{"id":19094,"date":"2015-08-19T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=19094"},"modified":"2016-02-05T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T22:45:31","slug":"niche-of-niches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/19\/niche-of-niches\/","title":{"rendered":"NICHE OF NICHES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Bob Berkman<\/strong> <\/span>lectured on the roll of the player piano roll in Jewish music. Berkman used to work at a player piano company in Buffalo, New York. The company made piano rolls until 2009. The last Jewish piano roll rolled out in 1980. It was \u201cThe Theme from Exodus\u201d by Ferrante and Teicher. Berkman said there are about 800 Jewish piano-roll titles out there. He has 256.<\/p>\n<p>Berkman\u2019s mother was at the lecture, in Cleveland at a temple sisterhood. His mother lives in Cleveland. Bob had a power point and had rented a grand piano. He hooked up his Pianola player piano to the grand piano. I bet Bob took a financial bath on that presentation. (I know about sisterhood budgets.) I think he did the presentation just for his mom. Bob played everything from \u201cThe Shtiler Bulgar\u201d to \u201cBay Mir Bistu Sheyn.\u201d He asked me where might he perform next. I wasn&#8217;t sure.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Niche of<\/strong><\/span> niches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/piano-roll-muffins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23654\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/piano-roll-muffins-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"piano roll  muffins\" width=\"346\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/piano-roll-muffins-290x300.jpg 290w, http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/piano-roll-muffins.jpg 581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper arve-normal-wrapper arve-youtube-wrapper \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/p5KMKuD6b2M\/0.jpg);\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\"><iframe id=\"arve-iframe-1\" class=\"arve-inner arve-hidden\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/p5KMKuD6b2M?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><button class=\"arve-inner arve-play-background arve-iframe-btn\" data-target=\"arve-iframe-1\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p5KMKuD6b2M\" class=\"arve-hidden\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p5KMKuD6b2M<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bob Berkman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(Bob&#8217;s website is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianolaenterprises.com\/index.html\">here<\/a>. Book him!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;<span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Yiddishe Cup plays the <a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mainstreetmedina.com\/medina-international-fest.html\">Medina (Ohio) International Fest<\/a> 2:30 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 22). Free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best-band-yiddishe-cup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18723\" style=\"border: 3px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best-band-yiddishe-cup-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"best band yiddishe cup\" width=\"308\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best-band-yiddishe-cup-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best-band-yiddishe-cup.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Berkman lectured on the roll of the player piano roll in Jewish music. 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