| Orchestrion | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Pat Metheny |
| Cover: | Orchestrion.Pat.Metheny.jpg |
| Recorded: | October 2009 |
| Studio: | MSR Studios, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Nonesuch |
| Producer: | Pat Metheny |
| Chronology: | Pat Metheny |
| Prev Title: | Quartet Live |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | What's It All About |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
Orchestrion is a studio album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny that was released by Nonesuch Records on January 26, 2010.
Metheny's orchestrionics were built by Eric Singer and the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, Ken Caulkins at Ragtime West, Mark Herbert, Cyril Lance, and Peterson Electro-Musical Products. The set includes pianos, marimba, vibraphone, orchestra bells, basses, GuitarBots, percussion, cymbals and drums, blown bottles and other custom-fabricated, acoustic, mechanical instruments.
In 2011 the complete score was published.[1]
| Year | Chart | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 3[2] | |
| 2010 | Billboard 200 | 114 |