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Unknown Piano Roll of "Blue Danube" Waltz
By Marshall Jose

Some of the rolls I've acquired are pretty badly treated and mis-filed.
The latest of these is a setting of the Blue Danube Waltz with no
label on the leader.  It doesn't seem to match any of the MIDI files
from the other "Blue Danube" rolls that I can find on the Internet.
There's no expression punched into the roll.

The two bits of info I have are the music [MIDI file transcription of
the unknown piano roll], found at

  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4hP8q2bof1VQTRobjVxSE5ZcmM/edit?usp=sharing 

and the printing on the leader, which you can see at

  http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/KerwoodDerby/BlueDanubeLeader_zps18e5b12b.jpg
Attachment thumbnail I'm hoping someone might recognize the leader printing and give me a manufacturer's name to go on. Thanks, Marshall Jose [ Here's a clue: the leader statement tells how to operate the [ "adjustable tracking flange". -- Robbie

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