London's new Musical Museum contains musical automata and other sonorous machines. Here are a few, courtesy of Pianola Society on YouTube, which has many more similar vids up.
Shown in this clip : Popper "Clarabella" orchestrion, Welte "Mignon" reproducing piano, Hupfeld Animatic S piano with orchestra cabinet, Imhof and Mukle orchestrion, Hupfeld "Sinfonie Jazz" orchestrion, Mills Violano violin player.
[via The Automata Blog]
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This looks fantastic. My favorite collection of music machines still has to be the music rooms at The House on The Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Especially the Mikado.