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An autophone

The Autophone was an early type of organette, invented in 1878 by Henry Bishop Horton.[1] One of the first table-top organettes to be mass-produced, it played music using punched cards to activate 22 reeds.[2]

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The dictionary definition of Autophone at Wiktionary

References

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  1. ^ "Autophone | "Autophone" Organette | American | The Met". The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  2. ^ A Checklist of American Musical Instruments. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1989. p. 8.
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