saunier professeur physique (1 Ergebnisse)

A large broadside advertisement for a French provincial entertainment, purportedly drawn from the worldwide travels of its animateur. 'M. Saunier, Professeur de Physique, le seul qui a donné ses expériences ans les quatre parties du Monde, (l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique,) devenu, depuis sa rentrée en France, interprête des Etrangers et Membre de la Société sur la rapport des Découvertes des quatre Nations, donnera demain sa premiere représentation de son Spectacle unique pour l'adresse'.Saunier's advertised performance is also notable for a performance on the 'Harmonica' - at this date a version of the large 'Armonica', consisting of revolving concentric glass bowls, invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. With its ethereal and unsettling tone, the Armonica was widely manufactured in America and Europe. Working on the principle of vibration caused by rubbing the finger around the rim of a glass vessel, the instrument combined a large number of such vessels on a revolving spindle to form a kind of keyboard capable of playing quite complex pieces as well as creating atmospheric sound effects suitable for the theatre, the opera and travelling shows such as Saunier's. Large broadside poster on blue paper (420 × 530 mm), woodcut borders. Two contemporary text stamps. Spotted.