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Vaucanson Flute Player

Advertising poster for the presentation of Vaucanson's three automatons in Strasbourg in 1746

The Vaucanson Automat Flute Player is an android automaton playing the transverse flute, designed and produced by Jacques de Vaucanson and presented to the public in 1738. It faithfully recreates the playing of a flautist on an instrument identical to those in use at the time.


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