Mechanical Musical Instruments Museum in Paris
By Doug Dexheimer
Can you advise the name and location of the Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments in or near Paris, France? I saw the credits for the music background at the end of a video travelogue featuring the canal system of Europe. If this museum still exists it would be worth the time of a visit.
I happened upon a similar museum on the west side of London, England, earlier this year. I believe it is in the area called Brentsford, about 1/2-mile west of the Kew Bridge Steam Museum near Kew Bridge, just a stone's throw north of the Thames River.
They have many music boxes, pump organs, hurdy gurdy, player pianos, and even player pipe organs. Their Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ is up and running under control of a music roll player wired into the original organ wiring. This museum is open for tours & demonstrations on Sunday afternoons.
Douglas R. Dexheimer
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