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Mechanical Music
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Mechanical Music
Contributors:
By (Author) Kevin McElhone
Series:
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Shire Publications
Publication Date:
1st February 2004
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
History: specific events and topics
Dewey:
786.6
Physical Properties
Number of Pages:
48
Dimensions:
Width 149mm, Height 210mm, Spine 6mm
Weight:
136g
Description
Covers the history, development, use and fall from favour of many types of exotic instruments, from pocket-sized musical boxes to roll-playing pipe organs and everything else in between. This book describes pianolas, organettes, roller organs, orchestrions, nickelodeons, carillons and more.
Author Bio
Kevin McElhone is the archivist of the Musical Box Society of Great Britain which caters for all kinds of automatic musical instruments.
