John McTammany
John McTammany (1845–1915) was a Scottish-born American inventor who is credited several patents from 1880 through 1892. Most notably the invention of the automatic player piano,[1][2] the free reed organette,[3] and the first voting machine based in perforations of paper in 1892.[4][5][6] McTammany immigrated to the United States as a teenager and served in the Civil War.
References
- ↑ http://www.organettes.com/patents/home
- ↑ http://www.amica.org/Live/Publications/Past-Bulletin-Articles/McTammany.PDF
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=Xb62AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=john+mctammany+organette&source=bl&ots=PZWfYGxgvC&sig=fqkB8UvCjtFAt5v8VrUn81KHCvY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAmoVChMIs46u9Z_6xgIVgSc-Ch14Qg1R#v=onepage&q=john%20mctammany%20organette&f=false
- ↑ MIT Inventor of the Week:Player Piano:John McTammany
- ↑ Encyclopedia.com:The 1910s: Science and Technology: Deaths
- ↑ The Pianola Institute:History of the Pianola:Inventors
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