The Musical Museum's Mills "Violano Virtuoso" orchestrion (or nickelodeon to use the American term) with piano and violin, filmed on April the first 2022. The museum actually has two examples, one being a rarer "Deluxe" model with two violins, which was sadly out for maintenance at my time of visit.

Consisting of a piano and violin, the Mills "Violano Virtuoso" was introduced in 1912 and saw huge success across the USA and other countries, prompting it to even be billed "the eighth wonder of the world". It was made by the Mills Novelty company who mainly manufactured arcade machines, Violanos and "expression" pianos (like a Violano without a violin). Thanks to their huge popularity thousands were manufactured as they proved very popular in public establishments. Hundreds of single Violanos exist all throughout the world today; slightly rarer are the "Deluxe" models, although many also survive.

~Tracklist~
0:00 12th Street Blues
2:18 Hush-A-Bye

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