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        "history": "Built in London c.1899 by Imhof & Mukle; remained in their Oxford Street showroom until company collapse in the 1970s, when it was acquired by the Brentford Musical Museum ([www.soundsurvey.org.uk](https://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index_php/musical-museum/orchestrion/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThey%20were%20not%20good%20at,a%20passing%20fad%20and%20how)).",
        "notes": "The museum advertises that the soprano Adelina Patti used a similar Imhof orchestrion at her home in Wales ([www.soundsurvey.org.uk](https://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index_php/musical-museum/orchestrion/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20have%20a%20lovely%20advert,%E2%80%9D))."
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        "history": "Originally commissioned by Queen Victoria for Balmoral (never delivered); purchased in the early 20th century by Sir George Bullough for Kinloch Castle ([kinlochcastlefriendsassociation.co.uk](https://kinlochcastlefriendsassociation.co.uk/saving-the-orchestrion/#:~:text=The%20orchestrion%20was%20originally%20commissioned,the%20extravagant%20leisure%20of%20the)).",
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        "history": "Played in a Schönhauser Allee restaurant from 1919–1954 ([www.stadtmuseum.de](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/pianola-orchestrion-gramophone-and-more#:~:text=called%20crank%20organs,the%20end%20of%20a%20show)); now in Stadtmuseum collection.",
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        "description": "Large cabinet orchestrion (late 19th c., built in Prague) with strings, bellows and keyboards; later electrified in 1906 ([bnr.bg](https://bnr.bg/ru/post/101067363/edinstvennii-orkestrion-v-bolgarii-hranitsa-v-istoricheskom-muzee-g-gabrovo#:~:text=%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8E%20%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85%20%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%2C,%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%20%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8E%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8)).",
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        "notes": "The only known orchestrion in Bulgaria; currently non-functional and awaiting restoration ([bnr.bg](https://bnr.bg/ru/post/101067363/edinstvennii-orkestrion-v-bolgarii-hranitsa-v-istoricheskom-muzee-g-gabrovo#:~:text=%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85%20%D0%B8%20%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C,%D0%B2%20%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%20%D0%B8%D0%B7%20%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2))."
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        "venue": "Museum of Science and Technology (Politehnicki Muzej)",
        "description": "Historic American-style orchestrion (early 20th c.) now in the Science and Technology Museum collection ([bnr.bg](https://bnr.bg/ru/post/101067363/edinstvennii-orkestrion-v-bolgarii-hranitsa-v-istoricheskom-muzee-g-gabrovo#:~:text=%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C%20%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8C%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9,%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%8F%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%20%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%20%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%20%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%B2)).",
        "history": "Reportedly the only other orchestrion surviving in the region apart from Gabrovo ([bnr.bg](https://bnr.bg/ru/post/101067363/edinstvennii-orkestrion-v-bolgarii-hranitsa-v-istoricheskom-muzee-g-gabrovo#:~:text=%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C%20%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8C%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9,%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%8F%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%20%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%20%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%20%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%B2)).",
        "notes": "Mentioned by Bulgarian media as the sole other Balkan orchestrion ([bnr.bg](https://bnr.bg/ru/post/101067363/edinstvennii-orkestrion-v-bolgarii-hranitsa-v-istoricheskom-muzee-g-gabrovo#:~:text=%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C%20%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8C%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9,%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%8F%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%20%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%20%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%20%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%B2))."
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    }
  ]
}