{"id":33999,"date":"2016-02-09T20:53:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T01:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=33999"},"modified":"2016-02-09T20:53:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T01:53:13","slug":"cool-stuff-12-the-bazantar-one-of-the-trippiest-instruments-ever-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/02\/09\/cool-stuff-12-the-bazantar-one-of-the-trippiest-instruments-ever-made\/","title":{"rendered":"COOL STUFF #12 | 120 Year Old Singing Bird Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tPKFT_t2rL0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/automatomania.co.uk\/\">via<\/a>) This one-of-a-kind mysterious copper mechanical birdsong mechanism was found in Paris, France. It is believed to be made by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blaise_Bontems\">Blaise Bontems<\/a>, a well-known maker of bird automata. The age is unknown, but it is estimated to be about 120 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows each of the fully restored mechanisms functioning to create the sound of bird song. Originally found rusted out and non-functional, it was lovingly refurbished by Michael Start at <a href=\"http:\/\/automatomania.co.uk\/\">The House of Automata<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can any ornithologists\u00a0out there identify the bird? If so, let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Want more updates on Toronto-centric classical music news and review\u00a0before anyone else finds out? Get our exclusive newsletter\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\/app_100265896690345\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<\/em><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for all the latest.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one-of-a-kind mysterious copper mechanical birdsong mechanism was found in Paris, France. It is believed to be made by Blaise Bontems, a well-known maker of bird automata.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":34000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5723,5260],"tags":[5882],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/BirdMachine.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-8Qn","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34614,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33999\/revisions\/34614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33999"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=33999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}