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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 11950791, member: 5170&quot;]...because they&#039;re automatons, that&#039;s why!</p><p><br /></p><p>Found this brass birdcage containing two mechanical birds that sing, pivot, and flap their wings yesterday. They&#039;re in fine working order, and tweet up a storm. Unfortunately, recording a video to show you would create a huge file that would not fit in our beloved forums.</p><p><br /></p><p>So here&#039;s what I know, and it&#039;s not a lot: The cage is brass ca. 1950-60, and the maker was West German, a designation that lasted from after the Second World War to around 1989-80 or so. Of course now it&#039;s just Germany. Oh, and the base contains the gears and bellows that make the birds sing and move.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have so far been unable to find a maker&#039;s name to associate with this. Can you? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]550286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550287[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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