If I had the good fortune to own an Ampico and the like, I would
always want to play it with a roll.  To "make" the piano play in
any other way would be defeating the object of being a collector
to appreciate the technology of that era.

I am recording all my 78 rpm records because they might get broken;
they will wear out and most of the music is rare.  But for the moment
I always use the 78 record on the turntable, because to me it is more
satisfying.

A piano roll will not, in most cases, wear out.  Yes, there are
problems, as we all know.  To collectors of Ampicos, try and get the
recuts; save the originals -- at least you will be "playing a roll on
a player piano!"

The Yamaha Disklavier system is okay because the piano was invented
that way and it is no use (if it could be done) to make a Yamaha with
solenoids play a piano roll.

Steve Bentley
Vancouver, BC