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Player Piano Roll, "Song for the Open Road"
Manufacturer QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED

Player Piano Roll, "Song for the Open Road"

Date1920 - 1990
DimensionsOverall: 5 x 5.5 x 31.5 x 5 cm
Credit LineGift of Ms. Donna Smith, 2009
Object number2009.016.015
Label TextInsert this roll into a player piano and the machine’s mechanism will read the perforations on the paper to play music from the 1930s. But the technology of encoding information on perforated paper is much older. The weaving industry used it first. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, weavers used perforated paper tapes to dictate the pattern of fabric their looms produced.
NameRoll, Music
Player Piano Roll, "Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)"
Player Piano Roll, "Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)"
QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED
1920 - 1990
Player Piano Roll, "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"
Player Piano Roll, "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"
QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED
1920 - 1990
Player Piano Roll, "Yellow Bird"
Player Piano Roll, "Yellow Bird"
QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED
1920 - 1990
Player Piano Roll, "Make the World Go Away"
Player Piano Roll, "Make the World Go Away"
QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED
1920 - 1990
Player Piano Roll, "Heart of My Heart (The Gang That Sang)"
Player Piano Roll, "Heart of My Heart (The Gang That Sang)"
QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED
1920 - 1990
Player Piano Roll, "Have You Looked Into Your Heart"
Player Piano Roll, "Have You Looked Into Your Heart"
QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED
1920 - 1990
Player Piano Roll, "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You (Marimba Arrangement)"
Player Piano Roll, "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You (Marimba Arrangement)"
QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED
1920 - 1990
Player Piano Roll, "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"
Player Piano Roll, "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"
QRS MUSIC ROLLS INCORPORATED
1920 - 1990