I like the idea of listing most wanted rolls.  Perhaps the recutters
will listen if several buyers list the same rolls.

Here is my list.  There are more than 12 rolls, but fewer than 12
compositions.  I have not heard these rolls.  They are just music
and/or pianists I would like to have.

Ampico: 71673   Harmonious Blacksmith   Handel  p.b. Rosenthal

Duo-Art: My top want in ANY system is

A-95 - A-100   Firebird Suite    Stravinsky   p.b. Stravinsky
(I know there is extra autobiographical stuff.  I would buy them either
with that left in or cut out.)

7410,18,24   Sonata Op. 31 No. 2 Tempest   Beethoven  p.b. Mero

I would second the vote for DA 3099  Hungarian Rhapsody  Liszt
p.b. Cortot

Welte:

3149 - 3154  Three Piano Concertos  Beethoven  p.b. Kiek
2550 - 2551  Eroica Variations   Beethoven  p.b. Paur
4120         Carmen Fantasy   Bizet-Horowitz  p.b. Horowitz
2165 - 2166  Pictures at an Exhibition   Moussorgsky  p.b. Romanowsky
3312 - 3313  Wanderer Fantasy   Schubert  p.b. Backhaus

On a related topic, I have been wondering what roll you choose to
demonstrate your piano when playing it for a guest who has never seen
or heard a reproducing piano.  (Does anyone else remember the lower
left inside cover of RCA Victor 78 albums often told the salesperson
which side to use to demonstrate the set?)  Your choice might be
different for a musician versus non-musician, classical music lover
versus popular, etc.  The characteristics I want in a demo roll,
roughly in order of decreasing importance, are:

1.  It sounds like a real pianist playing, not mechanical.
2.  It has a good range of dynamics from very soft to very loud.
3.  It is a good performance of interesting music.
4.  It is not too long (in case the visitor is only listening to
    be polite.)
5.  It is familiar music.
6.  It is played by someone famous.  (I would rather say, "This is
    played by Rachmaninoff" than, "This is played by Andre Kmita.")

Many years ago my demonstration rolls (many of which violated 4,5,
or 6) were:

Ampico:
59683   Music of the Spheres  Op. 13 No. 5   Dohnanyi   Dohnanyi
57914   Troika Op. 37 No. 11   Tschaikowsky   Rachmaninoff
2393    L'Amour-Toujours-L'Amour   Cushing-Friml   Carroll
215883  1. Pick Yourself Up  2. Never Gonna Dance  Kern
        Carroll & Fairchild

Duo-Art:
6670   Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2   Liszt   Paderewski
7250   Carmen Variations   Bizet   Horowitz

Welte:
6445   Artist's Life Waltz    Strauss-Gallico   Tollefsen

Does anyone else have favorite demonstration rolls?

Sincerely,
David Sharpe