I second Terry Smyth's suggestion to compile a list of sources of
supplies. Durrell Armstrong used to offer one-stop-shopping but
he has cut way back on his offerings under the pressure of
business economics. Robert Streicher in Pond Eddy, N.Y. (not too
far from where I was born, the once mighty Erie railroad town of
Port Jervis, N.Y., now a pit of poverty and easy living) has long
been my source of hole punches for perforating Wurlitzer rolls,
and I see lately that he is offering more items than just
punches. Jill Cooper was making nice Wurlitzer unit blocks, but
bad health may be forcing her to quit. Doyle Lane has freins,
shallots, and miscellaneous parts left over from the North
Tonawanda organ business. A couple of different places make roll
frames and roll spools. I can offer sources for good leather and
zephir skin and for dry-waxed roll paper, if such a list should
be undertaken, and maybe a few other items if I sit down and
think about it.
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