Alexandre-Nicolas THEROUDE - Flute Player Automaton

Circa 1878

Restored in 2012 by Le LUDION workshop, this life-size automaton plays the flute nonchalantly leaning against a stump. In fact, it is a mechanical pipe organ hidden in the chest and made by organ builder Pierre-Ernest Kelsen, that actually sounds the scene. Declared as a National Treasure, it is now part of Mucem collection in Marseille.

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