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Recordings of Orchestrions
By John Farmer

Further to Matthew Caulfield's comments about the comments on record
jackets, I just bought a record on eBay entitled "London Barrel Organ".
The blurb on the back goes to some depth in describing a barrel organ,
how the barrel pins play the tune, and the sound comes from the pipes
(often two or more ranks), powered by bellows, etc., etc.

However, the picture on the front, and the music reproduced by the
record is, of course, a barrel piano!  Still, it was as I expected,
and well worth the 99 pence (about $1.95).

John Farmer
UK
www.musicanic.com


(Message sent Wed 11 Apr 2007, 21:24:49 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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