Become root, then:
cd /usr/share/timidity/ 
wget -c http://brlspeak.net/blinux/old_timidity_patches.tar.gz 
tar xvfz old_timidity_patches.tar.gz 
cd /etc/timidity/ 
cp timidity.cfg timidity.cfg(.orig/.bak/.saf/.eaw/.freepats/.other) 
wget -c http://brlspeak.net/blinux/old_timidity.cfg 
mv old_timidity.cfg timidity.cfg 
cd 
exit
timidity path/mid-repo/midifile.mid