Music from the Mechanical Music Museum, Northleach, Gloucestershire

(These movies are not perfect and I have no idea whether they will work on all devices. If they fail on yours, my apologies!)

Sorry, the sound on this video is not great, which is a pity because it was beautiful in real life.

 

This was my favourite of the machines we heard.

 

This is a "reproducing piano" which is not only capable of playing the notes from the paper roll but also the louds and softs, and tempo changes as recorded by the pianist. In this case it is Paderewski (who I found out was also the Prime Minister of Poland) playing Boccherini's "Minuet".

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