After touring Bruchsal Castle, we went to another small museum by the giftshop which was included in our tour–there were 2 rooms called the German Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments. We walked through then in 15 minutes or so. It was really interesting. Before we left, a docent played one of the big organ music boxes for us. Incredible. It worked like a music box with a scroll of the music turning slowly as each note was played.
The Deutsches Musikautomaten-Museum, founded in 1984, exhibits some 500 examples of German-made “automatic musical machines,” such as a self-playing replica of the RMS Titanic’s organ, from the 17th to the 21st centuries on three floors of the palace. They are all displayed in a setting contemporary to their production, highlighting their place in society. Audio recordings of the collection’s various pieces is available on the Baden State Museum’s website.
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 