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Will Adams from Lexington, KY, USA wrote on February 26, 1997 at 12:00 am

I really like your midifiles, keep it up.

Tommy Lee from Atlanta, GA, USA wrote on February 26, 1997 at 12:00 am

THANKS FOR THE FREE MIDI STUFF GREAT PIANO PLAYING KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GLAD TO SEE EVERY ONE ON THE INTERNET IS NOT TRYING TO MAKE A KILLING OFF OF EVERY ONE.

from , , wrote on February 23, 1997 at 12:00 am

Certainly enjoyable. Have always loved ragtime and of course Scott Joplin. It is very generous of you to devote the time and patience required to do this so others can enjoy it. Thanks!

William T. Chambers from Texas City, TX, USA wrote on February 23, 1997 at 12:00 am

alber67@aol.com from Los Angeles, CA, USA wrote on February 23, 1997 at 12:00 am

great stuff

P. Faerber from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA wrote on February 23, 1997 at 12:00 am

You've spent a lot of time putting all these MIDI file together and I appreciate you allowing people like me access to them. I would never have the time to do do this for myself but I enjoy playing them. Thanks!

Giles Read from Southampton, England, UK wrote on February 22, 1997 at 12:00 am

I'm pleased that you have so many freely downloadable MIDI files - thanks. Actually, I'm a newbie and did a search for MIDI + SCAN to see if I can find any info on musical OCR (I don't like typing scores!).

Dan Mouyard from Pittsburgh, PA, USA wrote on February 22, 1997 at 12:00 am

I'm attending Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. Hi! I'm glad you have all of these midi files, it's wonderful! I'm a piano player who's looking for new and interesting rags, you're selections were a big help! Thanks! -Dan

Liam Ball from Toronto, ON, Canada wrote on February 21, 1997 at 12:00 am

This is so cool. I have a Disklavier and have been starved for material. Thanks!

snuffysmith@utech.net from Lompoc, CA, USA wrote on February 21, 1997 at 12:00 am

GREAT I LOVE JOPLIN

E. Diaz from Florida, , USA wrote on February 21, 1997 at 12:00 am

Keep up the good work!

Joe Muhn from Waterville, OH, USA wrote on February 20, 1997 at 12:00 am

Realy, some enjoyable music. Not the rock stuff. I enjoy big band music. I played in big bands as a drummer back in the 40s and 50s. Started when in high school. Played in Marine dance bands from coast to coast. Joe Muhn

Nahrissa Rush from Madison, WI, USA wrote on February 19, 1997 at 12:00 am

I think Scott Joplin was one of the greatest composers that ever lived(he's right up ther with Mozart and Beethoven)!

Chuck from Los Gatos, CA, USA wrote on February 19, 1997 at 12:00 am

New to this MIDI thing and have enjoyed your files!

Debbie from Butler, WI, USA wrote on February 18, 1997 at 12:00 am

Thanks for the info. My daughter is doing a report on Scott Joplin and this site has been very interesting and fun. We really enjoy the music.

shu@ipc-tokai.or.jp from Japan, , wrote on February 17, 1997 at 12:00 am

great

Judy Koepp from Garland, TX, USA wrote on February 16, 1997 at 12:00 am

Thanks for your all of your hard work! We found you while researching for a paper my 11 year old son is working on. We're not sure how to unzip your other midi files, but will work on it.

Malcolm Clark from Perth, , Australia wrote on February 16, 1997 at 12:00 am

I'm marylou, Malcolm's my son, a music freak. At the moment he is writing music scripts for videos.Scott Joplin is his favourate ragtime composer. Love your page very easy to peruse through.

Keith from Huddersfield, England, UK wrote on February 16, 1997 at 12:00 am

enjoyed my visit - will be back again.

kingofvp@aol.com from New York, , USA wrote on February 15, 1997 at 12:00 am

I love the page.... I love the music.... Thank you for sharing it all with us.

Michael from Santa Cruz, CA, USA wrote on February 15, 1997 at 12:00 am

Great site. Words and music on the G&S pieces, nice layout! thanks Michael

Emma Whybrow from Adelaide Hills, , Australia wrote on February 14, 1997 at 12:00 am

wijngaar@globalaxs.nl from Netherlands, , wrote on February 14, 1997 at 12:00 am

Odd Helge Otteraa from Norway, , wrote on February 14, 1997 at 12:00 am

It's a great homepage you have. I love to listen to ragtime, but most of all I love playing some of them myself. I play the piano (not very well), and ragtime is the most fun to play. My favourite to play is Original Rags by Joplin. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Norway.

B. Robbins from North Carolina, , USA wrote on February 13, 1997 at 12:00 am

Dave LaValle from Minnesota, , USA wrote on February 11, 1997 at 12:00 am

Ron from Florida, , wrote on February 10, 1997 at 12:00 am

convert old player piano rolls (marches, jazz) to midi it posiible to take an old player tracker bar, add leds and photocells to read each note, with a little additional hardware and software to make an auto transfer. it is a project to do, but i don't have time........

Roy Broussard from Anchorage, AK, USA wrote on February 9, 1997 at 12:00 am

Thanks. Enjoyed it!

Chris W. Frei from Berlin, , Germany wrote on February 8, 1997 at 12:00 am

first, let me thank You for letting me load some of Your Ragtunes. I'll let You know more, after listening to them. ch

Dorothy Morgan from Cape Girardeau, MO, USA wrote on February 7, 1997 at 12:00 am

Great site Only thing I can suggest is that you continue this work. Dorothy Morgan

Jonas Crimm from Philadelphia, PA, USA wrote on February 6, 1997 at 12:00 am

Cotten Kelsh from Philadelphia, PA, USA wrote on February 6, 1997 at 12:00 am

Jerry Tabrum from Federal Way, WA, USA wrote on February 6, 1997 at 12:00 am

Age 61, retired airline pilot, been playing classic ragtime since 1980. Prefer Joplin, Scott, Lamb, and other serious composers of their style, but enjoy the works of modern day composers such as William Bolcom and Max Morath.

iamakolb@snip.net from Pennsauken, NJ, USA wrote on February 5, 1997 at 12:00 am

You have a very nice web site .

Judd Tooke from Shreveport, LA, USA wrote on February 4, 1997 at 12:00 am

Not yet. I just found this page, but I am a huge Scott Joplin fan and I found your page as a result of a general search for Joplin. I am trying to locate and eventually acquire as many different recordings of Joplin as I can . Later. jtooke

Howie from California, , wrote on February 4, 1997 at 12:00 am

cool homepage !but i want more clips!!!!!!

Cabby from Phoenix, AZ, USA wrote on February 2, 1997 at 12:00 am

Absolutely fabulous page!! I've been a ragtime time fan since the movie "The Sting" opened. I've got a tiny collection of rag albums and CDs. I seek more CDs of the orchestral versions of Scott Joplin's rags. I wonder if more Gunther Schuller's band renditions are available on CD; I recall the Everest label having a couple of good ones on wax. Anyway, I thank you very much for constructing this archive. I think it needed to be done!

Charles E. Alsop from Tehachapi, CA, USA wrote on February 2, 1997 at 12:00 am

Your work is fantastic. I found your page from a friend of a friend in Texas. I hope by now you have found the job you desire. Charley

Al Baker from Edmonds, WA, USA wrote on February 2, 1997 at 12:00 am

This is a great service!

Daniel Peukert from Dresden, , Germany wrote on January 28, 1997 at 12:00 am

I am a fan of Joplin!!!

Ron Eyre from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada wrote on January 27, 1997 at 12:00 am

Like your BGSOUND - am just learning to write web pages, am retired and surf the web daily. Will put your site on my fovorites Thanks:roneyre

Kris Preacher from Williamsburg, VA, USA wrote on January 26, 1997 at 12:00 am

This must have taken a lot of work, but it was definitely worth it! Thank you for midifying Joplin!

Kris Preacher from Williamsburg, VA, USA wrote on January 26, 1997 at 12:00 am

Allan H. Stolpen from Branchburg, NJ, USA wrote on January 25, 1997 at 12:00 am

You got a big smile when I got onto your site and was greeted with Scott Joplin's music while browsing. How do I reset it once it stopped?

Sandy LaRouche from Missouri, , wrote on January 22, 1997 at 12:00 am

I'm not sure you got my first message although you may have received the second--sorry to be so forgetful but, she said quaintly, did you possibly know Sandy Schopp while you were living in Newport Beach? My best friend from high school.

Sandy LaRouche from Missouri, , USA wrote on January 22, 1997 at 12:00 am

I would love to invite all you Scott Joplin fans to the Sedalia MO Scott Joplin Festival in June. Love this web site and everyone's comments. You are always welcome in Missouri, the cradle of Ragtime!

David Bailey Jr. from Fort Sumner, NM, USA wrote on January 19, 1997 at 12:00 am

Mike Miller from earth, , wrote on January 18, 1997 at 12:00 am

Into Ragtime... love your files.

Jim Hillin from Texas, , wrote on January 16, 1997 at 12:00 am

Great songs. Keep up the good work.

David Coons from Glen Cove, NY, USA wrote on January 15, 1997 at 12:00 am

grrrrreat!

Edward Berlin from New York, NY, USA wrote on January 15, 1997 at 12:00 am

A more direct e-mail address (which netscape seems to screw up because of the percent sign) is eabqb%qb001.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu There is also a homepage in progress (& has been in progress for several months already), but I don't know when/if it will be finished. (Being done by a student.) But you can check out the Joplin essay I wrote at www.classical.net/music/comp.Lst/Joplin.html

Rob G. from New York, NY, USA wrote on January 14, 1997 at 12:00 am

Edward Mitchell from Orlando, FL, USA wrote on January 12, 1997 at 12:00 am

nope I absolutely love Ragtime music especially Scott Joplin ragtime thanks.

Tapio Koskenvoima from Finland, , wrote on January 12, 1997 at 12:00 am

Thanks to Altavista I found this incredible nice page. Lots of quality music, I really enjoyed, thanks!

Sally Kosh from Truckee, CA, USA wrote on January 11, 1997 at 12:00 am

Thanks for the great tunes! - a Joplin fan

eskwa@pacific.net.sg from Singapore, , wrote on January 11, 1997 at 12:00 am

Appreciate printed scores as well.

Tom Knox from Tarboro, NC, USA wrote on January 10, 1997 at 12:00 am

Great music thanks!

Ed Ancker from Auburn, CA, USA wrote on January 10, 1997 at 12:00 am

I Like joplin,good work!

Spencer Whittington from Olney, MD, USA wrote on January 7, 1997 at 12:00 am

My e-mail address is: swhit@erols.com

Craig Dykstra from Centreville, VA, USA wrote on January 6, 1997 at 12:00 am

Naw, just looking. I started teaching myself piano recently and went right to the hard stuff - Joplin rags. I've downloaded a few MIDI files to see how they really sound - it'll be a good many years before I sound that way, I know, so it's inspiring to hear it done right. Ain't the net great for such things ("Gee, I want to get some MIDI files of Joplin rags - wow, three clicks and I'm there). Take care.

Marlene Larson from Minneapolis, MN, USA wrote on January 4, 1997 at 12:00 am

Ragtime music makes me feel good. Something like Bluegrass does. I am learning some tunes from a music book that I have and I like to hear how the tunes SHOULD sound.

Michael Bresnahan from Dallas, TX, USA wrote on January 4, 1997 at 12:00 am

New visitor - just browsing.

Randall Wilson from San Francisco, , wrote on January 4, 1997 at 12:00 am

Thank you for doing this

Bob Miller from Canton, OH, USA wrote on January 2, 1997 at 12:00 am

I enjoy ragtime, although Bluegrass is my favorite.

Robert Holmes from Couer d'Alene, ID, USA wrote on January 2, 1997 at 12:00 am

Thank You for a wonderfull experience. bob holmes

Jared Vernon from Rochester, WA, USA wrote on January 1, 1997 at 12:00 am

I like it. And I will be back.

Cathy from Oklahoma, , USA wrote on December 31, 1996 at 12:00 am

I am thrilled to find so many of Joplin's works! Thanks you

Robin Hoare from New Zealand, , wrote on December 29, 1996 at 12:00 am

A very nice site, well worth while. Keep up the good work!

G. Stevens from St. Louis, MO, USA wrote on December 29, 1996 at 12:00 am

Looking to make ragtime connections/gig possibilities in St. Louis.

J. O'Brien from Smyrna, DE, USA wrote on December 27, 1996 at 12:00 am

I enjoy playing Scott Joplin rags. I'm hunting for Joplin MIDI files. When I grow up I'll have Cakewalk Pro so I can compose my own MIDI files! BTW - Nice background music.

Jerry Andrews from Adrian, MI, USA wrote on December 27, 1996 at 12:00 am

Nancy Schilling from Euclid, OH, USA wrote on December 26, 1996 at 12:00 am

Loved your midi files. Keep up the good work, really enjoyed it.

Leighton Cooper from Redding, CA, USA wrote on December 24, 1996 at 12:00 am

Good luck with S. Joplin, I can only play about 5 of his pieces all the way through. I went and studied Elton John's playing, because he was a little bit down from Joplin. You don't really learn their music, it comes out of developing a good ability to play scales and triads in different keys. I play what i can easily, then everytime I hit that part when I practicing transpose it into a different key that way i get used to them.

Gert Forsström from Flen, , Sweden wrote on December 23, 1996 at 12:00 am

Hello Jeff! I play the guitar a little and I´m interested in all kinds of guitar tunes. My son plays the guitar too, mostly punk... I´m especially interested in ragtime-settings for guitar. Maybe You can give me some tips? Gert Forsström Flen Sweden

Andy Gassman from Castle Rock, CO, USA wrote on December 22, 1996 at 12:00 am

I haven't browsed yet, signed book first, but your introduction piece is lovely.

Bill Cain from Chattanooga, TN, USA wrote on December 11, 1996 at 12:00 am

I enjoy the music.

Liz from Raleigh, NC, USA wrote on December 11, 1996 at 12:00 am

I like Joplin and I like your page. Thanks for doing it.

Marcin Bojko from Poland, , wrote on December 10, 1996 at 12:00 am

Keith Hammond, M.D. from Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA wrote on December 4, 1996 at 12:00 am

I have loved Ragtime piano for as long as I can remember. Its happy music. I have often said that the best of our country's music is black or strongly influenced by it. And I'm white! Keith Hammond.

Trygve John Ringereide from Coburg, ON, Canada wrote on December 3, 1996 at 12:00 am

From Norway and Canada - also lived in England for many years - professional singer and music educator (teach high school music in Cobourg, Ontario). Doing some research for my students on Scott Joplin - looks good!

Jared from Missouri, , wrote on December 3, 1996 at 12:00 am

cool site, lotsa info

Metin Akbil from Istanbul, , Turkey wrote on December 2, 1996 at 12:00 am

I'm afraid that I don't have anything too exciting to say. I was wondering whether you would have any Star Trek related stuff on your site. As someone who has actively been working as a technician and an engineer since 1982 I wish you the best of luck in your search for a good job. It's not easy ending up with a good job but remember that every job you get (whether you like it or accept out of necessity) will earn you valuable experience. Though now I live in Istanbul, I still have a chance to complete my Ph.D. in computer eng. at Lehigh University in PA. As I said, it's not easy. Best of luck!

Raymond Morgan from Auckland, , New Zealand wrote on December 2, 1996 at 12:00 am

Jens from Sweden, , wrote on November 30, 1996 at 12:00 am

Hi there Jeff! Nice page.

John McClelland from Waco, TX, USA wrote on November 28, 1996 at 12:00 am

Robin Hoare from New Zealand, , wrote on November 27, 1996 at 12:00 am

Well done!

Jeff Gray from Fremont, CA, USA wrote on November 26, 1996 at 12:00 am

Do not play these fast. It is never correct to play ragtime fast. Cool archive!!! Jeff

Jeff Trevino from Bakersfield, CA, USA wrote on November 24, 1996 at 12:00 am

Include some Eubie Blake rags!

Godfrey Hamshire from Durban, , South Africa wrote on November 20, 1996 at 12:00 am

Thanks for the page I will look around and see what's what I you would like to send us some email feel free Kind regards Godfrey

Bruce Thaeler from Meadville, PA, USA wrote on November 20, 1996 at 12:00 am

Great collection. Love Joplin. Let me know if you get any more H.M.S. Pinafore

William Bagby from New York, NY, USA wrote on November 19, 1996 at 12:00 am

I think your page is really great. Keep up the good work

Rick Cornelius from Central Point, OR, USA wrote on November 19, 1996 at 12:00 am

Just surfing thru. Looking for Style and Content. Trends and Fashions. This site has both. Just a suggetion but. Wouldnt it be cool to have a graphic for your Guest book and a Graphic for your home page and the Graphic for E-mail and have it scroll by in the lower left window freeing up the other 60% of lower row for ???? This will give the page DYNAMICS and LIFE. Just an Opinion and an IDEAL.!!!

Paul J. Van Hise from Casper, WY, USA wrote on November 19, 1996 at 12:00 am

Steven Sproles from , , wrote on November 19, 1996 at 12:00 am

Joplin rules. La.

Patrick Burney from Redlands, CA, USA wrote on November 17, 1996 at 12:00 am

I haven't unzipped the files yet, but I'm really looking forward to hearing them. Thank you! Patrick

Franklin Brown from San Bernardino, CA, USA wrote on November 17, 1996 at 12:00 am

Thanks for making Scott Joplin's music more accessible.

Terry James from Auckland, , New Zealand wrote on November 16, 1996 at 12:00 am

EX! Loved it

Don Nelson from Calgary, AB, Canada wrote on November 14, 1996 at 12:00 am

Very Nice Site. I lost all my Joplin Tunes when my PC crashed. It is nice to have them back.

Barbara Bennett from New York, NY, USA wrote on November 14, 1996 at 12:00 am

From St. Michael's Church, New York City. Scott Joplin is buried in St. Michael's Cemetery, in Astoria, Queens -- so I'm looking for biographical detail. Thanks for the site!

Jack Mingo from San Diego, CA, USA wrote on November 10, 1996 at 12:00 am

Wonderful!

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