Clariona Roller Organ Roll #15
date: label: date made
content: 1880 - 1883
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This roller organ roll was likely made by the Munroe Organ Reed Company in Worcester, Mashachusetts, around 1880-1883. It was sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a perforated paper Clariona roll, No. 15, 19-3/4 feet. The roll plays the following tunes:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Watch on the Rhine<br>Tramp, Tramp, Tramp<br>Home Sweet Home<br>Yankee Doodle</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This Clariona roll (#15) listed in an 1880s J. Howard Foote catalog, sold for 90 cents.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.072883
label: catalog number
content: 72883
label: accession number
content: 12809
objectType: label: Object Name
content: player oragn roll
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 4.445 cm