Encyclopedia of Mechanical Musical Instruments

Embark on this interactive voyage of discovery, travel via mouseclick through the fascinating world of mechanical musical instruments - from Plato's night clock via bells and carillons, instruments of the Augsburg School, flute- and harp-playing clocks, orchestrions, barrel organs and musical boxes all the way to computer-controlled instruments. From the origins of mechanical instruments up to the present, original musical compositions for these instruments are presented alog with ingenious feats of invention from Archimedes to Leonardo da Vinci.