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Percy Grainger [Burnett] Cross-Grainger Experimental Instrument for playing Grainger's Free Music: Oscillator Playing Tone-Tool, 1st Experiment 1951 Watercolour; unsigned Grainger Museum Collection Parts of Machine (from bottom left of drawing, going clockwise)
Piston Sewing machine piston, going up & down, raises & lowers revolving drill handle, which turns drill shaft which is fixed to oscillator knob, making oscillator play higher & lower tones. Hand Drill Handle Hand Drill revolving handle. Oscillator Knob Oscillator Oscillator [codemaster], range 3 octaves. Hand Drill Hand-drill, the grasping end of which clasps the knob of the oscillator & turns it, making it play high & low tones. Sewing Machine Sewing machine wheel, turning which raises & lowers piston at other end of sewing machine, which piston raises & lowers the handle of the hand-drill, etc. |
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