A couple of questions have come up to which I would like to add my 1/50 of a
dollar.

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> Question #2 - I don't have any actual Recordo rolls, so I'm interested
> in how effective they really were.

Recordo rolls were quite effective and give a pretty good approximation of
many reproducing piano rolls. Harvey Roehl has a Tom Thumb piano that has
been restored, the piano by himself, the Recordo system by Mike Kitner, and
it really plays up a storm. It sounds much much better than you would expect,
especially considering the small size of the piano. In a grand, I would
expect that it would play very well indeed.

Relative to the question about new Violano rolls, Dick Hack from Anapolis,
Maryland, is currently running a subscription recut project. I expect that it
was these rolls that were referenced as currently in production at Playright.
It is likely that Dick may have a few available subscriptions left. I am
fairly sure that he would sell them only as a set and not as individual
rolls. Sets are 15 rolls and the cost, as I remember was around $75 per roll.
All rolls are hand selected and are some of the best music around. No junk.

Hope this helps,

Bob Conant