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.
- [First edition].
- 334 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm
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.