Music in Code - for iPad/Mac/PC Podcast
1) Music in Code
A short introduction to this album
2) The Decap Cafe Organ
The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code.
3) The Pin Barrel
What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall.
4) Street Piano
The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and repertoire.
5) Hand barrel organ
How the mechanism works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills.
6) Musical Box
The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box.
7) Pin Disk Musical Box
Experts compare disc versus cylinder design.
8) The Paper Roll: Reiterating Piano
The piano melodica. How book music is made, how the mechanism works and how to add expression to the music.
9) The Paper Roll: Organette
How the reed organ is constructed and how a paper roll controls the mechanism.
10) Reproducing Player Piano
The advent of electrically run instruments allowed composers to record musical interpretation directly onto the paper roll.