Discover the 100-Year-Old Self-Playing Violin, One of the Most Complex Music Players Ever Made. “It featured three vertically mounted violins, each with a single active string, played by a rotating bow of 1,300 horsehairs.”
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On a recent trip to The Netherlands, we visited the Museum Speelklok in the city of Utrecht that is dedicated to automated and mechanical instruments. It's an incredible place to visit. They have a self-playing violin quartet machine that they play during their demonstration tours.
More info at: Where machines make music. Their YouTube channel is also a trip. You haven't lived until you've heard Major Tom played on a room-sized dancehall organ :)
Came here to write about this! The Speelklokmuseum is amazing, and this is the most amazing thing in there. It's my favorite out-of-the-way thing to show visiting pals (hello from Amsterdam).
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