music holder

[aussie003]

hi .i am from australia and i have in my posession what i think is an old sheet music holder. the front of it has the old logos embossed and raised on it from hmv, g marconi, columbia etc.... when you open it like you open a book inside it has embossed in gold writting all the old piano makers logos sterling toronto" "gm anderson new york" "hardman peck and co 1842 "ivers and pond " and many more ......it is made of wood about 1ft x 1 ft square and all 4 sides have logos on them .. it has 2 brass round badges on the back both from " j s inc reproduction cabinet makers new york"

i would like to trace its history if anyone can help i can post pictures of it to anyone that asks

hope you can assist me
thanks robert

[Gill the Piano]

Might be of help if you could post some pictures?

[Bill Kibby]

It sounds to me like a holder for records. These come in many forms, but need to be strong enough to protect the old 78rpm discs. Being American firms, it is not likely we can help much from this side of the ocean.

[aussie003]

thank you i did not know i could post pictures i will endeavour to do so lol

robert

[aussie003]

hi looked everywhere did everything cannot find out how to put photoes on my post in forum please help bob

[Bill Kibby]

It's not my website, and I have never managed it, but look at the instruction right at the top of the forum, or you can email them to me, but I can't post them!

Perhaps it's time that someone out there rephrased the instructions! I am a piano historian, not a computer wiz!

[Colin Nicholson]

hi looked everywhere did everything cannot find out how to put photoes on my post in forum please help bob

aussie003

I've just added a new post .... "How to upload an image" .... on the history section. Follow the diagrams & images.

Hope that's helpful

Colin

[aussie003]

try again lol

[aussie003]

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[aussie003]

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[aussie003]

hi all

thanks for the great info it was a tremendous help.....

someone today said that it is a advertising board or folder that the sales reps in the 40,s 50,s maybe even earlier used to take into peoples houses to sell pianos and musical instruments or gramophones .as they could not lug pianoes themselves lol...this seemed very logical to me so maybe we have the answer any thoughts thanks bob

[Bill Kibby]

It looks more like someone had a blank box, collected transfers of unrelated piano and gramophone names, and stuck them all over it, like some people do on guitars. I can't really get any impression of what the object looks like in size or shape.

[Colin Nicholson]

A wild guess here, but it looks a bit like an advertising board that would go in a music shop window? selling pianos, gramaphones, sheet music etc. and yes, its looks very "homemade" .... so only really of any value to the shop. If it opens out into an "A" frame - this may have stood on a window sill?