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Musical Machines In Their Original Settings
By Kermit Hobbs

In the current issue [May-June 2020 Edition] of The AMICA Bulletin,
Matt Jaro comments, "No one is alive today to remember the earlier days
of nickelodeons and very few have any memory at all seeing machines in
actual settings."  This makes me wonder how many machines exist today
that are, in fact, still in their original settings.

I know of one.  In Orkney Springs, Virginia, an Empress Electric Drum
Piano sits atop its perch overlooking the beautiful dining hall of
Shrine Mont, formerly known as Orkney Springs Hotel.  In the late 19th
and early 20th centuries this hotel was the center of a popular mountain
spring resort.  (See photos at the links below.)

Does anyone know of any others?

Kermit Hobbs

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