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.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [1973]Edition: [First edition]Description: 334 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0517500000
- 9780517500002
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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Major well illustrated mongraph on mechanical music
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