I have an interesting piano roll graciously given to me by Paul Horgan.
It is a Sousa march medley, with the tunes "Powhattan's Daughter,"
"Stars and Stripes Forever," "Hail to the Spirit of Liberty," and
"From Maine to Oregon."  I have only been able to play it once because
I don't yet have a player of my own, but I am curious how old it is.

The roll paper is darkened with age, but otherwise in immaculate
condition.  As for the box, it has seen better days.  The roll label
on the box is a tan (the one on the roll is gray), with red outline,
and the top reading "Eighty-Eight Note".  The roll number is 17617.

I am thinking it may have been a 1902 roll, but I am not sure.
There is a blue sticker on the top panel of the box that says "The
Autopiano Company" and under that, "Manufacturers" and then under that,
"New York, N. Y.".  Does anyone know the age of this roll?

Clinton Gray
Hereford, Arizona

 [ "Eighty-Eight Note" is an early Aeolian label, see
 [    http://www.mmdigest.com/Gallery/MMMedia/AeoUni/index.html 
 [
 [ Tune 4, "From Maine to Oregon", is from Sousa's comic opera,
 [ "The American Maid", which premiered on January 27, 1913, in
 [ Rochester, New York.
 [
 [ Ref.:
 [   http://www.dws.org/sousa/  (Dallas Wind Symphony)
 [   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/sousa/sousa-home.html 
 [
 [ -- Robbie