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Mechanical Music in the Movies
By Lee Rothrock

In the 1947 film, "Fun on a Weekend", at about time 6:41 there begins
a music performance which accompanies the operation of a carousel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSlaDS9Wziw&t=401s
Attachment thumbnail If anyone could identify the instrument or tune, that would be swell! Lee Rothrock [ It sounds like a 20-note organ (or maybe a calliope) playing a [ nice Austrian "Ländler" waltz tune. Where are the dancers? ;-) [ -- Robbie

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