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Identifying Music Rolls
By Jon Miller

Is there available, anywhere, a comprehensive guide to determine the
type of piano a particular roll is cut for (88-note, Ampico, etc.) so
as to be able to determine this information by only looking at a roll?

I often run across rolls and have no idea what machine they are for.
(If there is not such a thing available, I'll be happy to gather the
information, make scans, etc, and put them on my web site, but would
prefer not to duplicate work already done.)

Thanks
John Miller
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

 [ At http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/identifying.html Richard Vance
 [ provides some information about organ rolls in his article
 [ "Identifying Music Rolls".  We surely need more information
 [ about the various reproducing piano rolls.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Wed 1 May 2002, 18:41:42 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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