Re Music Roll Perforating in Today's Market

Unfortunately, David Saul's response is irrelevant to me, a Duo-Art
owner, as are his current products.  I've long been aware of his
enterprise; I stand corrected in that I now know he alone accepts
PayPal.

If I offended Mr. Saul, I apologize, but the fact remains that good
recuts are in very limited supply.  I don't question the quality of
the recutting work being done, just the variety available.  I commend
Mr. Saul for being so responsive to his segment of the market, but
his reality is not that of the Duo-Art or Welte owner.  I consider
his operation the exception that proves the rule.

As for technology, we know mechanical perforators need to be re-tooled
to support different formats.  I'm sure Mr. Saul is keenly aware of
this which is why we don't see Precision Music Rolls offering products
for other segments of the market.  I understand he is working on
addressing this issue and I look forward to seeing Duo-Art catalogs
from him in the future.

My question for Mr. Saul is:  What is his strategy for choosing which
Duo-Art titles to recut?  Seems to me that the Internet is a wonderful
technology that can be applied to soliciting input on a large scale.

Laser recutting aside, why are recutters not choosing to use that
technology to canvass their potential customers so that they can be
assured that they will not need to keep shelves stocked?  Why don't
recutters put their entire list of masters online and let people put
together their collective "wish lists" and then recut based on that
demand?

While it makes some sense to solicit input from your best individual
customers, doing so is no guarantee that you can attract others.  Odds
are that your best customers have large collections and will be looking
for potentially rare and obscure rolls anyway.  This seems like a sure
fire strategy for becoming a niche player rather than a market leader.

Ed Chaban