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Violano Virtuoso, Audio, Video and eRoll Archive

A Selection of Violano Virtuoso Music - updated October 2024.

A Violano Virtuoso is a mechanical musical instrument comprising a 44 note piano and either one or two violins.
The music for these was originally supplied on paper rolls, much like the Wurlitzer organs.

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Music for Violano's which have been converted to midi

Wurlitzer 125 rolls in midi format are free and can be downloaded from the internet. These can be filtered to play on a real Mills Violano Virtuoso which has been adapted to play midi files or to play on a standard midi player.
There is no recognised standard midi file format for Violano's.

For those who wish to make their own midi music for Violano the following midi file format is recommended.
This midi format is already in use for some midified Violano's.

Type 0 midi file with channels as follows:
D string uses midi channel 2
E string uses midi channel 3
G and A strings use midi channel 4
piano uses midi channel 5
the controls (in e-roll format) use midi channel 16

Version 6.0.2 of eplayOrgan has a virtual Violano which can play proper Violano e-rolls, Wurlitzer 125 e-rolls and midi files with the format above.

For midi files the file extensions determine the format played by eplayOrgan's virtual violano:
.mid, normal midi file
.mvv, Violano e-roll
.wvv, Wurlitzer 125 e-roll.

If you play an e-roll using eplayOrgan and record it whilst playing you will get a midi file with the above format. This file can then be played on your Violano. Note that the D and E strings may sometimes try to play more than one note - if this is a problem then the unwanted notes can be removed by editing the midi file. Note also that the controls have already been applied to the midi in this file.

Violano Service Manual (circa 1914)

All violano owners should read this.
Download Violano Service Manual

Play Violano Audio and Video

The audio and video section below plays a selection of music made from Wurlitzer w125 rolls filtered to simulate a Mills Violano Virtuoso. The video section shows videos of real Violanos, many of which have been adapted to play music in midi format.

Play Audio

    These examples were made from Wurlitzer 125 rolls

  1. Chicken Reel.
  2. El Capitan.
  3. Dream of Heaven.
  4. Faust Waltz.

    5. This one was made from a Violano e-roll

  5. Danny Boy arr. by G.W.Finger.

Play Video

    Various Randomly Chosen Violanos

  1. Mills Double Tenesse Waltz.
  2. Anyone got a nickel
  3. Mills Double Edelweiss.
  4. Mills Bow Front Air on the G string.
  5. At Villa Finale, San Antonio
  6. Mills Double Duelling Banjos
  7. Renaissance Antiques
  8. Kew Mechanical Music Museum
  9. Let me call you Sweetheart
  10. Flight of the Bumblebee
  11. Indian Love Lyrics
  12. Danny Boy

Violano e-Roll Archive

Violano Rolls List of Early Violano Rolls.

Play these on eplayOrgan v6.0.3 or later.
They will also play, or can be converted to play, on your midified Violano.

Roll 0717E Irish Songs
Roll 0897A to E The Arkansas Traveller etc.
Roll 1601A to E Can You Tame Wild Women etc.
Roll 1767A to E Save Thee Alone Sweetheart etc.
Roll 1778A to E Powder Wig and Hoop Skirt etc.
Roll 1886A to E I Like You etc.
Roll 1938A to E June Moon etc.
Roll 1988D National Emblem
Roll 2002A to E When the Sun Goes Down etc.
Roll 2040A to E Mammy Lou etc.
Roll 2057B Our Director
Roll 2131A to E He Loves It etc.
Roll 2142A to E One Night in June etc.
Roll 2192A to E Poet & Peasant etc.
Roll 2213A The Stars and Stripes Forever
Roll 2228A to E Lustspiel etc.
Roll 2342C and E Flag of Victory etc.
Roll 2354A to E June Night etc.
Roll 2380E Charlie My Boy
Roll 2403A to E Anoranzas etc.
Roll 2406A Red Hot Mama
Roll 2416B C D A New Kind of Man etc.
Roll 2424A to E Rose Marie etc.
Roll 2436A to E Will You Remember Me etc.
Roll 2437A to E No Wonder etc.
Roll 2445A to E Medley No.1 etc.
Roll 2457A to J Alabamy Bound etc.
Roll 2470A to J Row Row Rosie etc.
Roll 2471A to E Ida I Do etc.
Roll 2494A to E The Prisoner's Song etc.
Roll 2507A to E Don't Wait Too Long etc.
Roll 2510A to E Waiting For The Tide To Turn etc.
Roll 2520A to E I'm Sitting On Top of the World etc.
Roll 2521A to E Indian Lullaby etc.
Roll 2528A to E Who etc.
Roll 2532B,D,E Say Mister Have You Met Rosie's Sister etc.
Roll 2533A,D Drifting Apart etc.
Roll 2543E Talking to the Moon
Roll 2557E What A Man
Roll 2558D Horses
Roll 2560A Lonesome and Sorry
Roll 2566C Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again
Roll 2575C Ting A Ling
Roll 2576A to E That's Why I Love You etc.
Roll 2581C When You Waltz With The One You Love
Roll 2582A Valencia - A Song of Spain
Roll 2583C I'll Never Miss You Again
Roll 2585D Could I - I Certainly Could
Roll 2604E Fleurs D'Amour
Roll 2605A,B,E Barcelona etc.
Roll 2625A to E I've Got The Girl etc.
Roll 2693A to E Eleven Fifty Nine etc.
Roll 2699A to E Just Another Day, Wasted Away etc.
Roll 2832A to E You're A Real Sweetheart etc.
Roll 2846A to E Roses of Yesterday etc.
Roll 2914A to E Kiss Your Hand Madame etc.
Roll 2937A to E I'm Just A Vagabond Lover etc.
Roll 2974A to E Marcha Blanca etc.
Roll 2997A to E Quisiera etc.
Roll 3023A to E Like To Do Things For You etc.
Roll 3073A to E I'm Through With Love etc.
Roll 3333A to E Unknown etc.
Roll 3334A to E Entry of the Gladiators etc.
Roll 3340A to E Unknown etc.
Roll 3341A to E Unknown etc.
Roll 3342A to E Alexander's Ragtime Band etc.
Roll 3343A to E Unknown etc.

The Files below are of variable quality and appear to be home-made, as midi files, by somebody named DFW.
They were made a long time ago and the numbers were added later by Craig Williams.
Please contact me if you have any further informaton.

New Violano file List List of New Violano Files.

File 9007X Blue Danube