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Winkel's Componium
By Colin Hinz

[ Joe Roesch wrote in MMD 980821: ]

> Anyone interested in what I believe is the only extant detailed
> description of Winkel's mechanical marvel ...

Not true!  A few years ago I was exploring the Faculty of Music library
at the University of Toronto (Canada), and I spotted a 500+ page
volume, entirely about the Componium.  Unfortunately, I made no notes
on this book, and didn't even make notes on the country of origin or
the language it was written in (sorry).  I seem to recall it came from
one of the "Low Countries" though.  All I recall of it is that it was a
volume of stupendous proportions, and included complete pinning
diagrams for the barrels.

Since the University of Toronto keeps a relatively tight rein on its
holdings, it's probably still there, unlike the municipal public
library which seems to lose its choice holdings almost as a matter of
course.

Cheers,

Colin Hinz
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
asfi@interlog.com


(Message sent Mon 24 Aug 1998, 18:29:10 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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