Hi Don,  With instruments to play A, G, 4X, O, M, Wurli APP, OS/NOS,
plus Wurlitzer series 125, 150 band organ rolls, in addition to player
pianos to play 88 and 65 note rolls and several other forms, I find
myself not having a favorite very long.  That changes from time to time
depending on my mood and when and what I heard most recently.

I guess the truth is that I like all of them, even including the pipe
organ rolls that I have.  Also, being a musician myself things often
change that way, too.

As many of these music companies were in business for a number of years
that covered decades it should be expected they wouldn't be able to
maintain a constant standard of musical production, especially with the
movement of roll music arrangers moving from one company to another or
even quitting the business for something more appealing to them.

Sometimes people hear music that was arranged that was not the best
product of a given company, and they tend to judge all of that company's
product to be of the same level.  It's often like products made in the
present times -- some ranging from very good to very poor.  I
personally like to hear what I consider better arrangements but also
realize that there are rolls that were made that were not outstanding.

Here are some URLs for some music on my web site that you are free to
download and play to give you and idea of some of the things I enjoy. 

  http://www.modempool.com/haldavis/groll1.zip  through groll8.zip

This is a composite machine built from an upright player piano,
accordion reeds, a trap or two, and a tree next to the driveway;
not the whole tree but just enough to make a xylophone.

  http://www.modempool.com/haldavis/you.zip 

This is a tune played on my 1926 Wurlitzer style S APP dime operated
that came from a hotel in Windsor Canada before I got it about twenty
years ago.

  http://www.modempool.com/haldavis/s-457-1.zip 
  http://www.modempool.com/haldavis/s-457-2.zip 
  http://www.modempool.com/haldavis/s-457-3.zip 
  http://www.modempool.com/haldavis/s-457-4.zip 

These are all the tunes on a short 4 tune roll.  Also played on my
Wurlitzer Style S coin piano.  A picture of this piano is on the MMD 
web site at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/wurl_S.html 

Hal Davis
haldavis@modempool.com