Visit the Oakland Museumâs Mechanical Musical Instrument exhibit that ran December 16, 1972 through February 4, 1973. Organized over a two year period by the museumâs curator, Gretchen Schneider, the exhibit held around eighty varieties of mechanical instruments from the turn of the (19th) century. Charles Amirkhanian visits the museum to interview Schneider and demonstrates a variety of the tunes played by the musical machines. Instruments on display range from the largest band organ to the smallest bird box, including the Lyon & Healy Empress Electric Orchestrion, Wurlitzer Model 165 Band Organ, Mira Music Box.
Originally broadcast on January 25, 1973 for KPFA and KPFB. Additional broadcast: May 7, 1973.
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