Melotrope Perforated Music Strip
date: label: date made
content: 1888-1892
notes: label: Description
content: <p>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. 57 - <i> LE VERRE EN MAIN (Polka)</i>, by Fahrbach, with a range of 37 notes. This strip is accessioned with Melotrope piano player (Cat. MI.30409.01).</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument features U. S. Patent #371422, dated October 11, 1887, by Jules Carpentier for a mechanical keyboard player.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Carl Hering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.304098.02
label: accession number
content: 62985
label: catalog number
content: 304098.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: music strip
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 10 in x 4 3/4 in; .635 cm x 25.4 cm x 12.065 cm