A NOISE ORCHESTRA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 14, 3 September 1914, Page 6

A NOISE ORCHESTRA.

FOR PICTURE SHOWS. In order to add a touch of realism to moving pictures exhibitions, it is customary to punctuate the pictures with the noises we would hear if we saw the same scenes' 'hi" real "life. Heretofore this has been done only occasionally apd 'for 'the reason that many of the sounds called for were difficult to imitate, without jjepcial , 1 a machine was demonstrated at the recent moving picture ■ exhibition ' 'at Grand Central Palace, according to the "Scientific American," • whereby any number of different lifelike limitations cah be produced by merely turning the proper crank or. pressing the proper pedal. This stage noise cabinet is the invention of Mr Samuel Lapin. More than a hundred various sounds can be produced. Not only are all sorts of domestic and wild animal calls produced, but also mechanical sounds. For instance, there are fifteen different kinds of whistles, ranging all the way from the speaking tube whistle to the cuckoo. There are fifteen different bell sounds, ranging from the patrol to the cash register. There are sounds in imitation of the turf, the splashing of water, the rattle of musketry and artillery, the clatter of horse's hoofs over hard ground and over soft ground; thunderstorms, wireless telegraphy ; all sorts of" machinery sounds,; the chug of motor-boats, the click of the typewriter, the raising of a latch, the blacksmith's anvil, the washing of dishes, everything, in fact, from the crash of breaking china to a kiss. In addition to these general noises that may be produced by the machine, it is equipped with musical chimes, violin music and that of brass instruments, either singly or in a band. The possibilities of this machine are apparently limitless, and should add greatly to the entertainment afforded by the moving picture exhibition.