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Photograph of Free Music experiments with Grainger's Duo Art player piano, and types notes by Grainger describing the experiment

A plait of tawny blonde hair, belonging to Rose Grainger, with a cotton tie at the top. Stored in a small brown cardboard Ilford Box. Inscriptions on box by Percy Grainger read:
"Beloved mother's hair"
"Mother's hair"
"small switch"
Size hair:…

silver gelatin print, 23.3 x 15.4 cm

This elegant studio double portrait of Percy and Rose is unorthodox in the way the composition crops out the object of their avid attention, however it successfully documents the legendary closeness between…

Percy Grainger commissioned a number of the display cases to be made for the variety of objects in his museum. These were designed by A. Pengelley & Co., Melbourne, and made locally.

This photograph shows elements of the photographic setup Percy Grainger created in his home at White Plains, to capture his flagellation practices on film.

2 silver gelatin prints enclosed in a photo wallet. "P.G. initials are embossed in gold on the front of the wallet. 'Cross' is also embossed along the internal fold line of the wallet, perhaps indicating the manufacturer or photographer. Photo 1 on…

Silver gelatine prints.

Photo 1: 12.1 x 8.7 cm
Photo 2: 12.7 x 28.9 cm
Photo and wallet (closed): 14 x 11 cm
Photo and wallet (opened): 22.8 cm

P.G. initials are embossed in gold on the front of the wallet. 'Cross' is also embossed along the…

Philips Electrical Industries Pty Ltd, Australia, Three speed portable twin-track tape recorder, late 1950s

Grainger Museum Collection, 01.3513

This tape recorder was part of Percy Grainger's electronic music equipment, probably used by him in…

This is Percy Grainger's original index of the Grainger Museum Collection, partly typed and partly hand-written, approximately 130 pages. At the start of the volume is a "Rough alphabetical guide to Grainger Museum Index Numbers", followed by the…

Grainger’s charisma, captured in many photographic studio portraits, helped to launch and sustain his performance career. This photograph was taken by Hana Studios, London, which specialised in theatrical photography.