"The Swallow"
"The Swallow"
- Description
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This roller organ roll was made by an undetermined maker in the United States, about 1885. It is roll #303 - "The Swallow." This roll is playable in 20-note roller organs.
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This roller organ roll features U. S. Patent #333390, dated July 14, 1885, by Henry B. Morris for a barrel for mechanical musical instruments.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- roller organ roll
- date made
- ca 1885
- user
- Meggers, Edith R.
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 15.875 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- MI.74.11a.17
- accession number
- 314637
- catalog number
- 74.11a.17
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Mechanical Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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