Carpentier Piano Player
date: label: date made
content: 1888-1892
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This piano player was made by Jules Carpentier in Paris, France, around 1888-1892. It is a Melotrope mechanical piano player that is placed on top of a keyboard that depresses the keys. The instrument has a range of 37 notes, is hand cranked, and plays perforated cardboard strips. Accessioned with 6 books of music, mounting brackets, and custom box. The donor did not include the hand fly wheel.</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
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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
label: accession number
content: 62985
label: catalog number
content: 304098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Piano Player
label: Object Name
content: piano player
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: piano player: 5 1/4 in x 29 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 74.295 cm x 16.51 cm