Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Pins
Debain Planchette

Date:

c. 1851

Material:

Wood plank, metal pins and hardware

Company:

Alexandre Debain

Location:

Paris, France

For a player piano. The plank format allowed the next song to be loaded while the previous song was playing. Long compositions could also be split between two or more planks. The metal linear gear or rack along one side of the plank would engage with a pinion gear in the piano to advance the plank.