Mechanical Singing-Bird Tabatieres From 1785-1996

Name: Mechanical Singing-Bird Tabatieres From 1785-1996
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ISBN: 9780709063032

ISBN-10: 0709063032

ISBN-13: 9780709063032

Edition: 2000

Authors: Geoffrey T. Mayson

List price: $200.00

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Singing-bird boxes are much sought after today but until now there has been very little information about them. This is a complete record of the development, construction and restoration of these miniature mechanical marvels, and is illustrated.

Book details

List price: $200.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Introduction	p. 7
What is a Singing-bird Box?	p. 9
Jaquet-Droz to Reuge - A Brief Historical Survey	p. 14
How to Identify a Singing-bird Box	p. 20
Fusee-driven Movements, 1815-1880	p. 30
Fusee-driven Movements, 1785-1815	p. 77
Fusee-driven Movements - Signatures, Numbers and Dates	p. 121
Going Barrel Movements, France	p. 132
Twentieth-century Swiss and German Makers	p. 143
The Products of Karl Griesbaum	p. 152
Miscellaneous Signing-bird Mechanisms	p. 177
The Bellows	p. 192
Making Replacement Valves	p. 212
Making Song and Air Cams	p. 220
Making, Restoring and Refeathering Birds	p. 227
Restoring the Boxes	p. 249
Bibliography	p. 254
Index	p. 255
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