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ORCHESTRION

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 170 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORCHESTRION , a name applied to three different kinds of See also:

instruments. (I) A chamber See also:organ, designed by See also:Abt See also:Vogler at the end of the 18th See also:century, which in a space of 9 cub. ft. contained no less than 900 pipes, 3 manuals of 63 keys each and J9 pedals (see See also:HARMONIUM). (2) A See also:pianoforte with organ pipes attached, invented by See also:Thomas Anton Kunz of See also:Prague in 1791. This orchestrion comprised two manuals of 65 keys and 25 pedals, all of which could be used either independently or coupled. There were 21 stops, 230 strings and 36o pipes which produced 105 different combinations. The See also:bellows were worked either by See also:hand or by machinery. (3) A See also:mechanical See also:instrument, automatically played by means of revolving cylinders, invented in 1851 by F. T. See also:Kaufmann of See also:Dresden. It comprises a See also:complete See also:wind See also:orchestra, with the addition of See also:kettle-drums, See also:side-drums, See also:cymbals and triangle. (K.

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