Matthew Caulfield thought my original posting about the paper used for

piano rolls must have been a joke.  



  [ In response to John Chaplain's posting to the 18/5/27 MMD Don wrote

  [ that music roll paper is is same paper as used to wrap hamburgers,

  [ but without "Burger King" printed on it.  I held back Don's posting

  [ to ask him by email if he was serious.  Don phoned me to explain that

  [ he was and why.

  [ --Relief Editor.



I live in an area that was surrounded with paper mills.  Everything from

your paper coke cartons to toilet tissue was made in this area.  Over the

years several of the employees would come into my guitar shop.  I would

show them player piano rolls and ask about the paper.  It  needs to be

clean paper, not recycled paper, to help keep from prematurely ruining

the punches.  



Believe it or not, the actual paper is the same paper that is used by 

many major hamburger chains to wrap their burgers.  It is a waxed paper

that is very thin.  The wax coating is on one side of the paper.  Without

this wax you would think the paper was toilet tissue.   When Mills Violano

rolls were first recut, it was discovered that the paper under the lid of

some jars was the perfect paper.  Since most companies have stopped using

paper in the lids, the paper was getting hard to find.  There was a paper

mill  in Wisconsin that produced the paper.



Don Teach

Shreveport LA