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Hand-Played Play-Rite Rolls
By Mike 'Fox' Morrey

Hello all.  I've been playing an older Ampico roll on my 88-note
player, and it being the only Ampico roll in my collection (all others
are QRS), I've noticed a few things about it that I'm simply curious
about.

The song is "Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills.  (One of my favorite
songs when I was younger; I bought the roll long before I actually got
a player.)  The roll label also says "Ampico, Instrumental, Played By
Walter Erickson, (C) 1979 Play-Rite, Inc."

1979 is when this song was released.  Now the roll is quite old, but
I'm not sure how old.  (I'd like to think back to 1979.)  Is there any
way to tell?

Regarding punches lining up -- Where all my QRS rolls line up
perfectly, this one seems a very slight bit off.  It doesn't affect
playing, it's not off enough to open an adjacent key, that is.  I also
noticed that in the playing of the song, the two main harmonies will
sometime not be 'exact'.  It sounds more like a person playing -- it's
not precisely exact.  How were these rolls made compared to others?

Of course, any other comments about the roll is appreciated.
Thanks!

Mike "Fox" Morrey


(Message sent Mon 6 Nov 2000, 23:22:34 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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