Kat -- thank you that's it.

Bingo. The Brisbane Courier tells me it's a xylophone alright. Spelled stylocarfe. Found it described in an article about the good professor.
There's a metion of the professor using an automaton called "Psycho" in the same article.
It's so easy to get lost in these old newspapers.

Quite a lot is to be found under the name "Professor Hazelmayer" Matsu. Keep us posted. Maybe you would like to join Mudcat and give him his own thread.

Cheers, Joy