Steampunk Automaton - "Orchestra Von Slatt" by Thin Gypsy Thief

http://www.ThinGypsyThief.com My first attempt at an automaton. The obvious choice for me, being a visual artist who primarily makes Steampunk flavored gear, was to make a Steampunk influenced piece.

Its a pretty simple little toy, with two main shafts, one driving the arms and the other drives the "pipes" of the organ. The entire machine is about 20" tall and the base is 10"x10".

I wanted to give a little tribute to one of the high priests of Steampunk culture, the honorable Hieronymous Isambard "Jake" Von Slatt, who by all accounts is also a seriously decent fellow. Hopefully I will get a chance to meet him at SteamCon II in Seattle.

Anyways, here's the machine.

Sorry for the shaking, I had to hold the camera and turn the crank at the same time. Also, the music was added after for dramatic effect, the actual sound of the device is Ca-Lunk EEE Ca-Lunk EEE Ca-Lunk EEE. :) Thanks for looking!

Music in the piece is "Tiny Fugue" from http://incomptech.com (Kevin Macleod), and is used under CC.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Steampunk
• Jake
• Von
• Slatt
• Kyle
• Miller
• Thin
• Gypsy
• Thief
• Steampunk22
• Automata
• Automaton
• Pipe
• Organ
• Piano
• Steam
• Punk
• Victoria

[lobsterfancy]

Pretty cool, though I wish you had zoomed out at some point so we could see the entire thing?

[kamill1]

@lobsterfancy lol I know! Its cuz I was holding the camera with one hand and trying to turn the crank with the other. I'm going to post another video showing the entire mechanism. Possibly later today. Thanks for checking out my work!

[rkt739]

Wooooo awesome!

[kamill1]

@rkt739 Thanks so much!

[sh1768]

Such a lovely little thing. Really well done!

[kamill1]

@sh1768 Thanks so much! Sorry for the shaky camera, I was trying to turn the crank at the same time! ;)

[imphlatround]

awesome!!