MECHANICAL VIOLINIST.
A machine that plays the violin "with all the Bkill and feeling of an accomplished musician" was exhibited, for the first time in London, at Messrs Waring's the other day. Technically th© machine consists of an ordinary violin attached to an electrically controlled apparatus, in which rovolving discs take tb© place of a bow, while the fingering is done by about 70 automata steel fingers, which operat© as th© particular composition to be played may require. The music is contained in th© interior of the machine in the form of a perforated and endless paper band, somewhat similar in appearance to that used in automatic pianoplayers. Tlie price of the machine is about £300.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13098, 24 April 1908, Page 7
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