Here's some pretty rare recordings done way before it was completely restored. At the time of the recording the flex-a-tone was missing and there were no side-cabinets. It was completely unrestored at that point.
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This particular Ohio was located in Erfurt around 1927 and is the only known example of this orchestrion still existing.
The 'Ohio' was first shown at the spring convention 1926. With 27 violin pipes, 12 cello pipes, 27 flute and 27 saxophone pipes it imitates the sound of a medium-sized jazz band. As in many Popper orchestrion it also comes with a special instrument in the form of a 'Flex-a-tone' - a singing-saw-kinda instrument that is a shaking piece of metal hit by a little stick repeatedly while being bent to change the pitch.
25 фев 2024
