Violano Virtuoso Roll #2038: Museum Object and Cultural History
Violano Virtuoso Roll #2038: date made: ca 1922-1925. maker: Mills Novelty Company. Object Name: music roll.
The object in the museum catalogue
This music roll was made by Mills Novelty Company in Chicago, Illinois, about 1922-1925. It is Roll #2038, playable in a Violano Virtuoso player. The tune list for this roll is as follows:
Roll #2038 - Hand Played Dance Roll 8638: Gray Morn (fox trot), J. Morris Ward & Clinton Standish, copyright 1921, Forster Music Publishers, Inc. 8639: Sweet Man O' Mine (fox trot), Roy Turk & J. Russell Robinson, copyright 1921, Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. 8640: By the Old Ohio Shore (waltz), Mary Earl, copryght 1921, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. 8641: Eddie Leonard Blues (fox trot), Val & Ernie Stanton, copyright 1922, Edward B. Marks Music Co. 8642: Thrills (fox trot), Eugene West, copyright 1921, Triangle Music Pub. Co.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1922-1925
- maker: Mills Novelty Company
- Object Name: music roll
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: roll: 15 in x 4 7/8 in; 38.1 cm x 12.3825 cm
- Measurements: overall: box: 5 1/2 in x 16 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x 42.545 cm x 15.5575 cm
- place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
- ID Number: MI.73.05
- accession number: 289515
- catalog number: 73.05
- maker number: 2038
- Credit Line: Gift of Lewis Graham
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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