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The Automatic Musical Instruments Collectors' Association (AMICA) was formed in 1963 by a group of collectors in the San Francisco area, committed to the preservation, restoration and enjoyment of vintage mechanical musical instruments that play by themselves, focusing on those made from 1885–1935. [1]
A cat organ (German: Katzenorgel, French: Orgue à chats), also called cat piano (German: Katzenklavier, French: piano à chats), is a hypothetical musical instrument which consists of a line of cats fixed in place with their tails stretched out underneath a keyboard so that they cry out when a key is pressed.
In 1893, Chicago Cottage and Conover Piano Company exhibited five organs and nine pianos in their double booth at the World's Columbian Exposition, joining dozens of other organ and piano manufacturers in their city's coming-out party. [27] By 1895, the company had built and shipped some 150,000 organs. [27]
Aeolian was first located at 841 Broadway, in the heart (and soul) of the piano district; the company later moved to 23rd Street, and then to 360 Fifth Avenue. Aeolian Hall (1912–13), 33 West 42nd Street, housed the firm's general offices and demonstration rooms as a recital hall on the 43rd Street side, where many noted musicians performed, and was where the first Vocalions were made.
Organ with 2 44 key manuals, 13 bass pedals, built-in spring reverb, Leslie effect, and marimba effect famously known from Baba O'Riley by The Who played by Pete Townshend. [2] The TBO-1 is a slightly upgraded version of the older but otherwise identical Berkshire TBO (1966). Carnival (C500) 1978 Automatic bass, rhythm and accompaniment.
Henry Dagg is a sound sculptor and builder of experimental musical instruments who formerly worked as a sound engineer for the BBC.His works include a pin barrel harp or sharpsichord which was commissioned for the English Folk Dance and Song Society, a pair of steel sculptural musical gates for Rochester Independent College and an artificial "cat organ" (using squeaky toys in place of actual ...
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Jesse French Piano & Organ Company: Tennessee and Indiana: US 1885 - 1902 Jesse French first built pianos from 1875 - 1885 for the Dorman, French & Smith company. In 1902 firm became Krell-French when Albert Krell joined. In 1905, Krell left and the firm was renamed "Jesse French & Sons." In 1955, The P. A. Stark Piano Company bought the firm ...