Piano music roll No. 6166 Edward MacDowell “Witches Dance, Op.17, No.2”
Piano music roll No. 6166 Edward MacDowell “Witches Dance, Op.17, No.2”
Great Britain, London
1919
The Aeolian Company Ltd
Paper, metal, wood, cardboard, binding material; presswork, perforation, printing, cardboard work
5.1 x 32 x 5.8 cmPaper music roll 28.58 cm wide is reeled on the spool with American standard plastic flanges (with guiding grooves for fixing in the drive mechanism – spool box). The roll leader is with triangular cut, with the end glued with grey color leatherette with ring. Artistic vignette with the medallion with indication of the catalog number, the piece title, names of composer and performer, name and location of the manufacturer, and stamp indicating the tempo is the cut field surface. The music roll contains perforation – the encoded recording of control actions sequence on a musical instrument for playing back the tune - “Witches Dance, Op.17, No. 2” by American piano player and composer Edward MacDowell (18.12.1860-23.01.1908) performed by Carolyn Cone Baldwin (10.06.1894-28.12.1946) – the famous concert pianist. The music roll is stored in the parallelepiped-shaped box made of cardboard, composed of bottom and cover, pasted over with grey binding material. The label with information similar to that in the medallion on the roll is on the cover flat end, the label with the signature of the melody performer in the frame is on the cover upper side. Musical instrument: Reproducing grand piano "Steinway Duo-Art”, Инв. 1005.
Inscriptions, subscriptions on the labels: “DUO-ART”, “THE AEOLIAN CO. LTD”, “LONDON”, “6166”, “Witches Dance”, “Op.17, No.2”, “McDowell”, “PLAYED BY Carolyn Cone-Baldwin”, “The Aeolian Company, Limited”, “London and New York”. On the perforation surface: “Tempo”, “90”, “027349”
Paper music roll 28.58 cm wide is reeled on the spool with American standard plastic flanges (with guiding grooves for fixing in the drive mechanism – spool box). The roll leader is with triangular cut, with the end glued with grey color leatherette with ring. Artistic vignette with the medallion with indication of the catalog number, the piece title, names of composer and performer, name and location of the manufacturer, and stamp indicating the tempo is the cut field surface. The music roll contains perforation – the encoded recording of control actions sequence on a musical instrument for playing back the tune - “Witches Dance, Op.17, No. 2” by American piano player and composer Edward MacDowell (18.12.1860-23.01.1908) performed by Carolyn Cone Baldwin (10.06.1894-28.12.1946) – the famous concert pianist.
The music roll is stored in the parallelepiped-shaped box made of cardboard, composed of bottom and cover, pasted over with grey binding material. The label with information similar to that in the medallion on the roll is on the cover flat end, the label with the signature of the melody performer in the frame is on the cover upper side.
Musical instrument: Reproducinggrand piano "Steinway Duo-Art”, Инв. 1005.
Инв.474.1-2ММП1005/TP