Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1916 — MUSIC PLANT IN CELLAR [ARTICLE]

MUSIC PLANT IN CELLAR

Ingenious Indiana Man Rigs Up Phonograph to Send Music Through Hot Air Pipes. Brazil, Ind.—H. E. Thompson, when he wishes music at his home, presses an electric button on the wall, and from the cold air duct and the registers of the hot-air furnace come in succession ten different selections, which are repeated until the electric switch is turned off. The music is produced by a phonograph arrangement In the basement A circular table is arranged with ten records around it, all moved by an electric motor beneath the table. In the center of the table, pointing upward into the air duct, is a large plaster of parts horn, which Is connected with the reproducing mechanism. After a record is played a cork roller carries the needle to the next record.