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Large Barrel Orchestrion in Melbourne, Australia
By Jere Ryder

I just stumbled across this and I'm wondering, did this instrument
survive?  And if not, do any of our friends Down Under know its history?

Large Barrel Orchestrion pictured in 1939, still on location, part of
Maximillian Ludwig Kreitmayer's "Wax Works" attraction, Bourke Street,
Melbourne, Australia.

Kylie's, State Library Victoria, recent blog post:

https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-marvellous-and-macabre-waxworks-part-one-the-more-murderers-the-more-it-thrives/ 

Source: 1939 newspaper article: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12137722 

Jere Ryder
Morris Museum
Morristown, New Jersey



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