ORCHESTRION  , a name applied to three different kinds of See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments . (I) A chamber See also:

• ORGAN

organ, designed by See also:

• ABT, FRANZ (1819-1885)

Abt See also:

• VOGLER, GEORG JOSEPH (1749-1814)

Vogler at the end of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, which in a space of 9 cub. ft. contained no less than 900 pipes, 3 manuals of 63 keys each and J9 pedals (see See also:

• HARMONIUM (Fr. harmonium, orgue expressif; Ger. Physharmonika, Harmonium)

HARMONIUM) . (2) A See also:

• PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte with organ pipes attached, invented by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Anton Kunz of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague in 1791 . This orchestrion comprised two manuals of 65 keys and 25 pedals, all of which could be used either independently or coupled . There were 21 stops, 230 strings and 36o pipes which produced 105 different combinations . The See also:

• BELLOWS
• BELLOWS, ALBERT F
• BELLOWS, HENRY WHITNEY (1814-1882)

bellows were worked either by See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand or by machinery . (3) A See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, automatically played by means of revolving cylinders, invented in 1851 by F . T . See also:

• KAUFMANN, CONSTANTINE PETROVICH (1818-1882)

Kaufmann of See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden . It comprises a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind See also:

• ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

orchestra, with the addition of See also:

• KETTLE, SIR RUPERT ALFRED (1817-1894)

kettle-drums, See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side-drums, See also:

• CYMBALS (Fr. cymbales; Ger. Becken; Ital. piatti or cinelli)

cymbals and triangle . (K .