The Great Race
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| - | A '''mechanical organ''' is an organ that is self-playing, rather than played by a [[musician]]. For example, the [[barrel organ]] is activated either by a person turning a crank, or by clockwork driven by weights or springs. | + | '''''The Great Race''''' is a 1965 American [[Technicolor]] [[slapstick]] [[comedy film]] starring [[Jack Lemmon]], [[Tony Curtis]], and [[Natalie Wood]], directed by [[Blake Edwards]], written by [[Arthur A. Ross]] (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by [[Henry Mancini]] and cinematography by [[Russell Harlan]]. The supporting cast includes [[Peter Falk]], [[Keenan Wynn]], [[Arthur O'Connell]] and [[Vivian Vance]]. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $98.36 million in 2020), making it the most expensive comedy film at the time. |
| - | Usually, mechanical organs are [[pipe organs]] although some instruments were built using reeds similar to those found in a [[Pump organ|harmonium]]. Since the 1950s, some instruments have been built using [[electronics]] to generate the sound, though still operated by mechanical or [[pneumatic]] means. From the 1990s pipe organs have been built that are operated by [[MIDI]] rather than the earlier mechanical means. | + | ==See also== |
| + | * ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust!]]'', aka ''Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies'' (1969) | ||
| - | Originally, the music for mechanical organs was stored by pins on a large barrel. Such instruments were called [[barrel organ]]s. Such organs only have a very limited repertoire, both in the number of musical selections that could be stored, and the length of tune that could be accommodated. | ||
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| - | In the 1890s, [[book music]] was invented. This meant that the length of music was no longer constrained. Being physically much smaller than a barrel for a similar instrument, it is much easier to manipulate the music, and so a greater variety of music could be played. | ||
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| - | Rather than the book music, some instruments are operated by a [[music roll]]. | ||
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| - | ==In popular culture== | ||
| - | In the movie ''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965) Professor Fate, with bandaged thumbs, is shown pretending to play a mechanical organ. | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Barrel piano]] | ||
| - | *[[Barrel organ]] | ||
| - | *[[Componium]] | ||
| - | *[[Dance organ]] | ||
| - | *[[Fairground organ]] | ||
| - | *[[Musical clock]] | ||
| - | *[[Musical box]] | ||
| - | *[[Orchestrion]] | ||
| - | *[[Organ grinder]] | ||
| - | *[[Piano roll]] | ||
| - | *[[Player piano]] | ||
| - | *[[Reproducing piano]] | ||
| - | *[[Serinette]] | ||
| - | *[[Street organ]] | ||
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The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Arthur A. Ross (from a story by Edwards and Ross), and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $98.36 million in 2020), making it the most expensive comedy film at the time.
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See also
- Monte Carlo or Bust!, aka Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
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