Images from The Graese Gallery Palmer Roe Plays His Barrel 'Cello Palmer N. Roe (1888-1966) of Canton, South Dakota, plays a 'cello which he made out of a barrel in 1955 (NMM 843. Barrel cello by Palmer N. Roe, Canton, 1955. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979).   Roe served in France in W.W. I, was a deputy county sheriff, and made and played several unusual instruments, including a stove-pipe 'cello and a pitch-fork 'cello, now preserved at the Museum.   Click arrow to continue Graese Gallery Tour Go to Graese Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Tour Index Postcard of this image available from Gift Shop National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 1996, 2003 Most recent update:   May 5, 2003 You are the 14,651st visitor to this page. College of Fine Arts The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page