With all due respect to such a comparison, if I take "Moanin' Low" on
the Ampico and compare it to "Moanin' Low" on the Duo-Art, I'd never
again play the Duo-Art.  If I take the Hungarian Rhapsody played by
Paderewski on the Duo-Art and on the Ampico played by Cortot, I still
have two different interpretations of a piece by two different artists.

How about the rolls that were transcribed by Bill Flynt in the 1970s
and 80s?  Well, it's good, but not a valid comparison, either.

The only fair comparison to my mind would be to take one of the few
rolls that were transcribed _by_ Aeolian or Ampico in the late 1930s
after the firms were combined.  (If you want an example of that, it's
fairly easy to obtain a Hungarian Rhapsody #2 played by Paderewski for
the Duo-Art.  The Ampico version is available on Precision Music Rolls
with a true replication.)

Anything else to me is a comparison of bananas and kumquats.

Eli Shahar
Sonora, California