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Wilcox & White 44-note vs. Aeolian 46-note Rolls
By Kevin McElhone

I have been trying for many years to find 44-note Wilcox & White rolls
for several people on MMD but have never found any.  I have plenty of
Aeolian 46-note rolls in stock, both new re-cuts and good original
rolls.  I believe the hole spacing is the same (5 holes to the inch).

Does anyone know the tuning scale of the Wilcox 44-note instrument,
particularly at the bottom [bass] end?  Aeolian has only four notes
in the bottom octave and is then chromatic after that.

I am wondering if you can cut something off the left end of the Aeolian
paper and the spool to allow these rolls to be played on Wilcox & White
44-note machines?  Has anyone ever tried this?

Kevin McElhone
Northampton, England


(Message sent Tue 20 Apr 2010, 06:30:38 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  44-note, 46-note, Aeolian, Rolls, vs, White, Wilcox

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