Music roll fragment

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1880–1889
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0459.008

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 8
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Card stock

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: 28.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: None apparent.
Missing: Only a small fragment remains.
Finish: Cream coloured card stock with perforated holes. Red construction paper was added with tape to fill in the frgments that are missing.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Music roll fragment, between 1880–1889, Artifact no. 1984.0459, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1984.0459.008/

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