Joueuse de Tympanon

Joueuse de Tympanon - automate

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La Joueuse de Tympanon est un automate du XVIIIe siècle, se trouvant aujourd'hui au Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.
Il a été restauré pour la 1ère fois par ROBERT-HOUDIN en 1864.
This automaton was created in the 18th century and restored for the first time by ROBERT-HOUDIN in 1864.
© Til productions - Jean-Luc Muller
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beautiful ( 1 year ago by richragsdale)

beautiful

Oh my God, I would ... ( 1 year ago by mothberries)

Oh my God, I would LOVE to have a replica of that!

who has to die for ... ( 1 year ago by shaunathansprocket)

who has to die for me to aquire this fine object of pre-steampunkery.

Vous aimez les ... ( 1 year ago by LaMesure)

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holey moley - even ... ( 1 year ago by snotrocketeer)

holey moley - even the eyes moved! She peeked at us out of the corner of her eye!
CREEPY yet cool.... helloooo uncanny valley

is that a real ... ( 1 year ago by KThompson2006)

is that a real instrument? whats it called

It's called in ... ( 1 year ago by HartfordTommy)

It's called in English, a hammered dulcimer.
This is a true percussion instrument, the predecessor of the piano, which is the same as you see here, but with automatic ally tripped hammers via keys.
This instrument (made in a full range of sizes) offered -dynamic- control, as did the piano (1708), unlike the "monotone" of the harpsichord.

Dear god, next time ... ( 1 year ago by DudleyMMoore)

Dear god, next time, a FULLY restored unit would have its strings in tune? Absolutly amazing bit of history in Automate.

No... absolutely ... ( 1 year ago by hermanopaz)

No... absolutely not.. it's name is not Hammered Dulcimer, but "Tympanon" (La Joueuse de Tympanon means: The Tympanon Player). Is not the predecessor of piano nor harpsichord. In fact... if you search youtube with the word: Tympanon, you'll see an actual tympanon.

No... absolutely ... ( 1 year ago by hermanopaz)

OK, so "tympanon" ... ( 1 year ago by HartfordTommy)

OK, so "tympanon" is the French word for hammered dulcimer.
It is a percussion instrument with far more in common with the piano than with the harpsichord, yes?
Now, the clavichord looks much the same as a harpsichord, but, while it is percussive, it's no piano-a clavichord was and is an amazingly delicate, expressive thing. I enjoyed this debate. We're both right.

see the wikipedia ( ... ( 1 year ago by HartfordTommy)

see the wikipedia (english) for the entry, "tympanon".
It's French for what we called then and now, "hammered dulcimer." No matter that this form of the French is elegant in the extreme, in English, it is a dulcimer, it is percussive, too, as both names denote.
I have not studied these things for almost thirty years. So to be sure, I looked up in the Wikipedia.
I'm a retired concert piano tech and former conservator of ancient instruments of a private collection.

herman below, my ... ( 1 year ago by HartfordTommy)

herman below, my responses are, unfortunately, in reverse order, 3, 2, 1.
You stated emphatically: "Is not the predecessor of piano nor harpsichord."
It is, most assuredly, the ancestor of both, and of the clavichord as well. The clavichord: it was as quiet as a mouse, and so delicate. And so it passed away in time. But quite a wonderful sound of full dynamic range: whisper to sotto voce, requiring a clavichordist's touch to even play at all.

DudleyM below: Yes, ... ( 1 year ago by HartfordTommy)

DudleyM below: Yes, you'd think so. OTOH, such a tiny instrument is difficult to get into,and keep in fine tune. Also, some or all of the clinkers are almost surely (to my ear, and I confess, I'm guessing by logic)mis-strikes of adjacent strings--not gross mal-tuning. Another thing that would clean it up greatly, would be if the strikes did not double, bah-bup (hammer bounce). I'd think that's a matter of fine adjustment. My opinions, these.

Beautiful and awe ... ( 1 year ago by dulcajack)

Beautiful and awe inspiring.
Thanks for posting.
Jack

Its the same thing. ... ( 1 year ago by JHVH1)

Its the same thing. This is from the smithsonian:
"The hammered dulcimer probably originated in the Middle East about 900 A.D. and is related to the much older psaltery. It spread from there across North Africa and was brought into Europe by the Spanish Moors during the 12th century A.D. It is possible that hammered dulcimers were played even earlier than this in Ireland, where they were called 'tympanons.'"

putin un truc comme ... ( 1 year ago by djoulsdrummer93)

putin un truc comme ça chez moi jfairai des cauchemar serieu, c chelou davoir reprodui lautomate ça fai comme si on avai empaillé quelqun....

Beautiful ;-; ( 11 months ago by Agotaku)

Beautiful ;-;

The song have a ... ( 11 months ago by Agotaku)

The song have a name? o.o

i want one of them ... ( 7 months ago by jmm1233)

i want one of them :)

that is pretty ... ( 2 months ago by turtlegurllie13)

that is pretty amazing for the 1700s!
i cant believe though that it was abandoned at one point

automaton are ... ( 2 months ago by sollidsnake1)

automaton are amazing mechines and its hard to belive that is was made a long time ago imagine what we can make of it now with all the stuff we have now!

This is what I call ... ( 2 months ago by Mikey84)

This is what I call art :)
Someone should tune the strings, though...

whoever abandoned ... ( 2 months ago by sharlene07)

whoever abandoned this is pretty stupid!! mikey84 is right.. it is art

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