Folded cardboard book-music “Pigalle” (La Grande Souricière)
Folded cardboard book-music “Pigalle” (La Grande Souricière)
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
The 1980s
Heinz Gietz; Heinrich Voigt Orgelbau
Cardboard; perforation
21.5 × 16.7 cm
On the paper label: maker’s hexagonal logo with five organ pipes and the letters “H V H” inside; inscriptions: “Heinrich Voigt / Frankfurt a.M. – höchst”, “Seit 1832”, “Tel. 313530”, “PIGALLE”, “Orgeln‑Noten nach den Original‑Modellen von Ruth & Sohn”, “Kopieren oder Anfertigung von Tonträger‑Aufnahmen wird nach dem Urheberschutzgesetz strafrechtlich verfolgt!”; handwritten inscription: “Pigalle”
Folded cardboard book-music features a fifty-two track program perforation with round holes – encoded recording of a sequence of control actions for a musical instrument to reproduce the melody "Pigalle"(La Grande Souricière).
It is the title of a German-language hit song by composer Heinz Gietz (31.03.1924–24.12.1989) with lyrics by Hans Bradtke.
Musical instrument: Fairground organ, 662/ММП
1170ММП662/TP