Statement from Ian Nagoski:

"This is a nearly destroyed disc, acoustically recorded (through a horn, rather than a microphone) and performed on a Water Organ, recorded in Richmond Indiana in 1922 by the Star Furniture Company (ie Gennett Records). Privately released by the International Roller Canary Breeders Association of Louisville, Kentucky, it was produced, the disc's label says, “as a suitable teacher for young Roller Canaries”. Roller Canaries learn melody by tradition from older teacher-birds.

The record was restored for a future exhibit on the subjects of memory, tradition and human-bird interaction at the Center for PostNatural History in Pittsburgh to be co-curated by myself and the Center's founder Rich Pell."

Center for PostNatural History