Buffalo Convention
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The Buffalo Convention of December 10, 1908[1] established two future roll formats for the US-producers of piano rolls for self-playing pianos. The two formats had different punchings of 65 and 88 notes, but the same width (11 1/4 inches or 285 mm). This made it possible to play the piano rolls on any self-playing instrument built according to the convention, albeit sometimes with a loss of special functionality. This format became a loose world standard.
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A term widely used in the American Midwest during the early-to-mid-1900s for a situation in which many buffalo converged on a single railroad to block beef shipments.[citation needed] Buffalo conventions were the first known examples of strikes or work-stoppages by animals.
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- ^ Music Trade Review, New York, NY, Vol. 47, No. 24, p. 31 from December 12, 1908.
- William Braid White: The player-piano up-to-date: a comprehensive treatise ... New York 1914 (The date of convention is given wrongly with 1909)
