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Holes Transposed in Wurlitzer Roll 6688-6690
By Robert Moore

John Phillips writes in 050525 MMDigest:


>> But then ... there is another last chord which is the previous one
>> moved a semitone towards the treble.  It sounds quite bizarre ...


I am not familiar with the roll in question but what he describes
may be a punching error.  I had a Wurlitzer 165 roll that was cut by
Play-Rite that had a transposing error.  It was a composite roll,
6688-6690, which had the tune "There Goes That Song Again" on it.

I was not familiar with the tune until I played the roll for the first
time, so I didn't know how it was supposed to sound.  Everything went
alright until it got to a section of the tune where it sounded all
wrong.  After some investigation, I found that the roll was punched one
hole off from what it should be.  The same error was repeated in the
second verse.  I taped over the incorrect holes and hand cut new holes
in the correct position.  After that, the roll sounded fine.

This posting is not intended to be critical of Play-Rite.  They have
provided an invaluable service to those of us who prefer to play our
instruments in the traditional way.  Errors have been rare and the vast
majority of rolls I have purchased from them have been of high quality.

Bob Moore,
Orlando, Florida


(Message sent Thu 26 May 2005, 14:05:13 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  6688-6690, Holes, Roll, Transposed, Wurlitzer

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