Hi Joshua;

We have a number of player rolls in our collection; we have them stored
in boxes made for just this purpose by QRS Music Technologies
(http://www.qrsmusic.com/mall/pmm_details.asp).  The boxes look to be
just regular cardboard, so wrapping the rolls in acid free tissue that
you replace every few years will be a good idea.\

We mark the roll's accession number on the outside of the box, and on
the roll itself on the metal end-caps, using B-72 and drawing ink.

Cheers,



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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1302 Bomford Crescent S.W.
Medicine Hat, AB   T1A 5E6
(403) 502-8587
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A player piano and dozens of player piano music rolls have just been
donated to the museum I work at.  I was curious to see how other
institutions marked and stored their rolls.

Thank you in advance.


Regards,

Joshua K. Blay  

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