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The Dulcimer Player

David Roentgen1780

Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France

The Tympanon Player is an eighteenth-century automaton, currently at the Musée des Arts et Métiers of Paris.

Details

Title: The Dulcimer Player
Creator: Peter Kinzing (clockmaker), David Roentgen (the Queen's cabinetmaker)
Date Created: 1780
Copyright: © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam / Photo Pascal Faligot /Seventh Square

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