Music in Code - for iPod/iPhone The Open University
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Today, listening to music is easy - we have CDs, MP3s, radio, television and the internet. But around a hundred years ago life was very different - either you had to play music yourself or have someone else play it for you. The 15 video tracks in this album demonstrate various ways to play music by mechanical means, with the ingenious use of levers, pegs, cylinders or paper rolls, and explain the principles used to create and control these music-making machines. This material forms part of TA212 Technology of Music.
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The Decap Cafe Organ
The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.
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Transcript -- The Decap Cafe Organ
The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.
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The Pin Barrel
What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall.
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Transcript -- The Pin Barrel
What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall.