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Music Roll Types and Compatibility
By Stan Harrison

I'm not savvy to the various common roll types.  I've searched
the MMD Archive, but searching 3700 roll postings was impractical.
Is there an on-line primer on roll types and compatibility?

Admittedly my main interest is for my 88-note 1920s Hoffman piano
with a "Standard Player Action", and also for my 1923 Tangley calliope
which uses 65-note A-rolls to play 41 of the 43 keys.

All the piano rolls I've found at yard sales, although having minor
differences, seem to work in my player.  I've never seen a 65-note roll
aside from the five 10-song Play-Rite "A" rolls I got with the Tangley.
Are there other types of 65-note rolls, and are they compatible?

I hope someone can point me to a source on this, rather than having to
write a treatise for me.

Thanks in advance.
Stan Harrison

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