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Piano Roll Compatibility & Roll Types
By John A. Tuttle

> Can you please tell me if 'Autograph' and 'QRS' rolls will work
> on a 1933 'Triumph' piano?  The inside of the spool end to end
> measures about 11-1/2 inches.

Hi All,  It's most likely that Autograph and QRS rolls will work in
a 1933 Triumph player piano.  However, the term "about 11-1/2 inches"
just isn't accurate enough.  The paper used to make all 88-note player
piano rolls is 11-1/4 inches wide.  I'm not sure if Autograph or QRS
ever made 65-note rolls...

In order to avoid the confusion that can occur by saying that a
particular manufacturer's roll will work on a player piano, it's
best to determine whether or not the trackerbar in the instrument
is a standard 88-note type or a 65-note type and whether or not the
mechanism has the correct roll chuck.  To help people figure this out
for themselves, I wrote a web page some years ago.  It's located at
http://www.player-care.com/rolltypes.html

This is one of those cases where a picture is worth many, many
words!

Musically,

John A. Tuttle
Player-Care.com
Brick, NJ, USA


(Message sent Fri 2 Apr 2004, 04:23:48 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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