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Unknown Music Rolls
By Brian Chesters

I have just been given two music rolls and I have no idea what they
are for.  The paper width is 11-3/4 inches.  The spool has wooden ends:
left one has a round hole, the right one has a similar hole with a slot
cut for a drive pin.

The roll title and instructions are printed on the paper, on the same
side as an 88-note roll, but the playing instructions are on the oppo-
site side, making me think it plays bottom to top.  The two rolls are
numbered 223, Poet & Peasant, and 1020, The Lost Chord.  They are both
imprinted "Roll this tight before and after playing music".  The boxes
are both white inner box and black outer box with hand-written labels.

Anyone have any idea what they are from?

Brian Chesters
brian@blackpool.net


(Message sent Fri 12 Nov 1999, 15:49:33 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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