Denis d'or

Denis d'or stringed keyboard instr. built ca. 1730 by Procop Diviss, a Moravian preacher of Znaim, with 790 strings and 130 variations of tone. The instr. was capable of imitating nearly all wind and stringed instrs., also of giving the performer an electric shock whenever its inventor so desired. Only one specimen was built. It measured ca. 1½ m. by 90 cm. (5 by 3 ft.) and could be tuned in three quarters of an hour. Also called goldner Dionys, orchestrion, 1 (27, 176). Sort…