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Cutaway front elevation of an upright piano cabinet revealing the pneumatic player mechanism, including vertical striking bellows, valve-board, tubing to a tracker bar, paired music rolls in a lower drawer, and a flywheel-driven exhaust pump at the base.

AUTOPNEUMATIC PIANO-PLAYERFred R. Goolman · February 1, 1898

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