KMM Kulturzentrum — Attraction in Dürnten

This is an amazing museum that contains many functional music machines. You must take the tour (included in entry ticket) with a tour guide to see the machine in action, otherwise is would be rather boring to see them static.

My tour guide was extremely passionate and knowledgeable, showed us many machines within the 90 mins tour in English. (While another tour is in German). I'm extremely impressed by the chronology of the tour that covered grandfather chookoo clocks and went all the way to programmable piano and organs. My tour guide explained the difference between different programming medium (cardboard, paper, steel plate, drum, wax drum, pegs) and their sensing mechanism using vacuum, compress air and mechanical probe....

There is probably no other museum of this kind in the world. The gentleman who started the museum had assembled a vast collection of automated music machines. These include hundreds of types antique machines to make music. These include music boxes, player pianos, musical clocks, automated pipe organs and so much more. They are all in super condition and functional. The earliest ones are several...

After a long ride, it was closed for the public. There was no information about it in the internet, only that it was open from 13-17hrs. Uffff what a disapointment I went next day, and indeed it is worth a visit. Even if the tour is long 1.5hrs, is worth it. The instruments they have are only played by hand or with a plug, no...