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Artist Signature on 88-note SM Roll 15603
By Matthew Caulfield

I'm always annoyed when I find non-standard abbreviations used in texts,
and the posting by Jim Spriggs speaking of SM Künstler-Notenrollen led
me to Google that term to find out what SM stands for.  I found lots of
hits for SM Künstler Reproduktionsrolle but no explanation at all of the
meaning of SM or what the two letters stand for.  (I realize Künstler
means "artist" in German.)

Am I the only ignorant one here?

Matthew Caulfield
Irondequoit, New York

 [ Ref. https://mfm.uni-leipzig.de/hsm/detail.php?id=81 
 [ 'In 1913 the abbreviation "S M" with a crown was registered as
 [ a trademark.  Shortly afterwards, the deletion was requested
 [ since the letters were too reminiscent of the abbreviation
 [ for "Seine Majestät" (His Majesty)'  -- Robbie


(Message sent Tue 3 Mar 2020, 21:38:32 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  15603, 88-note, Artist, Roll, Signature, SM

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