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Repairing Wrinkled Rolls
By Jim Canavan

Thanks to a posting on last Thursday's MMD, I purchased some wonderful
rolls out of a huge collection in Arlington, VA.  Among the rolls I
purchased were several "Pictorolls" -- theme music for accompanying
silent movies.  One of these rolls has moisture-caused wrinkles in the
first 10 feet of the roll.  It's not very bad, but the wrinkled paper
passing over the tracker bar does cause several extra treble & bass notes
to sound.

Is there a way to fix this?  Can one use a warm iron to smooth the paper?
I'd appreciate any hints on this.  The roll in question is, of course,
one of my favorites out of the bunch, a fast, bang-up version of
Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" overture!  Thanks!

Jim Canavan¶
CYBRFLASH@aol.com¶
Alexandria, VA

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