# Hammacher Schlemmer: The pretentious catalogue that goes in The wastebin

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Hammacher Schlemmer

The catalog has a contraption called a “Self-Contained Hootenanny” for $54,000. It looks and sounds like this:  
[Orchestreon/ Hootenany - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT3bRWrkJUI)

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