Mechanical Singing-Bird Tabatieres : From 1785-1996
by Mayson, Geoffrey T.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher(s): Trafalgar Square
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Summary
Geoffrey Mayson's Mechanical Singing-bird Tabatieres is a complete record of the development, construction and restoration of these miniature mechanical marvels and is beautifully illustrated with over 200 colour illustrations. It is destined to become the definitive reference.
Table of Contents
| 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 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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