Treasures of Mechanical Music
Vestal, New York: The Vestal Press, Ltd., 1981. First. Hardbound. Grey cloth with black spine lettering; 630 pp. with numerous bw illustrations. Very clean and tight interior but for previous owner's purchase notation inside front cover; slight general wear to covers; really a very, very nice copy. Item #112978
ISBN: 0911572201
"A compilation of hundreds of tracker bar, key frame, and note lay-outs for automatic music machines, together with historical and technical information and a collector's portfolio of outstanding mechanical musical instruments." Chapters include Disc Music Boxes; Player Pianos; Expression and Reproducing Pianos; Music Roll Making; Coin Pianos and Orchestrions; Reed, Pipe and Electronic Organs; Barrel Organs; Band, Dancehall, and Fairground Organs; with a Dictionary of Terms; lavishly illustrated throughout. First Edition of a very fine and desirable book.
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