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2021.01.22.11
FS: College Fight Songs as Wurlitzer 165 MIDI
from Andrew Lardieri
•In addition to commissioning a roll each year for the Wurlitzer 165 band organ, I have also been commissioning a few MIDI-only arrangements that wouldn't ever make it to a paper roll, with the generous support of Andy Park and Glenn Thomas as always. On a non-mechanical musical note, I have recentl...
1996.06.23.01
USA from the Southeast to the Northeast
from Hauke Marxsen
Dear members of the "Automatic-Music-List", My wife and I, we have done a 4 weeks-trip to the USA in May this year. We travelled from the southeast to the northeast of the country. We did a lot of sightseeing. 50 percent was under the aspect of automatic music. Beatrice Robertson (active member of t...
2004.07.11.03
Mechanical Music Toys: U.S.A. Patents
from Bill Wineburgh
•[ Re MMD 040710, "Blow-a-Tune" Player Panpipe Musical Toy ] Dear Phillip & Bea: "Blow-a-Tune" was made by Kenner Products, Cincinnati, OH, c. 1949. Cardboard discs are punched to play a tune on 10 fixed plastic organ pipes. The player's air power operates the pipes as the handle turns the disc. It ...
2018.09.03.04
Mechanical Music in the Movies
from Dale F. Rowe
•[ Ref. Lee Rothrock in 18.09.01 MMDigest ] Lee, Greetings from the Bronx! In regards to your inquiry about the Glockenspiel Clock, and not wanting to disappoint you, there is a distinct possibility that the clock in question was only a movie prop and the music supplied by several percussionists. An...

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