Mechanical Music in the Movies Trumpeter Clock
By John Harrold
In the 20.06.27 MMD Lee Rothrock writes about a clock in the film
"They Came By Night." That clock is a typical Black Forest Trumpet
item. It appears to be from around 1880.
https://youtu.be/Mtklzx3QD44?t=2750
Robbie Rhodes is correct: the sound is made from a reed to which
is attached a tin plate conical tube to try to make it sound
trumpet-like. There may be anywhere from three to fourteen of them.
The music or fanfare is done with a pinned wooden wheel, the pins
of which operate stickers, opening a valve and allowing the reed
to sound.
I have restored around a dozen of these and am working on an
eight-trumpet version at the moment. The most prolific maker was
Emilian Wehrle of Furtwangen, but there were one or two others.
John Harrold
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