Roll, music

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1880–1889
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0459.004

MANUFACTURER: Abbot, F.W. & Co.
MODEL: Home Sweet Home
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
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: 11.0 cm
Height: 11.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Abbot
Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
City: Montreal

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: Very faint print reads: "W.F. ABBOT & CO./ Sole manufacturer and Patentee/ Montreal Canada", "AUTOMATIC"/ TRADE MARK/ M.P.CO." and "HOME SWEET HOME".
Missing: Roll is torn in a few places.
Finish: Cream coloured card stock with perforated holes. Segments held together by synthetic tape. One segment is made of orange card stock which is not original (unknown when it was added to roll).
Decoration: N/A

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Abbot, F.W. & Co., Roll, music, between 1880–1889, Artifact no. 1984.0459, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0459.004/

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