Mills Novelty Company’s name for the motor which drives the paper roll mechanism in the Violano-Virtuoso and other Mills instruments.

The wheel in the governor assembly that meshes, via its pinion, with the great wheel of the cylinder.

1. In band organs, a short loudly-voiced open wood pipe frequently used to supplement or augment the tone and volume of the piccolo. 2. In orchestrions, a short treble flute or a description of the highest one or two octaves of a flute rank.

A strip of leather (sometimes backed with stiff metal, wood or faced with blotter paper or rubber cloth) attached to a bellows or reservoir which permits air to pass in only one direction.

Flute or organ-playing clockwork not necessarily associated with a timepiece, but often provided with a timepiece in order to set off the music at a specified hour.