Hello Co-readers,  the "Media Book of Mechanical Musical Instruments"
is now available from Schott Musik.  It's not a book, but it's a multi-
media CDROM with pictures, movies and sounds.  Look at

   http://schott-music.com/musikautomaten/

also for demonstrations of the contents.

Best regards

Horst Mohr

 [ "Lexicon Musikautomaten - Encyclopedia of Mechanical Musical
 [ Instruments", by Christoph Reuter, Bernd Enders and Rolf Jacobi.
 [
 [ "Featuring a multitude of detailed, easy-to-understand texts,
 [ over 800 illustrations and animations, 60 video clips, 116 sound
 [ clips (including portions of original compositions), a bibliography,
 [ an index, a list of museums, and much more."
 [
 [ Published by Schott Musik International GmbH, Mainz, Germany
 [ Schott order no. SMS 106, price DM 74.90 (approx. US$ 39.)
 [
 [ The English language web pages begin at
 [   http://schott-music.com/musikautomaten/automata_e.htm
 [   http://schott-music.com/multimedia/musikautomaten_e.htm
 [
 [ -- Robbie