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Facts & News 🧠 on Instagram: "Follow (us) @FCTS to learn something new everyday 🧠 The American Fotoplayer was a mechanical orchestra built in the 1910s to bring sound and emotion to silent films. It combined a player piano with organ pipes, drums, bells, and levers that produced effects like train whistles or thunder. One of the few working examples today belongs to Joe Rinaudo, a film historian and restorer who dedicated years to rebuilding it. Rinaudo performs live silent film shows using th
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