Illustrations

1. The harpsichord player (called La musicienne). Made by Pierre and Henri-Louis Jaquet-Droz, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1772–1774. Musée d’art et d’histoire, Neuchâtel (Switzerland); photograph S. Iori

2. The dulcimer player (called La joueuse de tympanon). Made by David Roentgen and Peter Kinzing, Neuwied, 1785. © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam, Paris/photo P. Faligot: Inv. 7501

3. David Roentgen’s workshop in Neuwied, built in 1784. Courtesy of Foto Bollmann, Neuwied

4. The harpsichord player’s back and her mechanism: pegged barrel and cam shaft. Photograph by Adelheid Voskuhl

5. The dulcimer player’s pegged barrel and cam shaft. © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam, Paris/photo P. Faligot

6. Cam followers “read” the harpsichord player’s and the dulcimer player’s cams. Carrera, Loiseau, and Roux, Androiden, 74; La restauration musicale, 17

7. The harpsichord player’s and the dulcimer player’s pegged barrels and relay motions for hands and fingers. Carrera, Loiseau, and Roux, Androiden, 74; La restauration musicale, 17

8. The dulcimer player’s “elbows.” © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam, Paris/photo P. Faligot

9. Individual parts of the harpsichord player’s “life mechanism.” Carrera, Loiseau, and Roux, Androiden, 79

10. The harpsichord player’s bow mechanism, located in the lower part of the automaton’s body beneath the barrel. Carrera, Loiseau, and Roux, Androiden, 75