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All the United Kingdom England Northleach Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music
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Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music

Music boxes like you've never imagined.

Northleach, England

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Music boxes, adorned with spinning ballerinas, are probably the most popular mechanical music players. "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" emanates from the tiny toy, to the delight of young girls everywhere.

But mechanical music has a history of complex machines and parts, from the most minute to large, intricate player pianos propelled by sheets of music and pneumatic systems. Before radios (and then television), mechanical music entertained the whole family - without being able to play Gershwin, you listen to him!

In the rural Southwest Britain, Keith Harding's collection of mechanical music players and automata exhibits the most impressive of these antiquated machines. From a pianola of the Victorian era to a gramophone of the 1930s, the museum's collection draws visitors from all over. The museum also repairs old players in its workshop!

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Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music
The Oak House
High Street, Northleach, Cheltenham, GL54
Northleach, England, GL54 3ET
United Kingdom
51.828602, -1.832992
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