Tipu's Tiger or Tippu's Tiger is an eighteenth-century wooden mechanical organ
made around 1793, depicting a tiger mauling a
man in European clothing.
When the crank is turned, a hidden mechanism
causes the man’s arm to goes up and down, and plays his wails of agony
along the growls of the tiger.
Under a flap on the tiger’s body there is
also a small pipe organ,
which can play 18 notes.
It was created by Tipu Sultan, the Muslim ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in India.
Dr Renate Dohmen explores the historical contexts and technical marvel
of this extraordinary and infamous musical automaton.
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