Here are five pictures from the Technical Museum Wien, taken in the
hall where they keep automatic as well as ordinary musical instruments.
(No, not that ordinary!  There were instruments there which I have
never seen or heard about!)

There was no flash allowed, so these pictures are all taken with ASA
100 film at f/1.4 to f/2.8, at about 1/30, 1/15 and even 1/8 second,
with no tripod!  I have worked a bit on them using Paint Shop Pro to
make them appear better (sharper) than they originally were.  :-)

Picture 1:  Model B Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina automated violin and
piano.

Picture 2:  Overview of both player violin & pianos and an orchestrion.
You may also see some pipes from a large supposedly working church
organ which had once been in the house of a rich person (if I recall
right).

Picture 3:  Huge Tivoli organ [Wilh. Bruder Soehn, Waldkirch].  It was
this one, which the guide demonstrated to the public, making poor
advertising of the quietness and sweetness that also can be experienced
with mechanical music.  On the right side, thick cardboard books went
rapidly through the reader while the organ played.

Picture 4:  Unknown player piano.

Picture 5:  Mills automated violin and piano (44 notes) in cabinet with
no keyboard.

There was information about all the instruments on small boards beside
each instrument.  If anyone recognizes some of the instruments, and
would like to fill in, please do so.  If someone is very interested, it
might happen that I scan and put on the web those tramway pictures too.
There are pictures from the museum, and from the streets.

Thomas Henden

 [ See the pictures at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/  -- Robbie