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067-13 Brentford Musical Museum by hilofoz
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The Bauhaus style building of the Musical Museum
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The dots and dashes represent the pianola roll holes
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Entrance to the Musical Museum
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Several instruments and an organ in the Musical Museum
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An Orcheolia, with drums and bells
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The tiny snare drum and little bells
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The Orcheolia’s beautiful wooden box with fine marquetry
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Mechanism showing the tines and cylinder
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Another view of the main display
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One of the early perforated musical disks
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Roy demonstrates the disc
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The classic street organ
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Roy demonstrates another organ. The roll is on top
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Violano Virtuoso, an American invention which has an automatic violin and piano
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Piano and with rolls
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An elaborate contraption which plays many instruments automatically
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Flutes, drums, bells and whistles
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Lights behind the delicate painting
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An early ‘recorder’ that was able to record performances of master pianists
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The elaborate recording mechanism, seen reflected in a mirror
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The Cabinetto uses flat folded sheets, rather than rolls
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A beautiful portable organ
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This too, uses punch card strips
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The Cabinet Roller Organ
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Another Orcheolia with Chinese men, drums and bells
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The Chinese men looking somewhat fearsome
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Another elaborate mechanical music cabinet
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Piano/Orchestrion with percussion cabinet
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Piano Roll manufacture
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Upstairs Ron introduces us to the mighty Wurlitzer
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