Artwork : ArchiveNo00008

Piano 1910

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Portsmouth City Museum
Contributor Image	ros_web.jpg
Profession
Location	Old Portsmouth
Collection Date	11.10.06
Artefact Name	Piano
Artefact Description	A pianola - a piano that can play its own tunes. Made by A Burnand. Mahogany veneer. Heart logo painted on the front of the object. Poor condition.
Artefact Date	1910
Artefact Stored	Museum store
Artefact Form	0008_piano.jpg
Artefact Image	008.jpg
Sample Taken	Dust from the interior
Sample Image
History of Artefact	The player mechanism was powered entirely by suction, generated by the operation of two foot treadles, while tiny perforations on small paper rolls represented the notes to be played. The tracker bar, a pneumatic reading device over which the roll was transported, had a row of equally spaced holes; one for each note. A music roll perforation passing over the tracker bar caused a valve to open, which in turn triggered a pneumatic motor. The latter operated a felt covered wooden finger, pressing the corresponding note on the piano keyboard.
Historian	Rosalinda Hardiman
Previous Owners	Unknown
Special Memories
Artwork Image	0008-edwardian_piano.jpg

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