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Mechanical Musical Instrument Patent
By Colin Hinz

Does this qualify as a 'mechanical musical instrument'?

This patent citation was passed along by a friend. I suppose
it's musical, and there's certainly mechanical activity involved.
Does that make it a 'mechanical musical instrument'?

    http://www.patents.ibm.com/cgi-bin/viewpat.cmd/5163447

cheers,

Colin Hinz
Toronto, canada


(Message sent Tue 23 Mar 1999, 00:36:28 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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