RICK CRANDALL

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The complete catalog of all 261 music rolls originally produced for the Encore Banjo, plus all 1800 individual tunes:

The complete catalog of all 261 music rolls originally produced for the Encore Banjo, plus all 1800 individual tunes:

The complete catalog of all 261 music rolls originally produced for the Encore Banjo, plus all 1800 individual tunes:

Rollography  Notes:              
                                                         
•  Encore rolls are endless usually 5 tunes per roll, numbered 1 – 5. Where I’ve gotten actual information from collections or original literature, I’ve organized tunes per roll in that order, however there are discrepancies so what is in the listing about tune numbers is what I know so far.

•  Tune numbers of 6 and higher merely indicate that somewhere there is evidence that tune belongs to that roll but unknown where it might fit. In some cases there are more than 5 tunes attributed to a roll which likely means errors that can only be fixed by getting more collector data from collectors’ original rolls.

•  “Composers” could be anybody from the actual composer to the tune arranger.

•  There are 500 tunes on the Encore company’s books not attributed to roll numbers and in excess of what would be needed to fill out 261 rolls at 5 tunes each. Either this means there are actually rolls higher than 261 or that these were intended but never made it to arranging.

 

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In Hudson Yards, NYC there is a building called the Edge that has the highest cantilevered deck in North America at the 100th floor. We elevatored to there and then went outside to climb to the top!

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My Favorite 14er Climb Stories

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El Diente – Climbing a hard Fourteener

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Mt. Daly – the “one with the stripe”

Mt. Daly is on the other side of the saddle from Capitol Peak. It is one of the most visible mountains to those traveling between Aspen and Snowmass. While not a 14er, it is a named 13er with a fun Class 3 ridge-crest climb that is less frequently done. There is also not much written about the best way up, solved here in this story.