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Automaton Harpist by Vichy

http://www.automatomania.com This bust of a Harp player is in unrestored but working condition. Dating from 1880, she was made in Paris by Gustave Vichy. She is one of my favourite automata, just a...  
 
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s3x0fd34Th (6 days ago) Show Hide
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wow i really want one, wanna scare the shit out of my brothers,, like they used to scare me when i was little
wizzwamf (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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i agree about tim burton , the corpse bride is a fantastic film ,the bride herself is gentle and enchanting despite her state of being,as is sally from nightmare before christmas ,all his animated charecters are meant to be scary but are quite the reverse in a twist ,and i love that , as this automaton is only scary in the mind of the person who thinks that way
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I wish I could get a working one of those, it would help my sleeping.
willowsnsakura (1 month ago) Show Hide
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this is *amazing*. I didn't even know that things like this existed....it reminds me of an old, old story I read about a guy named Copulus (?) that stole people's eyes for his girl automaton. But, but...really. this is awesome.
....I do have to say, though, this is pretty deep in Uncanny Valley.
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Copelius, The story is by E.T.A Hoffmann.
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Too bad the harp is gone. The hand movement is just lovely.
Quarzintle (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I have something called automatonophobia and this video creeped the F#!K OUT OF ME!
megadv8r (3 months ago) Show Hide
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i love these creations.
all the parts,time that took to build them,the ingenuity,ah!
Video9 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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That's the song that you hear before the devil kills you in your sleep.
maxguydave1 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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lmao

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