• Pianotype

  • Sep 27 2022
  • Length: 35 mins
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Pianotype

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  • In which Anna and Judith uncover a publishing innovation that promised to spark a revolution - but didn't. Expect the spectre of automation, invisible women, union disputes, rock-star pianists and a new take on the sound of typesetting.

    The Anatomy of Sleep was the first book ever typeset by machine. By the time of the second edition, it was set by hand. Today, the machine that made it is virtually unknown. So what happened?

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    CREDITS
    Recorded by Anna Faherty and Judith Watts. Edited and produced by Anna Faherty.
    Incidental music:     La Campanella, composed by Franz Liszt in 1851 and performed by Romuald Greiss on an 1850 piano. Available at Wikimedia Commons.
    Sound effects: The sound of the typewriter from tams_kp on freeounds.org
    Theme music: Folk guitar music track from Dvideoguy on freesound.org | Typewriter sound effect from tams_kp on freeounds.org | Print shop sound effect from ecfike on freesound.org
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