Browse Items (337 total)

Steel, brass, wood, accordion reeds, blower fans, linear bearings.

In their original Reed box experiments, Grainger and
Cross approximated the effect of gliding musical
pitches by using closely-spaced microtones. They
detuned harmonium reeds to…

Melba’s star status was reflected in the high quality of her opera costumes. This sumptuous purple velvet robe was created by the House of Worth, the leaders of Parisian haute couture. Trimmed with ermine and lined with cream floral silk damask, this…

Platinum print

Photo: 14.4 x 9.9 cm
Photo and board: 31.0 x 21.6 cm

This portrait of Roger Quilter shows him sitting in front of a piano. The inscription on the photo reads: With love from Roger. This photograph has been mounted on card.

Printing-out paper print.

15.6 x 11.2 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is facing the camera and is wearing a large round brim hat with feathers and a v neck dress. Rose Grainger is captured here wearing a quintessential…

Silver gelatin print.

50.7 x 40.5 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger showing her profile. She is wearing a dark coloured dress with lace trimmings near the collar. She is also wearing a metal necklace.

Printing-out paper print.

Photo: 9.2 x 5.7 cm
Photo and board: 10.2 x 6.2 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger, mother of Percy Grainger, as a young women. This photograph depicts her side profile and she is wearing a dark collar high necked dress…

Printing-out paper print.

Photo: 9.2 x 5.7 cm
Phot and board: 10.2 x 6.2 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger when she was a young lady. This photograph depicts her side profile and she is wearing a dark collar high necked dress with a row of buttons…

The sansa or ‘thumb piano’ is common across Africa. It is played by plucking the metal tongues over the wooden resonator to produce a pitched buzzing sound. This sansa was acquired on his travels by Australian composer and pianist Percy Grainger, who…

Small oval body (flat back and front) with long narrow hardwood neck. Body covered with python snakeskin on front and back with wooden veneer sides, 3 hexagonal tapered pegs. Peg box with scroll (bone string separator). No existent strings. No…