| Music Books Article |
Book Music is a medium for storing the music played on European mechanical organs. Similar to piano rolls, but book music is made from thick cardboard, containing perforated holes representing the musical notes to be played. The book is a folded zig-zag style. Music rolls were never popular in Europe, except for some German instruments, and book music was the most commonly used medium for large instruments. Book music was used as early as 1863 by Henri Fourneaux in his Pianista |
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