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Pin-End Rolls with Orange Labels
By John Phillips

This is a last request for information about the dozen or so 65-note
rolls I discovered in a forgotten carton in my workshop.  In MMD 990512
I said:

> These strange (to me) rolls have bright orange labels and the roll
> number is prefixed with a "O", which makes me wonder if they are
> organ rolls.  On the leader, just above the tag, is stamped the name
> "Perfection".  They are in well-made black boxes.

Richard Vance responded with some very useful information about why
65-note rolls sometimes don't track properly (because the spool ends
can come loose) but we haven't heard anything about who made these
rolls.

Is "Perfection" just another brand name of one of the big companies?
Does the "O" prefix indicate that they are supposed to be organ rolls
(although weren't those usually made in 58-note format)?  And so on.

John Phillips



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