Automatourism

[John Bailey]

Ah, that cab fare finally came through so I'm heading off to Europe next 
week. Sorry to harp on about automata on this list but we all have our hobby 
horses and this is one of mine, and it's an academic interest on my part so 
I hope people can indulge me. If anyone here can recommend any automata or 
related items of interest in or near Berlin, Munich, Neuchatel, anywhere in 
Italy, England, Paris, or especially Tokyo (Karakuri - Japanese automata) I 
would be very grateful. Special thanks to Dave Monroe for previous 
assistance in this regard. I've already lined up quite a few of the more 
obvious, ie the Jacquet-Droz' in Neuchatel, the replica of Vaucanson's duck 
in Grenoble (I'll post some photos if people like), but there are plenty out 
there and museum websites are notoriously incomplete. Also, I won't be able 
to contribute to any MDDM stuff for the next 6 weeks (for obvious reasons) 
but I hope it keeps going as I'm getting a lot out of it, and thanks to all 
who've had time to contribute.

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