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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
  • Keyboard Instruments
CONT

player pianos [have a] mechanism [by which] keys are depressed ... by air-pressure supplied by ... pedals [and] applied through perforations on an unwinding paper roll

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
CONT

dans les pianos mécaniques, les cordes vibrent sous l'action d'un cylindre piqué comme celui des orgues de Barbarie et mis en mouvement à l'aide d'une manivelle.

Spanish

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