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Play-Rite Music Rolls collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1010
Abstract
Piano rolls are spools of perforated paper (or thin film) programmed with music and designed to be played on a mechanically-operated piano, more commonly called a player piano. Player pianos as popular entertainment reached their heyday in the 1920s, although both player pianos and piano rolls can be found today-- and at least one company, QRS Music, continues to manufacture music rolls. The two music rolls in this small collection were both manufactured by Play-Rite Music Rolls, Inc. in...
Dates:
1979, 1982
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Richard Simonton collection of Welte system-recorded piano rolls
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0176
Abstract
Player piano rolls recorded with the Emil Welte system by prominent European and American musicians, 1905-1920; catalogs of the Welte Company in Freiburg, Germany. The collection was brought to the United States in 1948 by Simonton, and some of the performances have since been released on modern recordings.
Dates:
circa 1905-1920
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library