Melotrope Perforated Music Strip
Melotrope Perforated Music Strip
- Description
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This music strip was made by an undetermined maker in France, around 1888-1892. It is a Melotrope perforated paper music strip for a mechanical piano player that is placed on top of a keyboard that depresses the keys. It is strip [no number] - Gamme, with a range of 37 notes. This strip is accessioned with Melotrope piano player (Cat. MI.30409.01).
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This instrument features U. S. Patent #371422, dated October 11, 1887, by Jules Carpentier for a mechanical keyboard player.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- music strip
- date made
- 1888-1892
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/16 in x 10 in x 4 3/4 in;.15875 cm x 25.4 cm x 12.065 cm
- ID Number
- MI.304098.05
- accession number
- 62985
- catalog number
- 304098.05
- Credit Line
- Gift of Carl Hering
- 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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