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If your interested in Roller Organs or Organette's then these publications are a
"must-have"
for the novice and professional alike!
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ROLLER ORGAN'S
The definitive book on Roller Organs is now available!
Todd Augsburger's extraordinary book on this "Ingenious Mechanism" created by the Autophone Company! This large format 8.75 x 10.75 inch softcover volume contains nearly 150 pages of history, design, restoration instructions, advertising, and reference material, including over 200 illustrations/charts/photos.
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$35.00
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THE ORGANETTE BOOK
This limited edition of The Organette Book contains over 700 plates, many in color, illustrating some 560 different makes, types and models of organette plus important historical adverts and documentation. Most of the illustrations were taken by author Kevin McElhone and have never been published in a definitive work such as this. The plates are supported by a comprehensive text, indexed A-Z for easy reference by either make, model or by name of owners and agents. The Organette Book is the story of the organette, defined as a small, hand-operated, portable reed instrument. The book is an historical account intended for anyone with an interest in all forms of mechanical music as well as a reference work for novice, collector, expert, auction house or prospective purchaser.
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$98.00
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MECHANICAL MUSIC
This second edition has been expanded to 48 pages, now including over 100 color photos An excellent introduction to mechanical music, this book covers the history, development, use and fall from favour of many types of exotic instruments, from pocket-sized musical boxes to roll-playing pipe organs. It describes pianolas, organettes, roller organs, orchestrions, nickelodeons, carillons and many more.It describes pianolas, organettes, describing the history and development of automatic instruments, from pocket-sized snuff boxes to roll-playing pipe organs and everything else in between.
$15.00
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