One musical alternative to a band organ in 1898 was a phonograph that
was amplified by the Auxetophone ["Aux-e-to-phone"] or one of its
relatives.  This URL comes from Simeon Lapinbleau, a master of darned
near everything in Britain, who referred it to my howthingswork
discussion group:

  http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/auxetophone/auxetoph.htm

Mark Kinsler
Lancaster, Ohio, USA
http://www.mkinsler.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/howthingswork/