Rueckenklavier Back Piano Might Be a Laterna
By Christofer Noering
Hello! I actually think it is a laterna, for two reasons:
1) its looks are very similar to a laterna in the Bill Lindwall
collection (playing, among other things the "Never on Sunday" theme);
2) almost all the text on the label was scratched out, but some
letters were readable. I don't think that German (or Turkish) names
begin and start with P-NOV (-NOY) and / or Z-ON.
Now, learning that a Greek hand-turned instrument is called a laterna,
I would like to know if there are any links with the "Laterna Magica"
used by many street-organ players in the old (pre-MIDI) days?
Best regards
Christofer Noering
Stockholm
[ Good idea! Laterna magica (magic lantern) is a projector for glass
[ slides (diapositives). My 7 kg dictionary of 1927 also says that
[ 'laterna' is a variant of 'lanterna'. In Europe 'laterna magica'
[ also meant a show (theatre) which combined film and live
[ performances, much like the 'nickelodeon' theater in America.
[ Maybe the laterna played music at the magic lantern theater in
[ Greece. -- Robbie
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