Whitlock/Wurlitzer Automatic Harp Rolls

Box label for harp music roll #104.

(Photograph courtesy of Bob Gilson)

An example of an early Wurlitzer Automatic Harp music roll label for roll #104. An interesting advertising sticker has been applied to the label for a merchant by the name of Braun, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
Tune card for harp music roll #104.

(Photograph courtesy of Bob Gilson)

Tune card for music roll #104. For many of the early styles of Wurlitzer coin operated instruments a tune card was enclosed in the box along with each music roll, a card that could be placed in a conspicuous place to entice patrons to feed coins into the instrument. Today, it is rare for an easily misplaced and fragile tune card to have survived the ravages of time.
Box and label for harp music roll #146.

(Photograph courtesy of Bob Gilson)

A mid range style Wurlitzer Automatic Harp roll box and label for harp music roll #146. This label style persisted, but with at least one font change, up through roll #228, when the delicate decorative border was replaced with a simple square rule surrounding a narrow and repetitive design consisting of little segments resembling something like a leaf.
Roll leader showing beginning perforations for harp music roll #146.

(Photograph courtesy of Bob Gilson)

The leader and beginning perforations for harp music roll #146. Note the two leading perforations on the right side of the music roll. The first of these two perforation is the "nickel drop," and the second is the shut off switch. (This odd coin-trip arrangement is explained in the Wurlitzer Automatic Harp Tracker Scale box on the main harp rollography page.)
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