Peter Kinzing
Peter Kinzing (1745–1816) was a noted German Mennonite clockmaker. • Illustration — Automaton of a dulcimer player made by Kinzing in 1784, on display at Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. Kinzing was born in Neuwied, Germany, and is supposed to have made his first pendulum clock at the age of ten. He began work with the German ébéniste David Roentgen circa 1770; Roentgen made the cases, and Kinzing produced the complicated mechanisms with automatic musical instruments, especially organs und dulcimers, a few carillons are also known of.
Peter Kinzing
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- Born
- 1745 · Neuwied.
- Died
- 1816 · Mannheim.
- Nationality
- Duchy of Nassau
- Occupation
- watchmaker · engineer
- Known for
- The tympanum player
- Languages
- German
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Peter Kinzing (1745–1816) was a noted German Mennonite clockmaker. • Illustration — Automaton of a dulcimer player made by Kinzing in 1784, on display at Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. Kinzing was born in Neuwied, Germany, and is supposed to have made his first pendulum clock at the age of ten. He began work with the German ébéniste David Roentgen circa 1770; Roentgen made the cases, and Kinzing produced the complicated mechanisms with automatic musical instruments, especially organs und dulcimers, a few carillons are also known of.
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Born at Neuwied in 1745, died in Mannheim in 1816.
The recorded working language is German. Works named in the authority record are The tympanum player. Work by Peter Kinzing is recorded in the collections of J. Paul Getty Museum, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts and Museum of Decorative Arts.
museum speelklok tot pierement (133) Clock case by David Roentgen (German, 1743 - 1807, master 1780) Gilt-bronze mounts by François Rémond (French, 1747 - 1812, master 1774) Clock movement by Peter Kinzing (German, 1745 - 1816) Musical mechanism by Johann Wilhelm Weyl (German, 1756 - 1813) Long Case Musical Clock, 1786, Ash, maple, walnut, and oak veneered with maple and walnut; bronze; gilt-bron
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museum speelklok tot pierement (134)
bertknot from scarborough, australia · museum speelklok tot pierement (134) Uploaded by clusternote
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1745
Peter Kinzing was born on 21 December 1745.
1816
Peter Kinzing died on 1 January 1816.
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