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Furthest Traveled Mechanical Music Item
By Kevin McElhone

I thought I would start a possible new thread for discussion:

What is the world's furthest travelled piece of mechanical music?

It could be a 58-note organ roll which I have in my collection,
"King Carnival March by George Rosey".  It was made by Aeolian in
U.S.A., and sold by a retailer in Brussels, Belgium.  A collector in
France offered to sell it to me, but by the time I had replied he had
moved to Southern Spain. I live in UK so this roll has been in five
countries now!

Alternatively it could be the player piano that Captain Robert Falcon
Scott took to McMurdo sound in Antarctica in 1910-1912.  Or some of
the players on American warships in World War 1?

What do others think or know?

Kevin McElhone, Archivist M.B.S.G.B. - England


(Message sent Sat 26 Jan 2002, 08:28:43 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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