The cores may be more important than the paper.  A friend of mine
had a player pipe organ from the '20s that had many rolls, but few
of them had endings because the cores had ruined the paper.

I've been buying recuts since Larry Givens began making them.  I've
bought from most of the different recutters over the years.  Almost
half of my collection is recuts, some good, some sloppy.  I even have
some recuts that were re-used as masters for yet another round of
recuts (the editing is obvious).  I've received mislabeled rolls, and
small rolls on large spools with large spool prices.  But I've been
glad to have something -- anything -- happening, and I support the
recutting effort.  I play paper.

I have noticed in recent years a large number of recuts getting really
crinkled as they get near the ends.  The lines in the cores show up
first as wrinkles in the paper, and some are now beginning to register
as slurring notes.  My house is heat- and humidity-controlled.  I think
there is something in the cores commonly used that's ruining 40 years
of recutting.  I sent this information with titles, etc., to the AMICA
Bulletin several times in the past 10 years, but somehow it seems to be
ignored.  What's going on?

While getting the right paper is important, I'd like to know how to
keep my rolls from dying in front of me.

Bruce Grimes