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1923 Advertisement catalog of available song and music rolls from the Q.R.S. Company for use on the Playasax toy instrument and other Q.R.S. instruments. Available songs included Wildwood Fancies, Story Rolls, Holiday and Characteristic Music, Sacred Music, Standard Marches, Standard Waltzs, Blue Bird Ballads, Heavy and Light Classics, Music from Operas, and Concert Series music. The last picture is a view of what an actual paper roll looked like with its original box. This company is still in business in Chicago making rolls for player pianos and other automatic player-roll instruments.
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