[Jukebox-list] RE: And another oldie...

[Bob Ellingson]

At 04:43 PM 5/12/2006 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi Bob.
>Seeburg made Orchestrions, which were big player piano-machines that 
>contained other actual musical instruments.  They were operated by 
>pneumatics, so this carried over into their early phonographs.

Yeah, I knew about the player piano history, but I saw the big motor on
the floor of the Audiophone and thought that was the power source (which,
in a way, it was).  Player pianos run on positive pressure, though, 
don't they?  Anyway, I bet that Seeburg is a hoot to watch it go through
the motions!

--Bob
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