The patent for the piano orchestra was filed in paris on october 12, 1861, then in trier in 1862 ([1]). Schalkenbach then lived “at grisza’s, at 61 rue bourbon-villeneuve” ([2]). On december 5, 1861, le journal des débats published an advertising insert for the “manufacture et orgues harmoniums, alexandre bataille et cie”, 37 boulevard saint-martin, “operating the keyboard piano orchestra” of schalkenbach of trier ([3]). According to l’art lyrique et le music-hall. Independent journal of café-concerts, concerts and theaters (april 1897), he performed with “electric orchestra” at the brussels casino ([4]). The journal leonardo music journal (volume 23, 2013, 79–85) published a scientific article by daniel wilson about him and reveals an important activity in london, where he performed in music halls and also that he composed, which le monde illustrated of 1862 had already declared, describing the sounds that the piano-orchestra produced as "imitating the sounds of nature". A pioneer? Date: 1862.
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