Clockwork music; an illustrated history of mechanical musical instruments from the musical box to the pianola, from automaton lady virginal players to orchestrion [by] Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [1973]Edition: [First edition]Description: 334 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0517500000
  • 9780517500002
Subject(s):
Contents:
Mechanical music in antiquity -- Automation displays and museums of ingenuity -- The early musical box -- Tin discs and music for the masses -- Orchestrion organs and automatic orchestra -- Parlour organettes and self-playing organs -- Player pianos and a maestro in every home -- The gramophone -- Miscellany -- Appendix: Names of instruments and their makers.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room ML1050 .O7 1973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000030557

Mechanical music in antiquity -- Automation displays and museums of ingenuity -- The early musical box -- Tin discs and music for the masses -- Orchestrion organs and automatic orchestra -- Parlour organettes and self-playing organs -- Player pianos and a maestro in every home -- The gramophone -- Miscellany -- Appendix: Names of instruments and their makers.

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