orchestrion

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or·ches·tri·on

 (ôr-kĕs′trē-ən) also or·ches·tri·na (ôr′kĭ-strē′nə)
n.
A large mechanical instrument resembling a barrel organ that produces sound in imitation of an orchestra.

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But now there is a danger the sound of the very rare orchestrion housed at Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum will never be heard again.
youtube.com/embed/sRmQLJAwOYA"Stars like the Zabotlama, Papagaj (Parrot), Hurvinek, Mravec (Ant), Usata, Sergej, Karkulka, Vectron, Albatros and Orchestrion will arrive from all over Slovakia as well as Hungary and the Czech Republic," ubomir Lehotsky, chairman of Detska zeleznica Kosice, added.
Since the extraordinary hour-long, continuous The Way Up, back in 2005, the wonder guitarist has chosen to do all sorts of other things, like solo acoustic guitar albums and fancy things with machines - his Orchestrion.
"Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project,'' Sturbridge, 7 p.m.
Man hat es hier mit einem Gebilde irgendwo zwischen Musik-Clown, Orchestrion und der Maschinerie aus Charlie Chaplins Modern Times oder Fritz Langs Metropolis zu tun.
On display is an orchestrion or a rare kind of pipe organ -- touted to be one of only four in the world -- which used to play 45 tunes at the same time for almost three hours and it was audible throughout the palace.
And Pat Metheny brings his Orchestrion Tour to Eugene on May 2, with tickets ranging from $35 to $65.
GREAT LEIGHS: 2.05 Leftontheshelf, 2.40 Orchestrion, 3.15 Cheveton, 3.50 Kings Point,
The story of Faust and the polarity of good and evil that it involves is expressed by the organ in classical stylisation on the one hand and the trivial orchestrion sound on the other.
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