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Encyclopedia Britannica



ORCHESTRION

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 170 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ORC-PAI
ORCHESTRION , a name applied to three different kinds of
instruments
 . (I) A chamber organ, designed by Abt Vogler at the end of the 18th century, which in a space of 9 cub. ft. contained no less than 900 pipes, 3 manuals of 63 keys each and J9 pedals (see HARMONIUM). (2) A pianoforte with organ pipes attached, invented by
Thomas
  Anton Kunz of Prague in 1791. This orchestrion comprised two manuals of 65 keys and 25 pedals, all of which could be used either independently or coupled. There were 21 stops, 230 strings and 36o pipes which produced 105 different combinations. The
bellows
  were worked either by hand or by machinery. (3) A mechanical
instrument
 , automatically played by means of revolving cylinders, invented in 1851 by F. T. Kaufmann of Dresden. It comprises a complete wind orchestra, with the addition of kettle-drums, side-drums, cymbals and triangle. (K. S.)


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