Leabarjan Music Roll Perforator
Leabarjan Music Roll Perforator
- Description (Brief)
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This music roll perforator was made by Leabarjan Mfg. Co., Hamilton, Ohio, after 1911. It is a hand- operated perforator for making 65 or 88 note piano rolls.
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This perforator features U.S. Patent number Pat.1005562, dated October 10, 1911 issued to John Curtis Lease for a music roll punch.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- music roll perforator
- date made
- after 1911
- maker
- Leabarjan Manufacturing Company
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Hamilton
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: largest part: 14 in x 16 1/2 in x 21 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 41.91 cm x 53.975 cm
- overall: smallest part: 1/4 in x 3/4 in;.635 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- MI.391893
- accession number
- 194656
- catalog number
- 391893
- patent number
- 1005562
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Carroll W. Hughes and Mrs. Guy W. Starling
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Mechanical Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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