PNEUMATIC & STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
An Apollophone player piano
细节
An Apollophone player piano
No. 19120, by Melville Clark Chicago, with gramophone mechanism to left of the spool box behind hinged door with bowed panel to accommodate turntable and needle recesses, the tone-arm mounted on a wood internal horn enclosed by louvres behind the upper spool, with spring motor to the right for spool and turntable drive, wound by crank or by ratchet mechanism from the pedals, the 88-note player mechanism with manual tracking control, Apollophone on/off switch and button expression controls, in mahogany case with hinged front, later leaded-light spool-box panel and original (detached) wood panel and one roll
No. 19120, by Melville Clark Chicago, with gramophone mechanism to left of the spool box behind hinged door with bowed panel to accommodate turntable and needle recesses, the tone-arm mounted on a wood internal horn enclosed by louvres behind the upper spool, with spring motor to the right for spool and turntable drive, wound by crank or by ratchet mechanism from the pedals, the 88-note player mechanism with manual tracking control, Apollophone on/off switch and button expression controls, in mahogany case with hinged front, later leaded-light spool-box panel and original (detached) wood panel and one roll