Introduction - Holmberg Clockworks C-17 Owner's Manual

Introduction

H m c are contemporary versions
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of historical mechanical organ clocks of the 17th
and 18th centuries.
The clocks are built by master organ builders,
father and son, trained in old world discipline and
tradition.
Automatic musical instruments incorporating or-
gan flute pipes of exceptional quality have been
treasured for hundreds of years and today are
mostly found in museums and are coveted by
collectors. This quality is accomplished through
the use of hand selected hardwoods; design and
execution of the proper logarithmic scales for
organ pipe making; and artistic voicing, finishing
and tonal regulation.
Music specifically composed for automatic musi-
cal instruments by some of the world's greatest
composers (Handel, Haydn, Beethoven et al.)
often included ornamentation beyond the ability
of the average organist. Similarly, chest work and
mechanism to perform such complex music re-
quire speed and function beyond the capabilities
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of the average pipe organ. The unique low pres-
sure electro-pneumatic design of H
work responds easily to the demands of these
composers. The H
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standards of engineering and reliability with 100
per cent hardwood construction, fine German
leathers, and expansion channeling.
Bringing all this together into a new instrument
with flexibility and programmability beyond the
imagination of the early builders, we employ the
springs, escapements, gears, wheels, jewels, pins
and barrels of our time; the mighty microproces-
sor with solid state circuitry custom designed for
our digital microcontroller.
With the synergistic coupling of the work of great
composers, superb craftsmanship, 4/4 Westmin-
ster chimes and world class computer technol-
ogy, we present the H
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