As has been recently reported in MMD posts (07.01.31), my Dad, Walter
Moore, and I are recutting a limited number of both 22-note and 32-note
Autophone strips.  It was also accurately reported that it is too
time-consuming.  To date, the original strips have been transcribed
manually and the strips have been cut by hand with the original punch
and die sets made by Carl Semon.

Through these recent MMD posts, a project has been initiated to scan
and archive a large number of Autophone music strips.  Philip Jamison
has very generously offered to make available for archiving and
recutting his collection of about 200 of the 22 note strips, including
some very rare titles.  Many of these are in as-new condition.

We would also have access to my Dad's collection of about 110 different
22-note strips and 31 different 32-note strips.  Only about 330 titles
are known to have been made for the 22-note Autophone.

My question to the MMD: Is there someone in the roll scanning community
that would be interested in and capable of scanning these strips?  The
strips are made of heavy paper that is about 0.012 inches thick.  The
widths are 5.5 and 7.125 inches, and the lengths range from about one
to five feet.

In order to create a MIDI file from the scans it is necessary to
account for the "double time" slots that are found on one edge of the
strip.  I have written software to convert the manually transcribed
data to a MIDI file and could do the same for the raw scan files.  The
MIDI files could be made freely available to anyone who might want to
examine the arrangements or make recuts in the future.  I would
appreciate your questions, comments and suggestions.

Thanks,
Charlie Moore