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Widths of Music Rolls
By Spencer Chase

I have a piano roll scanner that I built which can scan rolls as wide
as 13.75 inches.  I am considering enlarging the paper path to
accommodate wider rolls.  Increasing the width to 15.25 inches will be
easier than anything wider as I will have to make many more parts over
again to accommodate anything wider.

The question is, what rolls might be wider than 15.25 inches, and is it
worth the extra effort to be able to scan them?

Best regards, Spencer Chase
Garberville, California
http://www.spencerserolls.com/ 

 [ Style R music rolls that play the Wurlitzer Residence Organ (not the
 [ Concert Organ) are 16-7/8-inch wide with 165 holes spaced 4 holes per
 [ centimeter.  Jim Crank and others were working on transcribing these
 [ wide rolls; I don't know how much of the library remains to be
 [ processed.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Thu 15 Mar 2012, 23:50:03 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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