Unfortunately three masterpieces are missing. The writer, the drawer and the musican, all built by father and son Jaquet-Droz about 1780. All three are still existing and could be visiting in a museum in Neuchâtel, switzerland where they were built more than 200 years ago.
i love automata, there was a wonderful museum in york in the uk called the museum of automata, they had lavish scene settings with several automata in the big display casings , as each automata was lit , a video came on showing what that piece did do and sounded like , i was so enthralled buy it every year, until one visit to york and lock stock and barrel the entire museum was shipped to japan , acording to the notice on the museum door , a sad loss to the the uk ,
Who knew such wonderful things were made so many years ago? What treasures must be available for viewing through the Musical Box Society International regional meetings. Sounds like a must-join group!
Gosh, what a terrific presentation. And the best place to see these amazing pieces first-hand is in the collections of members of the Musical Box Society International (MBSI). Their chapter meetings are the place to learn more.
What is the tune that starts at 1:54, and what mechanism plays it?
Three cheers for your series, MBSI! Thank you!
raymondchandler73 5 months ago
Unfortunately three masterpieces are missing. The writer, the drawer and the musican, all built by father and son Jaquet-Droz about 1780. All three are still existing and could be visiting in a museum in Neuchâtel, switzerland where they were built more than 200 years ago.
GDupons 10 months ago
The World's First Audio Animatronics!
999Phineas 1 year ago
absolutely beautiful what people can do
thomasdashed 1 year ago
I want this smoking "turk" so hard. It looks so beautiful and relaxed. Oh i could show off with it in front of my friends..;D
namaste91 2 years ago
The clockwork mouse at 3:50 was cute.
And did anyone think the automata at 3:13 looked like Dick van Dyke form the Chitty film where he dresses as a puppet for the King?
andrewrobotbuilder 2 years ago
@andrewrobotbuilder I believe that is Little Tich, an English music hall performer. There's is a video of that automaton on youtube.
1947Desoto 1 year ago
i love automata, there was a wonderful museum in york in the uk called the museum of automata, they had lavish scene settings with several automata in the big display casings , as each automata was lit , a video came on showing what that piece did do and sounded like , i was so enthralled buy it every year, until one visit to york and lock stock and barrel the entire museum was shipped to japan , acording to the notice on the museum door , a sad loss to the the uk ,
wizzwamf 2 years ago
mechanical smoking. birds. entire scenes of action. wonderful. but where the heck did that nepalese looking dancer one come from O_o?
praling 3 years ago
I believe the tune is called "Perles de Cristal".
1947Desoto 3 years ago
Great! Thanks for posting the video!
iCE2sKY 4 years ago
Who knew such wonderful things were made so many years ago? What treasures must be available for viewing through the Musical Box Society International regional meetings. Sounds like a must-join group!
musicalbloke 4 years ago
Gosh, what a terrific presentation. And the best place to see these amazing pieces first-hand is in the collections of members of the Musical Box Society International (MBSI). Their chapter meetings are the place to learn more.
musicalboxer 4 years ago
It is hard to believe that most of these instuments in this video are well over 100 years old
benelli7 4 years ago