[identity profile] booksandcheeses.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] vintageads
I'm assuming that player pianos would count as musical instruments, so why not a player sewing machine attachment? From 1882. (I don't think it caught on very well.)

musical sewing machine cover

Date: 2014-09-04 02:05 pm (UTC)
sid: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sid
YES!

Date: 2014-09-04 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] franklanguage.livejournal.com
Yes, please!

Date: 2014-09-04 03:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noluck-boston.livejournal.com
Yes!!!

So wacky so awesome!

Date: 2014-09-04 09:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] john-holton.livejournal.com
Yes! Mary had a knitting machine a few years back and this reminds me of it.

Date: 2014-09-04 10:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cuddyclothes.livejournal.com
"Damn kids...they dance while this thing keeps wrapping around the thimbles."

Date: 2014-09-04 11:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] progbear.livejournal.com
Yes! I want to see/hear one of these in action!

Date: 2014-09-05 12:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] franklanguage.livejournal.com
You're probably going to have to settle for Conlon Nancarrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2gVhBxwRqg).
Edited Date: 2014-09-05 01:00 am (UTC)

Found it!

Date: 2014-09-19 03:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] larry anderson (from livejournal.com)
Not too bad sounding, wondder what the difference would be at treadle speed.

http://www.aspireauctions.com/#!/catalog/331/1541/lot/56996/video

Date: 2014-09-10 11:22 pm (UTC)
bradygirl_12: (witch (victorian))
From: [personal profile] bradygirl_12
What a crazy idea! :)

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