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Reed organ automation

Patent drawing showing a player-organ mechanism with a tracker-board, rows of pneumatic bellows, exhaust chests, wind ducts, and electromagnetic switch contacts connecting to organ pipes.

PNEUMATICALLY-ACTUATED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTEdwin S. Votey · March 6, 1906

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