Musical Clock with Spinet and Organ, by Veit Langenbucher, ca. 1625
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Musical Clock with Spinet and Organ

Maker Veit Langenbucher (1587–1631)

Maker Samuel Bidermann

ca. 1625

Medium
Ebony, gliding, brass, silver gilt, gilt brass, iron, various wood and metals, wire, parchment and leather
Classification
Chordophone
Dimensions
30 3/4 × 19 11/16 × 12 5/8 in. (78.1 × 50 × 32 cm) Inner Mechanism: 10 3/4 × 19 × 10 in. (27.3 × 48.3 × 25.4 cm)
Culture
German
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musical Instruments
Credit line
Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2002
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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