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Guinness Collection on Children's TV Show
By Jere Ryder

Hi Robbie,  Following a somewhat sporadic thread that appears from
time to time on MMD, about the future of the mechanical music field,
I thought some of your followers may enjoy seeing a recent NY-metro
area children's TV show that broadcast this past March.  Just as
with the late Hon. Murtogh D. Guinness, his first 1890s cylinder
music box was a gift from his mother when he was "about seven years
old" (his words).

My personal opinion is that an introduction to the wide ranging field
of mechanical music should happen at an early age, when it can have
a most fascinating and amazing impact, one that could in the future
be re-kindled and grow into a collecting and sharing passion.

Please use the direct link & password to "Alex & the Kaleidoscope",
"Museum Episode", which broadcast this past March 13th, 2014:

  http://vimeopro.com/user8317480/morris-museum-episode 

Use password: alexshow

It's a full 30-minute show (sans commercials), with four major Morris
Museum highlight segments: Dino Den: 1:18 to 3:54; Guinness Collection:
7:41 to 14:45; Mammals: 20:04 to 20:58; Minerals: 25:01 to 25:50.

Another program in which the Guinness Collection recently had a
prominent roll was "Art of Movement", a CNN Int'l. special program on
Automata, Central European (CET) broadcast March 6th, 2014 (over 10
million signature viewers throughout Central Europe):

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/03/06/spc-art-of-movement-automata-clockwork-a.cnn.html 

Keep up the good work & enjoy!

Jere Ryder - Conservator of the Guinness Collection
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
jryder@morrismuseum.org.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

 [ I am normally reluctant to post anything that looks like an
 [ account password, but in this case the posting of the
 [ credentials to view this video has been fully approved.
 [ Jere and I both hope you enjoy viewing the video
 [ "Alex & the Kaleidoscope"!  --Jody


(Message sent Wed 30 Jul 2014, 19:39:52 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Children's, Collection, Guinness, Show, TV

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