| Show A wonderful music box an interesting arrangement of pneumatic mechanism for the production of bligh class music has recently been exhibited hibi ted the instrument has two and one fifth sets seta of reeds the regular action of the air grooves being located above and on top of the board containing these 13 is a row of small pneumatics corresponding in in number to the leys keys of the instrument underneath this i board fire are four rows of large pneumatics one benea beneath th the other lind and from an arm on bah of these thee pneumatics hangs a wire wire attached to a lever ever operating anthe on the coupler buttons on the pitmans ditmans or wooden rods connecting the leys keys of the instrument wl with th the reed board valves by means of these levers operated by pneumatics the movement of the valves becomes automatic subject to the passage over the air board of perforated paper A peculiar characteristic ie of the motor which operates the music roll which distinguishes it from aroa all other appliances appliance a of the kind is its it 4 adaptability to running to the right to wind music and the left to rewind or vice versa when tho the instrument is 13 in in operation the keyboard becomes a thing of life keys dropping with the exact rapidity required by ai the selection rendered philadelphia lodger ledger |
