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Mechanical Music in the Movies
By Rob Goodale

This evening on the Western Channel I was watching part of the movie,
"Great Northfield Minnesota Raid" (1972), starring Cliff Robertson
and Robert Duvall.  In it is a major scene involving a steam calliope.
It appears to be genuine and not a prop, although we never get to hear
it play properly because in the movie it has a malfunction which is
part of the story line.  Nevertheless I was wondering if anyone knows
where this instrument is now.  I would assume it was loaned for the
making of the film and is in a collection somewhere.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, Nevada


(Message sent Thu 22 Dec 2005, 03:52:39 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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