#FAU Judaica collection has this page up with a bio and 4 albums of his #Yiddish #Pianola music. Very wacky and niche stuff. I love trying to picture what kind of places these would originally have been bought and performed 100 years ago.
https://rsa.fau.edu/bob-berkman

According to someone on the Jewish Music Mailing List, Bob Berkman has passed away. I never met him, but I've appreciated his work for years from afar, his dedication to researching, popularizing and performing old #JewishMusic and #Klezmer piano rolls.

https://www.wbfo.org/arts-culture/2019-08-23/a-buffalo-love-story-bob-berkman-the-player-piano-and-qrs-music-rolls-video
#pianola #PianoRolls #OldTimeMusic #MusicHistory

It just occurred to me: should I be tagging my player piano / pianola toots as #homeautomation too? #piano #pianola

I had planned to spend the morning just tuning the pianola so I could play it manually but things got... away from me. Some major progress on the restoration now. Need to order some tubing. #piano #pianola #music