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I’ve been asked to help identify four automatons and have no clue. Anyone have a lead on someone? I don’t know where to even start.

on the net---type in jere ryder automata.

You might also want to start with the The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata.

Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ

https://morrismuseum.org/mechanical-mus ... -automata/

Contact Us:
Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
PHONE: (973) 971-3700
EMAIL: [email protected]

For possible information on where to begin with your queries.

I am not 100 percent sure---but I think the Ryder brothers might take care of The Morristown Museum, since they are in Summit N.J. and good chance did the work on things there???

Would not hurt to contact Raphael from this forum.... Very knowledgeable and has dealt with automaton on more then one occasion.

Blizz

I once saw a fascinating exhibit of automatons dating back to the 18th century or older at the Getty museum in L.A.