Richard Vance said:
> As long as the first and last punch in any particular note or
> dynamic instruction is properly placed on the recut, and at
> least three or four holes overlap at the beginning of the slot,
> then it doesn't matter what chaining pattern the recutter's
> computer places in the remainder of the slot.

When the Aeolian Co. started chaining to strengthen rolls, they always
slotted the first five or six rows (= advances) of emphasised or "theme"
notes, to aid the pedaller in visualizing where the ebb and flow of the
music lies as it approaches the tracker bar.

Those of us in Rex Lawson's Apple IIe roll-making commune who are making
Themodist-style pedal rolls maintain this tradition.  Rex Lawson and Mike
Boyd, I know, always put ten consecutive punches in (if the note is that
long) and I put in a number between three and ten depending on how loud
the note is usually played -- a kind of rough visual power coding.

When we're old men (all right, very old men) we'll be sad to see this
distinction lost altogether in recuts. I hope punch-for-punch copying
will be along soon.

Dan Wilson