You might want to include the youtube links as well, the one with the incredibly talented and skilled individual that restored it. I found the restoration process as fascinating as the mechanism itself. Both are amazing. Steve
> From: a...@popyrus.com > Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:00:30 -0700 > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: [Phono-L] OT: clockwork automaton article in NY Times today > > For those phonograph enthusiasts whose interests extend into other mechanical > realms, Today's edition of the New York Times (Science Times section) ran an > article about the drawing/writing automaton that restored for Philadelphia's > Franklin Institute Science Museum. > > Here's the link: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/science/maillardet-automaton-inspired-martin-scorseses-film-hugo.html?_r=2&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes&pagewanted=all > > Best to all, > Andrew Baron > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org