Artifact Details

Title

Player Piano Roll

Catalog Number

102783156

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is a player piano roll titled, "Canadian Sunset". The roll of white paper is around a cardboard tube with a black plastic base. There is a square outline stamped on the front with the song information printed on it. "aeolian" is printed at the top of the square. The composers are listed as "Gimbee & Heywood", which appears to be a misprint of "Gimbel" and Heywood. Gimbel was the Lyricist. Heywood did the instrumentation. There is a pull tap at the end of the paper.

Date

1956

Designer

Gimbee & Heywood

Identifying Numbers

Other number 1177 Number appears above the song title on the roll
Other number 50-60 These numbers are printed at the bottom of the roll and indicate the tempo.

Dimensions

overall: 11 1/2 in x 2 in x 2 in

Category

Memory & storage/other

Credit

Gift of Knute and Ginna Miller

Lot Number

X8832.2019