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The demand for music of all kinds
seems always to have exceeded the supply of available musicians, and
automatic ways of reproducing tunes have been invented for many
centuries in an effort to fill the gap. This book describes some of
them, ranging from the contrivances of hundreds of years ago for
playing bells by means of a waterwheel, though the perfection of
carillons, the invention of the mechanical organ, the creation of
uncannily lifelike figures arranged to play flutes and pianos, the
rise and sudden fall of the musical box in all its variations, the
fairground organ, the player piano, so evocative of the Edwardian
age, and the final and overriding invention of the gramophone and
its allies. Condition:
Very Good. Previous owner's name written on first page inside cover. (Click
on image above for close-up of front cover).
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