"Father O'Flynn" on 1905 concert music box.

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"Father O'Flynn" on 1905 concert music box.

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Hello all,
Before there were recordings there was player pianos and large music boxes. I stumbled across this one. I thought you'all might be interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78p2RxCR1fw
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...and here I thought midi was a relatively new technology ;)
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"Lavish" is the word that comes to mind.
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I just saw an episode of "Hows That Made" on the company that still makes the same style music box.
The discs are still punched manually from a master template.
The punch leaves a curl of metal on the underside of the disc, this plucks the forks as it goes round.

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cool!
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Amazing, pretty, and yet, if forced to listed to it over and over, I would surely want to put my head under a bus. Just can handle all that plink-n-ring. Hammered dulcimers and wire harps can have a similar effect on me. Maybe it's a neurological thing. :-?

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tommykleen wrote:Amazing, pretty, and yet, if forced to listed to it over and over, I would surely want to put my head under a bus. ...
:lol:
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yeah, that was petty hilarious
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tommykleen wrote:Amazing, pretty, and yet, if forced to listed to it over and over, I would surely want to put my head under a bus. Just can handle all that plink-n-ring. Hammered dulcimers and wire harps can have a similar effect on me. Maybe it's a neurological thing. :-?

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Then you are probably not into harpsichord music or Klingon Opera either ?

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Amazing, pretty, and yet, if forced to listed to it over and over, I would surely want to put my head under a bus. ...
....said the guy who plays bagpipes. :lol:
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patsky wrote:Hello all,
Before there were recordings there was player pianos and large music boxes. I stumbled across this one. I thought you'all might be interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78p2RxCR1fw
Thanks for posting. That was awesome!
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