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Unknown Weight-powered Barrel Piano
By Rod Cornelius

I am trying to identify this barrel instrument that is in the
collection of a museum in New Zealand.  My son is the exhibition
designer and they are trying to find more about this instrument
they have in their collection.  It has a number of barrels but no
identification or name on the instrument itself.

If anyone could tell me about it I will pass it on to the museum.

Rod Cornelius
Auckland, New Zealand

 [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/20/07/03/200703_233935_barrell%20inst%203.jpg 
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 [ The three barrels play tunes for English or Scottish Country
 [ Dancing.  I count 28 piano notes + 2 percussion = 30 keys on
 [ the barrel.  Has the piano been tuned?  I'd love to hear it!
 [ (I played in a Scottish Country Dance band fifty years ago.)
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 3 Jul 2020, 23:39:35 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Barrel, Piano, Unknown, Weight-powered

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