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Drying Music Rolls
By Terry Smythe

Jack Thalman <jrt2920@yahoo.com.geentroep> says:

> A neighbor's Ampico rolls became wet from water coming into
> his storage area during the latest storm this week.  Are there
> any ideas on how to best dry them out to rescue them?

Under worst case results, where the rolls are still left with
wrinkling that cause random ciphering, please do not destroy these
rolls.  Get them into the hands of somebody with a roll scanner with
a curved surface such as those built by Larry Doe or Julian Dyer.

I am using a MK4 roll scanner which has such a curved surface, and
I've had very good success at archiving rolls that would otherwise
be unusable.  At very least, their musical content can be captured
for some future use.

Regards,

Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/rebirth.htm 


(Message sent Thu 2 Oct 2008, 15:55:24 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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