The Finest Bird Song of 1890 

Pretty amazing technology for the time... I think even today it stands up as being incredible.

Why did he not figure out how to adjust the focus before making a video :(

Ohh so that's how it works :)

If I could build that myself I would feel like I had accomplished something with my life.

Old fashioned small-scale mechanical technology like this has a certain elegance to it I think.

While playing this my parkeet started chriping!

All the beauty of a bird without the sadness of the cage.

At 43, I'm still trying to tie my shoe laces.

I'll take 4 please!

So, thats this "Twitter" right?

If it weren't for the clicking and clacking, I'd have thought it was a real bird. Something about analog sound is just so natural.

Ohhhhh I get it. The thingamajig pulls on the doodad, which buzzes against the whatchamacallit. The autonumericational detonomatrix is what is really making the noise here. It's all so simple to me now.

I agree...I think that is the best song I have heard. I would love to have a copy of those cams. Thank you for posting!!

Does this function like a church organ? I see a bellows, clockworks to automate the armature and obviously the "song" is recorded onto something, probably a tube of raised dots. This is incredible, thanks for posting it.

The original Songbird from Bioshock, much less terrifying.

beautiful. thanks

There needs to be more things like this today

this shit is BONKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

steam punk people are not far away

This is absolutely amazing. And from 1890!! Oh my God!

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It was so incredible ! I stumped

This is Cam-tastic.

This is truly amazing. Thanks so much for sharing it!

My cat was on my lap staring at the screen in a second. I think she was pretty disappointed.

I wish the maker could see the look on my cats face 955am July 5 2023. Sorta magical.

An important Electronic Producer... Eric Prydz... needs this in his studio... where to buy? :P

Please don't ruin this nice moment by talking about disgruntled bathroom noise music.

What‘s the bird‘s name, which sounds like that automaton?

Oh god help there's birds fucking outside my window now. What do help

soooooooooo. I'm sampling this and putting it in a dubstep or trap song

Wow!

now if they could have just made it smaller and smaller like the ipod.

I'm pretty sure they sampled this audio for the turrets in bio shock.

Nope. Go to ?NR=1&v=NJx5CFhht68 About restoring these things.

I bet this sounds to a bird like AI generated images look to us.

অসাধারন একটা জিনিষ। ১৮৯০ খ্রীস্টাব্দে প্যারীতে তৈরী এই মিউজিক বক্সটি পাখির গান শুনাতো!

That's great, but how do you make it stop?

I think it is just a bird sealed inside a clockwork box.

Mécaniquement on ne peut pas faire mieux .. C'est un summum ..

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Unbelievably beautiful. When you read about the wonders of the past, for instance the mechanical statues of Versaille, you have to admit that nowadays you see nothing more wonderful. Slightly reminds me of watching "a man for all seasons", the film version: the parliament arrayed in red & gold for royalty was actually more bling and costly-looking than anything modern you see in pictures of the jetset. In some ways, they achieved more than we can. Also reminds me of Robert-Houdin.

My cats acted like this was the sound of the devil.

I just commented so everyone can see my picture -_-'

I thought it was a picture of a wig on a mannequin

A bird slammed into my window when I played this.

But under that it may actually be digital again..

لايك يا عرب بدينا الغزو هههههههههههههه

It looks like something from Bioshock Infinite

back when they invented FUN stuff that WORKED

Are plans available to recreate/

You mean, you don't use a headset? dafuq

This is making my doggo insane!

how this fucking great machine works?

Aaaaand my dog is awake and barking.

I think you need to get out more...

Bird bird bird. Bird is the word.

hey esewolfe29, try ebay or any anteek auction site. I have one but stopped singing, trying to find someone to send me instructions and measurments on to fix the bellows. mine is a two bird cage, my parents had one that had 3 in it. friends of mine had a 8 bird cage years ago.

"Help me! Let me out" It cries

And it's still working. I wonder when my smartphone is gonna die. Within one year? Less?

Does it accept AA batteries?

Yes, that is what he means.

Beautiful!

"Important"? I doubt he needs it more than I. He seems to do just fine producing his donk music without it. This belongs in a museum.

holy fuck this is amazing

Absolutely amazing.

to us it's beautiful, the bird has never heard anyone say such horrible and explicit things about his mother

I't like a steampunk R2D2.

Never had this in my childhood but don't know why i am having a strong feeling of nostalgia of the 1800's

My cat thinks its real!

1 person is a poacher.

it's R2D2 as a baby :-)

This sound lives outside my office window.....I thought the sound was turned down until I realised! OMG!

I think this is fake

Thank you for this up-close video. I’ve always wondered how bird boxes produce their varied pitches. Now that I saw these inner workings, I see that it’s a tiny slide whistle! Ingenious!

Drives my cat crazy every time I play this. Can't figure out where the bird is. She wants to catch it!

Lol Eric Prydz... :P

Awesome :) Are there blueprints / projects to build one in our days?

I'm always astounded by old and ancient machines like these. the older the better.

Papa Papa bird is a word that the bird is the word the bird is a word.

so realistic!!!

Woow

reflecting the classic time of an epoch. currently we're living in one of those dales.

Wow!

Awesome lol

wonderfull

WOW

This video made our parakeets go nuts. They were whistling back to it.

Does the spinning base come with the bird? Is it powered by a separate spring motor?

The sure are

woooooow

good!!

Awesome.

lol!

Beautiful song

鳴き声…

Annoy-o-tron 1900

steampunk!!

Is it possible to get plans for this? I'd love to make one!

Make a new one with better focus.