Braille music press

Press, Embossing

Accession Number: 2012.10.4

Description: Blue-gray enameled wooden stand with trestle-style feet, half open on front and fully open on back; wooden box on left fully encloses/protects the drive pulleys connecting an electric motor mounted on a shelf in the stand with a small steel double cylinder press bolted on top; aluminum plate provides chute from mouth of the press to a trapezoidal wooden output tray mounted below and behind the press; paper feed table mounted in front of the press; power switch in switchbox mounted to front of the pulley box, below the feed table; label on motor, "Walker-Turner Inc./Driver/Custom Electric"; plate on motor stand, "136"; stenciled on front of pulley box, "136".

Height: 45.25

Width: 34

Depth: 40

Date Made: 1955

Maker: American Printing House for the Blind

Place of Origin: Louisville, KY

Collection: lleAPH Collection

History/Provenance: lleAPH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2012.10

Subjects: Embossing (Printing) Braille music notation Braille Music for the blind and visually impaired Music publishing industry

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: American Printing House for the Blind

Material: Wood, steel, aluminum, rubber

Updated: 10/06/2016