Clown playing Orchestrola by Cybertenko
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Description
The most popular of steam music machines was the Orchestrola - a portable steam-powered instrument combining an organ, trumpets, drums & cymbals. The Orchestrola, as well as other similar instruments from the same series, was based on a vertical tubular boiler with an inner furnace and a long stack to create the proper draft. Steam generated by the boiler was guided into a circular steam distribution chamber, routed to individual calibrated pressure tanks, and finally into the instruments themselves. In addition, it was used to transmit signals from the keyboard and other controls. Each instrument could then be played directly by the operator or through a simple mechanical programming device.
Comments (6)
rbowen
Excellent!!
mikeerson
looks like something you'd see in the old show - Wild,Wild West.... and in that show they had so many secret devices - lol... and Artimos Gordon always was in disguise - I could see this little girl being the bad guy, Artie dressed as the clown... the little girl is on to Artie being the clown and she knows his instrument also acts like a rocket back pack... she's about to ask Artie what does this button do? As she strikes it, Artie rockets off = lol ... cool art, hope you enjoyed my take on it.
daggerwilldo
Great music man !!!The scene is very cute with the interaction between him and the little one. Well done.
lieselotte2000
Steampunk at its best.
Rhanagaz
Excellent render! Great textures, lightning and everything! ;o)
kjer_99
Let's see now. If he hits the wrong key, he takes off into the air, right? Heh! A great contraption! Well done!