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Chaining Patterns
By Spencer Chase

The webbing or chaining patterns that I am in favor of eliminating are extended note patterns in the late Duo-Art rolls and wherever else they may occur. For some reason, the extended notes have large sections of solid punching between the skip and punch. The effect is that long sections of paper are held together by only a few bridges. When this occurs in large chords (as in American in Paris) the result is warped and torn paper.

I am all in favor of retaining as much of the original rolls as possible in recuts, but this one case need more examination. Can it be assumed that the better quality paper used today will obviate this tendency in the future or should recuts be modified to eliminate this shortcoming? I have several rolls that would still play if this pattern had not been used. The rolls that I have spent the most time repairing were all damaged by this punch pattern and they can rarely be made to play perfectly since the paper is warped.

Spencer Chase


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