This year's Ward Francillon Time Symposium will cover the history and development of clockwork-operated devices. Topics will include historical information, musical clocks, automatons, disc & cylinder music boxes, bird boxes & whistlers, Black Forest clocks, musical clock movements played on bells, early spring operated phonographs & gramophones, and music composed for these devices.
Additionally, a panel discussion concerning what to look for and avoid when purchasing a musical mechanism will be held.
As a bonus, the Symposium will include tours of two large private collections.
Dates:October 22, 2015 08:00 am to October 24, 2015 05:00 pm
Address: 2900 Briarpark Drive, Houston, Texas , Houston, Texas 77042, United States
Phone:504-888-9909
Contact:Sandy Cranfill
Website:https://www.yundle.com/directory/detail/national-association-of-watch-and-clock-collectors-inc