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Carillons and Glockenspiels
By Hauke Marxsen

Hello Jan, thank you very much for the interesting information about Carillons & Glockenspiele; you are a very active member of the MMD.

I have a little correction to one statement of yours. For the other members of the MMD a short recapitulation. We spoke about:

>> Subject: German expressions for "Music Box"
>>
>> ... the answer is, there are a few expressions:
>> "Spieluhr", "Spieldose" and / or "Musikdose".

Your message:

> I know at least one extra: a clock that plays a tune is called
> "Spieluhr", but you will also find "Musikuhr".

The part "....uhr" of the word "Spieluhr" has the meaning of clock or watch. It should be logical to think that a "Spieluhr" should be a clock that plays a tune. It's partially OK. In most cases, if someone talks (or writes) about a "Spieluhr", he or she talks about a simple cylinder or disk music box (without a clock).

The expression "Musikuhr" you will find or hear very seldom.

By the way, have you ever visited at the big parties which Siegfried Wendel (the pope of Mechanical Music in Germany) celebratates in Ruedesheim at the river Rhine one or twice per year ? Maybe we can meet together there sometime ?

Greetings, Hauke

(Message sent Wed 12 Feb 1997, 16:13:00 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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