Seeburg KT Special Orchestrion plays tunes from Clark Roll 4X-377

In this video one of the limited edition replica Seeburg KT Special Orchestrions made in the 1980s by Bill Edgerton and the Mechanical Music Center plays three tunes from Clark Cadence Roll 4X-377, a roll designed for 4X instruments but which plays well on G-Roll instruments - though on this particular roll the triangle seems to get little use.
The tunes are:
1) Cocktails For Two (Fox Trot)
2) Freckle Face, You're Beautiful (Fox Trot)
3) Fare Thee Well (Fox Trot)

The Seeburg KT Special was introduced in 1925 by the JP Seeburg Piano Company of Chicago, shortly before the end of the coin piano era - these instruments were the forerunner of the record juke box. The KT Special was marketed as the 'Ballroom Favorite. Designed to serve in places requiring the ultra-supreme in automatic orchestral development. Elimination of keyboard reduces instrument to convenient dimensions."
The instruments are: a piano, reiterating xylophone, mandolin, bass drum, tympani, cymbal, snare drum, reiterating tambourine, castanets, triangle, and wood or chinese block. Holes in the paper roll also control lights on and off, rewind, shut off, sustain and hammer rail/soft pedal.

The best sound is obtained in the first tune - however to liven the video up the doors are open for the subsequent two tunes, which enables viewing of the roll mechanism - this does mean that the sound quality is not quite as it should be, however.
Also the tinsel and Christmas lights are non-standard, it's just that time of year... :)

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• seeburg
• kt
• special
• seeberg
• edgerton
• mechanical
• music
• juke
• box
• orchestrion
• nickelodeon
• coin
• clark
• roll

[Pianosyncrazy]

Probably the finest Special on the Tube! Even the tune counter looks original. Thanks!

[nickn5nl]

@Pianosyncrazy Cheers, very glad you like it! The tune counter works, mind you, so definitely can't be original... ;)

[Wurlitzer157]

Now THAT'S a fast rewind mechanism!

[xBcvazx]

More, Please!

[SeeburgMusic]

Nice sounding piano.. thanks a lot for the upload!

[balmesh]

What a beautiful beastie! You can't tell the difference when it's open on my laptop speakers, but when we were there it was most noticeable. Like the "Effects"