“Musicus mechanicus” is the title of the collection of mechanical, electrical and electronic instruments. The showpiece is the componium, a nineteenth-century orchestrion that automatically composes an infinite variety of music! On this floor you will also find clocks and bells.
Sutton Museum of Communications
Music boxes, organs, phonographs and radios.
Zum Werkelmann
On request, we will gladly show you our work museum and introduce you to the world of mechanical musical instruments such as lyre boxes, barrel organs and metal plate players. Contact: Wolfgang Geissler
Uhrenmuseum Der Stadt Wien
The Wien Museum Clock Collection comprises some 4,000 clocks; about 900 of these are exhibited in the Clock Museum (Schulhof 2, 1010 Vienna). Objects range from hour-glasses, water gauges, sun dial- and tower clocks, table clocks and pocket watches to wrist watches. Here you can find outstanding artistic clocks, for example, dresser clocks with richly figurative ornamentation, picture clocks with hidden faces as well as the famous Viennese “Laterndluhren†(“Lantern Clocksâ€) of the Biedermeier Period.
Technisches Museum Wein
Phonographs, Hupfeld “Phonoliszt Violinaâ€, Mixturtrautonium, Organ of the Hofburgkapelle, giraffes wings pianoforte.