All compositions, note rolls of which are in the posession of Jürgen Hocker, were recorded now and are open to the public via YouTube:
http://www.playerpianokonzerte.de/youtubes_player_piano.htm
Some oeuvres date back to the twenties of the 20th century, others from the aera past Nancarrow were obviously influenced by him.
The records may be found by googling for "Jürgen Hocker" and "Video". Thus you have access to all 56 studies.
E.g. the "Study for Player Piano No. 12", also known as "Flamenco Study", may be found under http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bct4T9Ikl4 .
Or watch this totally hyped Boogie-Woogie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2dWEYRzKY .
Starting in spring (Sunday before easter, Palm Sunday) the GSM mart "Musica Mechanica" moves to another place, to the previous freight yard of Rüdesheim (Güterbahnhof „Mein Bahnhof“, Am Rottland 1).
The traditional meeting in Siegfried's Museum will continue to happen on saturday.
The book "Faszination Player Piano"
written by our honorary president Jürgen Hocker (Bergisch
Gladbach). This book was distributed to all GSM members
immediately after its publication.
In his latest book,
Jürgen Hocker presents for the first time
an
overview of the development and importance of the player piano. With
over 330 photographs – most of them in colour – and
a
wealth of documentation, this richly illustrated book offers
collectors, musicologists and music lovers an informative and at the
same time entertaining compendium of the music and technology of this
extraordinary breed of instrument. Because
of it's often selfexplaining rich illustration this book is important
even for no German speaking collectors and player piano enthusiasts.
The Dictionary of all historical Leipzig manufacturers for self-playing musical instruments. It presents all companies with related addresses and their products, trade marks, patents, and data. This dictionary is based on a joint project by the Museum of Musical Instruments (Leipzig University) and our society and may be accessed via internet.