Steamboat rag is peach of a tune, it's very well written and certainly sits apart from many of the other ragtime tunes of the period. It begins with the simulated sound of a steam whistle and in the third section, to my ears anyway, it sounds as if the composer has simulated the pulsating sound of the boat's steam engine. I've attached an MP3 of it being played on what appears to be a mechanical orchestrion which I downloaded from YouTube. It's a much more jazzy and uptempo version than my arrangement which could be applied to the banjo. I've added my own embellishments to the second and fourth parts to 'fill the gaps' and make it more suitable for the banjo. The score and midi are in the library...Steve.