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Watch this remarkable automaton playing the dulcimer. Cabinetmaker David Roentgen (1743–1807) presented this automaton to King Louis XVI in 1784 as a gift for Queen Marie Antoinette. The piece combines elegant Neoclassical cabinetry with a remarkably sophisticated mechanical system. Holding two small metal hammers, the automaton strikes the dulcimer...

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