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March 13, 1891: |
Fred Emerson Brooks, the California poet, humorist and reciter, and D.W. Robertson, the tumblerlonicon and verephone soloist, who are to give the entertainment under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A. next Thursday evening, have received the highest commendation wherever they have appeared. |
http://www.biblio.com/fred-emerson-brooks/author/20439
http://cicilycorbett.blogspot.com/2006/10/bad-poetry-fred-emerson-brooks.html
http://www.victorian-cinema.net/robertson
https://books.google.com/books?id=wADgG_d-PSAC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=D.W.+Robertson+musician&source=bl&ots=gIXMR1GqHY&sig=woN1xXwC-UVQP8IANxh60o0nESU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKqoH8mb7LAhVFcD4KHYhgDuwQ6AEIGTAB#v=onepage&q=D.W.%20Robertson%20musician&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=spPNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA556&lpg=PA556&dq=D.W.+Robertson+musician&source=bl&ots=A_Fbs3ZpY2&sig=CqKve8WUfIOEn9ORCUP8LKMwNeU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKqoH8mb7LAhVFcD4KHYhgDuwQ6AEIHTAC#v=onepage&q=D.W.%20Robertson%20musician&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=sfk2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=Tumbleronicon&source=bl&ots=cyDJTI1SFu&sig=ghsqdmF1JqWaXVsjokFyDXTnUc8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj3rmrm77LAhVKHD4KHatYDOkQ6AEIOTAI#v=onepage&q=Tumbleronicon&f=false
Tumbleronicon
This would be an easy instrument to re-create – and tour with again. : )
….A tray with glasses (tumblers) filled to create different pitches.
Any idea about the verephone?