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Batdorf Automatic Orchestra Coin-op Organette
By Charlie Moore

Thanks to an offline reply the "Unknown Weight Driven Organette"
has been identified [190906 MMDigest].  Photos are posted here:

https://www.honorrolls.net/oak%20parlor%20organ1.jpg
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Attachment thumbnail This instrument turns out to be a Batdorf Automatic Orchestra. It was made briefly in the early 1890s and was described to me as "the father of all coin operated pneumatic musical instruments in the United States". There are maybe three or four surviving examples. I am hoping that, now that it is identified, someone might know the whereabouts of one these surviving instruments. It would be really helpful if I could get a look at one of these in order to restore this one. Thanks, Charlie Moore csm@ioc.bz.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

(Message sent Wed, 6 Nov 2019 11:57:07 -0800 (PST) , from time zone -0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Automatic, Batdorf, Coin-op, Orchestra, Organette

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