Historical information

To make a piano roll, when the recording artist depresses a key on a specially wired-up piano, a signal is sent to a recording machine, which punches holes in a moving roll of paper. Originally, editing was done by punching extra holes by hand or patching unwanted holes with sticky tape but eventually the process was done by computer.•
The music is A Lone Girl Flyer with the words and music by Jack O'Hagan. It was published in Melbourne by Allan's, c1930 and was dedicated to Miss Amy Johnson, a pioneering English aviator, the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia.

Significance

It is an example of musical recreation of the 1930's.

Physical description

Brown paper roll of pianola paper (.1) in black box (.2) with lid.
Broadway hard roll 1694 - A lone Girl Flyer ( march song O'Hagan). It has a duty stamp attached - Allan & Co
Music Co Ltd
Melbourne

Inscriptions & markings

Broadway