The Violin-Playing Machines: Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina, Mills Violano-Virtuoso: A Study and Appreciation by Bowers, Q. David - 2012

Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' Association. Hardcover. 0988011603 2012 Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' Association (Sandusky, Ohio?), 8 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches tall pictorial hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrated with black-and-white and full color photographs, ix, 156 pp. Slight rubbing to covers. Bumping to lower tips, with resultant slight creasing to lower page tips. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare, thorough study. OCLC (No. 887245343) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide - one at the Smithsonian Institution and one at the University of Cincinnati in southern Ohio. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~S~ A study of ingenious violin-playing machines, first experimented with in the nineteenth century, focusing in particular on the Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina and Mills Violano-Virtuoso. Contents: Foreword; Introduction and Overview; Ludwig Hupfeld; The Hupfeld Phonoliszt Piano; Introduction of the Phonoliszt-Violina; The Glory Years of the Phonoliszt-Violina; The Phonoliszt-Violina in America; Related Hupfeld Instruments; Phonoliszt-Violina Music Rolls; Collecting and Other Aspects of the Phonoliszt-Violina; A Gallery of Phonoliszt-Violinas; The Mills Novelty Company; Mills Music Machines; The Violano-Virtuoso; Related Mills String Instruments; Violano-Virtuoso Music Rolls; Collecting and Other Aspects of the Violano-Virtuoso; Gallery of Violano-Virtuosos; Imitating the Violin with Pipes; Bibliography; Index. . Very Good. 2012. First Edition.