Roll, music

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1880–1889
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0459.002

MANUFACTURER: Abbot, F.W. & Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cardstock

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 21.0 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Music
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Abbot
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: W.F. Abbot, based in Montreal, made or distributed a number of organette models that were copies of, or similar to, machines of American manufacture.
Function: PLAYS 14 NOTES USING PERFORATED PAPER ROLL & BRASS REEDS
Technical: This is a style of 14-note organette made by the thousands according to a design devised by John McTammany of Cambridgeport, Massachussetts in1876. This example is nearly identical to the Style C Mechanical Orguinette of the Mechanical Orguinette Company of New York City, which was produced as early as 1880. For more information see: Kevin A. McElhone, The Organette Book (2202), pp. 163, 165, 298, 312,
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Very faint print near end reads: "W.F. ABBOT & CO./ Sole manufacturer and Patentee/ Montreal Canada" and "AUTOMATIC"/ TRADE MARK/ M.P.CO."
Missing: Roll is torn and missing approximately one third of it.
Finish: Cream coloured card stock with perforated holes. Segments held together by synthetic tape.
Decoration: N/A

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Abbot, F.W. & Co., Roll, music, between 1880–1889, Artifact no. 1984.0459, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0459.002/

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