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