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Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, 1918
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11392A. Similar to No. 1392 but larger ……………………. Germany
2It rests on four very short turned legs. No name is given it and, like the preceding, it is not signed.
3Length, 121 cm. Width, 52 cm. Height, 83 cm.
51393. "TECHNICON" ……………………………………… Canada
6An ingenious device for strengthening the fingers, invented in the 80's by J. Brotherhood, a Canadian.
81394. "CONCERT ROLLER ORGAN" ……………………. United States
9By a mechanism similar to that used in the music-box (Case III, No. 251), twenty free reeds are made to sound. The crank operates both the roller and the bellows.
10Height, 30.4 cm. Width, 40 cm. Depth, 24.8 cm.
121395. DREHORGEL (Eng. Barrel-organ; Fr. Orgue de barbarie; Ital. Organino a cilindro; Span. Organo de mano) ………. Germany
13Three sets of metal pipes. Usual mechanism. Two extra rolls each for Nos. 1394 and 1395 are hung at the right.
14Height, 76.2 cm. Width, 47.5 cm. Depth, 35.1 cm.
16The French designation is a play on the name of Giovanni Barberi, of Modena (c. 1700), who was one of the first to manufacture the instrument.² Incidentally it is interesting to note that the first mechanical instrument was devised by Heron, of Alexandria, two centuries before Christ. After this date none were built until 1740,³ but since then ample amendments have been made for the lost opportunities of the intervening centuries.
181396. "DIGITORIUM." A finger strengthening device ………… England
19Signed—"Metzler and Co., 48 Marlborough St., London."
211397. SERINETTE. Tiny barrel-organ. Eighteenth century …. Germany
22Compass of nine notes. Usual mechanism. Called "Serinette" because it was used by bird fanciers in teaching the finch (serin), and other birds, to sing.
23The repertoire is as follows: Lauterbacher; Suhe Tiroler bua; Man lebt verstohlen in Tag hinein; Ländler; Arie.
24Height, 18.5 cm. Width, 13.4 cm. Depth, 6.8 cm.
261398. "SOBLICK'S PATENT CLAVIATUR" ……………….. Germany
27This device is placed on the keys of a piano which are moved by striking the "touches," each of which originally bore a letter.
28Length, 119 cm. Width, 14 cm. Thickness, 6 to 2.2 cm.
30² Sachs, p. 284.
31³ Sachs, p. 256.
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