Transcript -- What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall.

Music in Code - for iPod/iPhone

Transcript -- The Pin Barrel

Music in Code

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album

Transcript -- Music in Code

The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.

The Decap Cafe Organ

Transcript -- The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.

Transcript -- The Decap Cafe Organ

What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall.

The Pin Barrel

The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.

Street Piano

Transcript -- The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.

Transcript -- Street Piano

How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as  vibrato and trills.

Hand barrel organ

Transcript -- How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as  vibrato and trills.

Transcript -- Hand barrel organ

Education

Today, listening to music is easy - we have CDs, MP3s, radio, television and the internet. But around a hundred years ago life was very different - either you had to play music yourself or have someone else play it for you. The 15 video tracks in this album demonstrate various ways to play music by mechanical means, with the ingenious use of levers, pegs, cylinders or paper rolls, and explain the principles used to create and control these music-making machines. This material forms part of TA212 Technology of Music.