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Valve-sheet

A side-elevation patent drawing showing the internal mechanism of an automatic reed organ, with a bellows, reservoir bellows, reed pipes arranged in a fan pattern, a wound paper valve-sheet running over two rollers, and a hand-crank mechanism at top left.

MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Henry B. Morris · December 12, 1882

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