General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

14

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PERFORATED PAPER; CARDBOARD BOXES; METAL TABS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

31.0 cm

Width

55.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Music

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

QRS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Buffalo

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED - PURCHASED NEW.

Canada

Unknown

Function

PIANO ROLLS WERE INSERTED INTO A PLAYER PIANO AND PRODUCED MUSIC AS THEY UNROLLED.

Technical

THE AMPICO CO. MADE PIANO ROLLS FROM THE EARLY 1900S TO THE 1930S. THE COMPANY MARKETED THE "REPRODUCING PIANO" WHICH THEY CLAIMED COULD REPRODUCE EVERY NUANCE OF A PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING THE DYNAMIC RANGE [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FRONTS PIECE OF ALL ROLLS BEARS IDENTICAL TEXT, LAYOUT, ETC. EXCEPTING SELECTION, ARTIST, ETC. EXAMPLE:.12 BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'TEMPO 70/ AMPICO/ RECORDING/ For use only on the Ampico/ Q.R.S./ R/ AMP-1039/ POLONAISE/ OP.53, A FLAT/ CHOPIN/ Played by/ LEOPOLD GODOWSKY/ (Original Ampico Roll No. 56336-P)'/ MFR'S LABEL BEARING SIMILAR INFO. AFFIXED TO INDIVIDUAL BOXES.

Missing

ROLL .4-1017 STARDUST IS MISSING FROM ITSBOX.

Finish

EACH ROLL COMES IN ITS OWN BLACK, IMITATION LEATHER BOX./THE LABELS ARE WRITTEN IN GREEN INK ON BEIGE PAPER./.11 HAS A RED BOX.

Decoration

SCROLLS DESIGN ON THE BEGINNING OF EACH PIANO ROLL; CALIGRAPHY; GREEN INK ON BEIGE PAPER.