Hi folks,  I gave a presentation on restoring a flute clock at the
NAWCC Regional Meeting this weekend.  Afterwards, someone mentioned
that the NAWCC was having a symposium on mechanical music which
includes musical clocks.  The meeting is October 22nd - 24th in
Houston, Texas, and you don't have to be a member of NAWCC to attend.
I'll send the official flyer as an attachment but I have copied off the
text below for your convenience.

You might recall that almost 20 years ago, a similar NAWCC conference
addressed "The Quest for Longitude" and it resulted in a 400+ page book
and two television series.  The contact page is at

  http://www.nawcc.org/symposium/NAWCC-symposium-ad.pdf 

They are also having tours of a couple outstanding collections.

Regards,
Craig Smith

2015 NAWCC
WARD FRANCILLON TIME SYMPOSIUM October 22-24, 2015 Houston, TX

  Mechanical Music & Marvels
Learn the history and development of clockwork-operated devices.
Topics will include historical information, musical clocks, automatons,
disc & cylinder music boxes, bird boxes & whistlers, Black Forest
clocks, musical clock movements played on bells, early spring-operated
phonographs & gramophones, and music composed for these devices.
A panel discussion concerning what to look for and avoid when
purchasing a musical mechanism also will be held.  As a bonus, the
Symposium will include tours of two large private collections.

  Lectures
The History of Music Boxes - Steve Boehck
Musical Black Forest Clocks - Gary Hancock
Toys for Kings & Queens - Frank Metzger
Marvels of Mechanical Music - Frank Metzger
Bird Boxes and Whistlers - Moe Goldy
Automatons - Jere Ryder
Cylinder music box comb progression from single through multi-tooth -
  David & Carol Beck
Musical Clocks - Peter Klein
Music Composed for Musical Clocks - Dave Weisbart
Musical Clock Movements Played On Bells - Gary Sullivan
Early Spring Operated Phonographs & Gramophones - Kurt Nauck

 [ NAWCC Symposium Ad
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/15/08/16/150816_172523_NAWCC-symposium-ad.pdf