Programme 9
 

On

Resonance

104.4 fm

.

THE JUKE BOX OF THE 1890s

Sue Wedlock with her "Mikado" model Polyphon

Title

Performer

Label

Cat.

Mx.

Date

Composer

Caravan

Bohemian Band

Edison Bell Winner

3741

7503 O

Nov 1922

N/A

Whistling Lil

A.O.G.

Aeolian

3168

1920?

Monard

Two Cuban Danzas

A.O.G.

Aeolian

3626

1920?

Lecuona

English Orchestrion Medley
- There's A Tavern in the Town
- Sir Roger de Coverley
- A Life on the Ocean Wave

Gigantic Orchestrion

Regal

MR334

WAR627

1931

Trad

What Ho She Bumps

Polyphon 19.5"

Polyphon

5024

Harry Castling

Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo

Polyphon 25.5"

Polyphon

4013

1890s?

Pietro Mascagni

Washington Post - March

Polyphon 19.5"

Polyphon

?

?

Sousa

Sobre Las Olas

Polyphon 15.5"

Polyphon

10062

Juvento Rosas

Wenn Die Blätter Liese Rauschen - Waltzlieder

Polyphon 25.5"

Polyphon

4105

Paul Lincke

Two digital recordings show the versatility of the Aeolian organ - A juke box of the 1890s plays pops, classics and popular classics - One of the lesser known waltzes of the German waltz king.

A "Mikado" 25.5" Polyphon


A 19.5" Polyphon
opened to show the mechanism

 

Table model 15.5" Polyphon


The comb which produces the notes


The mainspring (left), gear train and speed governor (right) of a 'Mikado' Polyphon

Sue Wedlock keeping an eye on the 15.5" Polyphon during the recording.

USEFUL REFERENCES:

U.K. Mechanical Music information

http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/Digests/199801/1998.01.28.14.html

Mechanical Music museums

http://www.mbsgb.org.uk/museums.htm

Paul Lincke

http://musicaltheatreguide.com/composers/lincke/lincke_paul.htm
http://www.luise-berlin.de/bms/bmstxt00/0004porb.htm

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