Karl Griesbaum whistler automaton - how it works

[@stevesworldofwanders]

The song is also "The More We Get Together" 🎶

[@dinil5566]

Lucky man with a wonderful hobby. I wish I had a beautiful hobby like yours.

[@JohnWaldron-cm7ce]

A truly amazing creation. Great restoration also!-John in Texas

[@tonyatraylor2713]

I truly needed this video!!! Thank you so much for posting such valuable info

[@tmcaleer50]

Amazing!! Thanks for explaining and sharing !

[@philerasmus]

Really interested in the whistle - seems to blow across the aperture. Would love to make one but can never get hold of a clear image.

[@TomHaneyArtwork]

Thanks for this. I'm about to open up, and repair my friend's whistler.

[@MelanieMarcotte]

Bonjour j'ai le même mecanisme à réparer j'ai remplacé le papier par celui qu'on utilise pour les soufflet de coucou tout nettoyer mais le sifflet ne siffle pas???? Est ce que vous pouvez m'aider Merci Mélanie

[@MsTVification]

My dad (age,86) has the same one inherited from his parents. What to do if the key is wound too tight and won’t play?

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

I've never seen one of these before. Amazing.

[@build_itnow]

How does the head move?

[@emrilbennett8704]

That is a cool mechanism.

[@jughead8988]

I wish there was someone like you in my area. My wife has a clock that she loves that stopped working a couple of years back. I've not been able to find anyone within a couple hundred miles that would know how to start on it.

[@hemiola07]

Jughead Pilgrim Clocks in Milwaukee is wonderful ... 180 years in business, and they did a wonderful job on our two Howard Miller clocks, which were both rescues from eBay. Give them a try! :)

[@jughead8988]

@@hemiola07 my wife's clock is nothing like that. Is a Korean 31 day clock. As much as I'd like to have it repaired I can't see putting hundreds of dollars into it. If you don't mind how much did it cost you to have one repaired?

[@hemiola07]

Jughead A few hundred. Is it bought through a catalog like J.c. Penney? Usually those 31-day Asian clocks are not well-made and worth saving; in fact, most clockmakers will refuse to service them because they aren’t worth the labor and price. Same with cheap Asian music box movements vs. my Swiss pieces which go to a specialist in California ...

[@jughead8988]

@@hemiola07 that's part of my problem. The actual value of the clock isn't important to my wife it has sentimental value to her.

[@hemiola07]

Jughead The only thing I would suggest is a movement replacement, and that can be costly too. One of our clocks went through that twice, and I had a cheap plastic Sankyo movement torn out of one of my music boxes and replaced with a 36-note, 2-tune Reuge movement. So worth it. My parents didn’t believe that paying hundreds of dollars for a music box would be worth it ... until enough cheapies broke. Why did they break? All of those smaller Asian movements nowadays, found in everything from Disney snow globes to jewelry boxes and even high-end collectible pieces, are largely composed of plastic parts and are only intended to last 6 months at most, not to be played a lot, etc. In the words of my master music box restoration technician, they are disposable movements. I know this firsthand after opening up the pieces and seeing all the plastic parts. This is why I want nothing to do with those movements and now have 11 larger Swiss music boxes, Reuge and Thorens included, in my possession right now. Like Dad’s clocks, these music boxes are designed to be wound up all the way, played as much as you wish, and last forever due to the brass parts inside. If one part should fail or break, then it can be easily replaced or refabricated. Cannot say enough about the quality of the movement being a big factor ....

[@royperry9415]

i have a whistling man clock pedlar the mechanics all work but no sound comes out ive tried to get it repaired i live in bilston west midlands but cannot find anyone who repairs them

[@troyduncan1969]

I repair and restore them. Please send an email to either: [e-mail] or [e-mail].

[@parvizaghayarov935]

It seems wonderful have book about mechanism

[@ittoldmetomakeapage]

Not sure if anyone will see this but my whistler has started making a grinding sound when it's played. Any advice?

[@troyduncan1969]

Like anything mechanical, it needs a service and has probably never been performed prior.

[@AllahKareem77]

Where to buy it?

[@troyduncan1969]

I have not finished the piece yet but expect to bu early next week. If you visit either of my websites, you an send me a message from there and we can work out logistics. Kind regards, Troy Duncan, CPA, retired www.singingbirdbox.com www.reugemusicboxusa.com

[@AllahKareem77]

@@troyduncan1969 thank u sir😊👍🏻

[@jeffreyjohn2730]

What type of light bulb do you use for the light?

[@troyduncan1969]

Standard old school flahlight bulb.

[@441rider]

Fixing bellows is tough trying it on a bird now.

[@brunobrx62]

Travail d'orfevre magnifique

[@heleb87]

interesting, you do not need to wind the movement? :)

[@troyduncan1969]

The movement is 100% mechanical. The batteries are solely for the light bulb.

[@heleb87]

Singing bird boxes i know is mechanical movement. I didn’t see you wind it, that’s why I’m just curious how can you continuously playing. Or you actually wind it before hand. :)

[@troyduncan1969]

@@heleb87 I wound it first.

[@Numocron]

Oh wow man. :D

[@gregbouchard1563]

See a really good job on KZbin keep up there good work on KZbin hove a good day mate form greg Bouchard u do a relly good job on KZbin

[@KarthusDreams]

nicee

[@ronmccarty7537]

Very, very cool