
Myra Hess in Concert
The Musical Museum, Brentford High Street, London, TW8 0DU. The PPG and Musical Museum present musical legend Dame Myra Hess, performing live via the medium of Duo-Art piano rolls, recorded by her in London and New York, circa 1923 to 1928. An eclectic program, introduced by James Eggleston, ranges from Scarlatti to Szymanowski via Debussy, […]
2024 AGM & Concert
In 2024, the PPG’s Annual General Meeting was held at Downing Place United Reformed Church, CB2 3EL; a concert from James Eggleston’s Welte Vorsetzer followed. As well as a live stream, Julian Dyer kindly recorded selected works from the programme, which we are pleased to share below:
Online Bulletin Library – Now Live!
The PPG’s Bulletin library is now available to view online – right back to newsletter no. 1 in 1960! To access this resource simply login to the ‘Members’ Area’ with the details published in your most recent Bulletin. A searchable PDF index of all contents pages has been compiled by a dedicated group of volunteers […]
Florence Price’s Fantasie Nègre No. 1 Duo-Art Roll
Florence Price’s music was largely ignored during her lifetime but identified by Radio Three’s ‘Forgotten Female Composers’ initiative of 2017. Her works are now being increasingly performed and published, and their quality is attracting an ever-expanding audience. The North West Player Piano Association’s 50th Anniversary in 2022 was the impetus to produce a new Duo-Art […]
A catalogue of Meloto and Regent Dance Rolls
The Player Piano Group is pleased to announce that Julian Dyer’s complete catalogue of Meloto dance rolls has been published. This covers ‘popular’ piano rolls produced in Britain by the Aeolian Company – dance rolls of the 1920s & 30s, show and film tunes, light music and novelty piano of the 1930s – as well […]
PPG Special Commemorative Roll
The PPG is pleased to announce the release of a special 88 note (accented) roll, Chaminade’s Nocturne, Op. 165. First composed in 1924, this piece was presented and dedicated to London Duo-Art recording engineer Reginald Reynolds. Unfortunately it became the reason that the two never spoke again, as Reynolds had not noticed, or acknowledged, the […]
Free Membership For Students & Under 25’s
Announcing Free Membership For Students & Under 25’s The Player Piano Group is pleased to announce two new membership categories, one for Full-Time Students and the other for those aged under 25. Applications for these are now open. Membership is offered free of charge to those who: – Study a minimum of 12 hours per […]