Hello All,  I just read about mechanical monkey searches.  I do remember
that a specialist in Germany made mechanical monkeys.  I have only a
post address:

  JA-FI Marionetten
  Filiestedener Str. 1
  5010 BERGHEIM-BUSDORF
  Phone +49 (223) 843 439

I'm not sure that it still works, but try and probably Heaven helps you!

Hope this helps,
Philippe Crasse - in the volcano-dust-free part of France
http://www.leludion.com/ 

 [ Found at http://www.ngz-online.de/dormagen/nachrichten/Musik-und-Atmosphaere-wie-vor-hundert-Jahren_aid_180733.html 
 [
 [   The children stand amazed before the strange wooden boxes and are
 [ thrilled when Franz-Josef, the monkey atop the crank-organ, lifts
 [ his hat, sticks out his tongue, or -- particularly impudently --
 [ squirts the bystanders with water.
 [   "In the past the organ grinder commonly carried along a monkey,"
 [ relates Helene Jacoby Fischer, of Bergheim.  20 years ago she and
 [ her husband, "Orgels Franz," discovered their love for the historic
 [ musical devices.  "For five years we worked streets exclusively,
 [ from Sylt to Florence," she says.
 [   Today they play at events and build organs themselves.  Her
 [ husband -- a former puppeteer -- is also the "father" of several
 [ mechanical monkeys.  Wooden levers behind the monkey's back bring
 [ the animal to life.
 [
 [ Try writing to
 [
 [   Ja-Fi Marionettes
 [   Helene Jacoby-Fischer
 [   Fliestedener Straße 1
 [   50129 Bergheim, Germany
 [
 [ -- Robbie