29 10 337 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/aab334460052d18ee03978a375a5cfde.jpg 36f0ddc81079c8b05dab0dd1af75a8be Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Free Music" machine components Subject The topic of the resource Free Music Description An account of the resource The box of Free Music components that this object is part of contains scraps of wood, metal, paper and rubber. - Wood and felt frame (musical instrument?) - Small piece of cardboard with electronic components attached - transformer, potentiometer, diode, resistors, capacitors, choke, wires and solder. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Various creators, material gathered by Percy Grainger for his Free Music experiments Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940s-1950s Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.1126 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/909c21b41b518ef543912bd43f5e58cf.TIF e34357e1cf2be34e5523495d4b4702aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kangaroo-pouch Tone-tool Free Music experiment created by Percy Grainger and Burnett Cross, on display in the Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne Subject The topic of the resource Free Music Description An account of the resource This photograph shows the Grainger and Cross's Kangaroo Pouch Tone Tool Free Music machine installed in the Grainger Museum, probably in the late 1950s. The machine was not fully complete when it was installed, and Cross visited the Grainger Museum after Percy Grainger's death to complete the instrument so that it could make sound. Cross recorded an interview with ABC Weekend television in 1976, which included footage of the instrument being played in the Museum. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown photographer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource After 1955 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/37b3f69e6ee697024493a8665878dcfb.jpg 11b2505bfb14a9c41cfb01d0bf24d9f1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ella Grainger, seated at her writing desk in the living room at home in White Plains, contemplates the “Kangaroo Pouch” Free Music machine Subject The topic of the resource Free Music experiments Description An account of the resource Donated to the Grainger Museum by Burnett Cross on 19 April 1994 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Burnett Cross (1914-1996) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Burnett Cross Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c.1952 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Silver gelatin print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 99.5700.4 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/f9cc9fda40e54b57a2a4a04f33cf74ca.jpg 3ed80cc29d952eda82539a9149aef4af Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Percy Grainger and Burnett Cross working on a Free Music tone-tool experiment Subject The topic of the resource Free Music machines experiments Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photographer unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Silver gelatin print, 16.5 x 12.5 cm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 99.5700.3 Description An account of the resource This photograph was taken at the Grainger home at White Plains, USA. Other photographs in the Grainger Museum Collection depict Ella Grainger also working with Percy Grainger and Burnett Cross, on this same experiment. It is likely that Ella Grainger is the photographer for this image. https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/fe91536fa2b6e0fa2ed9ab11278a11e2.jpg b33a1b4fc3b47a44c620303761506aec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled (Codemaster) Subject The topic of the resource Free Music drawings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Percy Aldridge Grainger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 1951 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Grainger Estate Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Watercolour, ink and graphite on paper, 14.2 x 27.9 cm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.0178 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/3b819f1825ed4bb77689450b50310390.jpg f7c355c73c7ebb49a2d22b51a40d187a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Model for side-ridge clothes-line and scotch-tape-tin oscillator-player Subject The topic of the resource Free Music drawings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Percy Aldridge Grainger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 27 January 1952 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Grainger Estate Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Watercolour and ink on paper, 27.9 x 21.6cm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.0177 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/c219cae532718635ad8af999c23bb43d.jpg fe3540c7c8e11a5cc7cf046ea73c4fdb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled (Coloured drawing of plastic discs with explanatory account) Subject The topic of the resource Free Music drawings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Percy Aldridge Grainger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 25 April 1952 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Grainger Estate Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Watercolour, ink and graphite on paper, 35.5 x 21.6cm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.0187 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/1591f2674032c1038a27888630e53d4d.jpg 03f4c2511c7189c14268c46ecf84a5cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled (Free music machine process) Subject The topic of the resource Free Music drawings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Percy Aldridge Grainger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n.d. (c.1952) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Grainger Estate Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Typescript, watercolour and ink on paper, 19.9 x 13.9 cm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.0189 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/b272d8bd42a115a92b5b88079bb6673d.tif 3c485d35f7862bd81e85d514c2189e42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oscillator-playing tone tool, 1st experiment Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Percy Grainger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Sketch drawn 23 November 1951. Instrument made 25 October 1951 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Grainger Estate Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Watercolour and ink on paper, 27.9 x 21.9cm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.0182 Description An account of the resource Watercolour, ink and graphite on paper. Illustration of instrument (a modified sewing machine) with handwritten explanations and instructions. 14.2 x 25.7cm Excerpt from Percy Grainger's daybooks 1944-1960: Thursday 25 October 1951 ‘Red Letter day for Free Music [red ink] Burnett brot $15 oscilator, having recorded 2-, 3- & 4-part trials with it at home. . . . I got sewing machine & drill to play oscilator [red ink]’ Burnett Cross: ‘The oscillator was a Morse code practice device with a continuously variable pitch produced by a loudspeaker (in the case). Its single vacuum tube operated on house current (110 vols). PG at once set to work to find out how its pitch-knob could be controlled.’ https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/da7f593fe902760cc797814208e7f37d.jpg 1e6450322a26fc24889fe8ae130749f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Kangaroo Pouch" method of synchronising and playing 8 oscillators Subject The topic of the resource Free Music drawing Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Grainger Estate Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Watercolour and ink on paper, 28 x 21.8cm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 04.0175