Violano Virtuoso Roll #2914: Museum Object and Cultural History
Violano Virtuoso Roll #2914: date made: ca 1929-1930. 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 1929-1930. It is Roll #2914, playable in a Violano Virtuoso player. The tune list for this roll is as follows:
Roll #2914 - Record Breaking Tunes 14397: I Kiss Your Hand Madame (fox trot), Fritz Rotter & Ralph Erwin, copyright 1929, Harms, Inc. 14398: Maybe - Who Knows (fox trot), Kuth Etting-Joe Schuster & Johnny Tucker, copyright 1929, M. Witmark & Sons 14399: Pagan Love Song (waltz), Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown, copyright 1929, Robbins Music Co. 14400: Finding the Long Way Home (fox trot), Gus Kahn & Harry Warren, copyright 1929, Remick Music Corp. 14401: From Sunrise to Sunset (fox trot), copyright 1929, Irving Berlin
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1929-1930
- maker: Mills Novelty Company
- Object Name: music roll
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 5 1/4 in x 6 in x 16 11/16 in; 13.335 cm x 15.24 cm x 42.38625 cm
- place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
- ID Number: MI.73.23
- accession number: 289515
- catalog number: 73.23
- maker number: 2914
- Credit Line: Gift of Lewis Graham
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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