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Mechanical Music in the Movies
By Adam G. Ramet 

There is a pianola playing throughout a whole musical scene in the
recent "South Park" movie. In the movie the roll plays upwards - this
means it may well be an electric 73-note Hupfeld Phonola - a possibly
unique appearance in any American movie.

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