Those of us who have been in the automatic music world for any length
of time know the work of William "Bill" Flynt and his efforts in
arranging and coding Ampico rolls.  A list would fill two to three
letter sized pages.  Many of the selections were produced in the days
before computers were common household items, and Bill arranged rolls
on his homemade arranging board.

The Mechanical Music Digest has a list of his accomplishments in the
archives section listed by subject as "Post-WW2".  Our editor will
probably insert an easier way to get to the list of rolls produced
since World War II at the end of this post.

The earliest rolls were produced in limited runs and two rolls were
produced without numbers associated with them: Ampico rolls by Dave
Junchen and Bill Flynt, sort of a "Dynamic Duo" of the arranging world.

The time has come to re-issue some of these treasures.  I have
collected a large number of Bill Flynt's efforts (and Dave Junchen's
as well) and will be producing these scintillating titles once again.
If you are interested in notification when the rolls are ready, drop
me an email at the address from whence this message is originating
and I will add you to the list.

Bill has given his permission (Imprimatur) for this effort and the
necessary permissions have been received from those to whom Bill made
financial arrangements and no longer owns the performance rights.
It has been a "Blast from the Past" assembling the collection.  If you
missed out in the 1970s and '80s, here is your chance to catch up.

My thanks to all who loaned "original" rolls for this project, and
to Janet Tonnesen who told me where to look in the Tonnesen archives
for rolls that Custom Music Rolls had a part in producing.

Ed Gaida - Preserving musical history by punching holes in paper!
San Antonio, Texas
edgaida@sbcglobal.net.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ Read Bill Flynt's article and peruse the list of
 [ "Post-WW2 Reproducing Piano Rolls" at
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/MMMedia/PostWW2.html  -- Robbie