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"Mechanical Pianoette" Player Glockenspiel
By Ed Schmidt

Philip Jamison wrote in 990323 MMDigest:

> I recently acquired an interesting organette called "The Melodette!",
> patented January 1873.  (The exclamation point is part of the name.)
> It has a cast iron body and plays a 17-note metal xylophone.  It is
> entirely mechanical.  Attached is an image.  Has anyone ever seen one
> of these?

I have a similar 17-note metal xylophone called a "Mechanical
Pianoette".  It is housed in a rectangular black wooden case with
a top that lifts like a grand piano.  The mechanisms of the two
instruments appear to be similar.

Ed Schmidt


(Message sent Wed 24 Mar 1999, 14:03:24 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Glockenspiel, Mechanical, Pianoette, Player

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