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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Image(s) TitleLongcase Clock with Musical Comb, ‘Libellion’, PlaceRudolstadt (Germany) Year ca. 1900 Object number0191 Object categorymechanical instruments with playing comb, timepieces with musical movements Object nametimepiece with playing comb, longcase clock DescriptionLibellion type standing clocks are quite rare. The music has no set format or length, as would be dictated by a disc or cylinder. In fact, because the music program is on a cardboard book, it can be any length. This Libellion is the "model #2"; it contains a spring motor drive that moves the music book across the playing mechanism, with a stop mechanism that keeps the book from running too far. Accompanying textsWith cardboard books, repertoire can in principle be varied endlessly. For each hour a different short tune sounds each time. The Libellion musical movement was highly acclaimed at the time. It won the "First Prize" at the World Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Paris in 1900 (Gold Medal) and at the 1904 St. Louis Exhibition. Dimensions geheel height: 258 cm geheel width: 62 cm geheel depth: 41.5 cm Keywordsprogrammadrager: book geluidsbron: playing comb aandrijving: spring Digital references

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TitleLongcase Clock with Musical Comb, ‘Libellion’,

PlaceRudolstadt (Germany)

Year ca. 1900

Object number0191

Object categorymechanical instruments with playing comb, timepieces with musical movements

Object nametimepiece with playing comb, longcase clock

DescriptionLibellion type standing clocks are quite rare. The music has no set format or length, as would be dictated by a disc or cylinder. In fact, because the music program is on a cardboard book, it can be any length. This Libellion is the "model #2"; it contains a spring motor drive that moves the music book across the playing mechanism, with a stop mechanism that keeps the book from running too far.

Accompanying textsWith cardboard books, repertoire can in principle be varied endlessly. For each hour a different short tune sounds each time.

The Libellion musical movement was highly acclaimed at the time. It won the "First Prize" at the World Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Paris in 1900 (Gold Medal) and at the 1904 St. Louis Exhibition.

Dimensions

geheel height: 258 cm
geheel width: 62 cm
geheel depth: 41.5 cm

Keywordsprogrammadrager: book
geluidsbron: playing comb
aandrijving: spring

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