Re the article by Albert Petrak, is there any possibility of getting
a Duo-Art recut of the Chopsticks roll?

On a similar "note", I have an autographed copy of the QRS roll
"Chopsticks Playalong" which also leaves opportunities for manual
playing with the roll.  I presume that it is not as technically
significant as the Duo-Art roll but I am glad to have it because of
the autograph by Hy Babit the QRS recording artist, signed when he
and I were at a recent AMICA convention.  (I wish he was still doing
QRS's recording.  The results of the quality of his playing and his
arrangements would certainly be a boost to QRS's sales.  Can you
read between the lines?)

Re the piano moving story, I laughed all the way through that whole
scenario.  I was reminded of a similar experience when I bought a nice
restored Cable player that was in a basement.   This was an estate sale
so the former owner, now deceased, was not there to coach us.  (I also
paid only $20!, in the 1970s.)

To get it around a tight right angle corner at the top of the stairs
the owner had had to remove everything down to the harp and had even
needed to saw the two vertical ends of the case from top to bottom,
just in front of the harp to make the width thinner!  Fortunately he
was a good craftsman and the work was done expertly.  He routed out a
groove on each end and reattached the pieces together with steel plates
that were in turn covered with wooden trim strips that did not detract
from the overall look.

Anyway back to the moving part, It seemed that the piano with everything
removed was not much lighter than before, but three of us began the
task of getting the harp assembly up the stairs.  As we made the final
turn, we noticed that there was a 2" by 6" notch that had been cut in
the wooden "plate" at the base of the first story wall that sat on top
of the concrete basement wall.  You guessed it, the most protruding
corner of the piano fit right through the notch, just as it must have
on the way down!

Pat DeWitt