Guided tour of the Mechanical Sound Factory

Everything turns, everything moves, everything makes music

Opening hours summer season (May - October):
Guided tour DO - SO, each at 14:00 or by appointment.
The sound factory can only be visited with a guided tour. Guided tour lasts approx. 1 hour.

The museum is closed to individual visitors from November to April.
Guided tours for groups are possible at any time on request. Please call 07289/72300 for more information!

In the "Mechanical Sound Factory" museum, you will be entertained by curious musical instruments, pompous orchestrions, whirring barrel organs, delicate music boxes, elegant gramophones, original back pianos, lovingly designed barrel organs and much more. 150 exhibits from the Baroque to the present day convey nostalgia, fascinating technology and the best musical entertainment. They were collected by the former Haslach weaving mill owner Erwin Rechberger and purchased by the state of Upper Austria for the Mechanical Sound Factory in 2005.
"It sounds so wonderful, it sounds so beautiful" - these verses from Mozart's Magic Flute also describe the surprising variety of the special automata. They once provided the right music for all situations - in salons, dance halls, coffee houses and inns, at folk festivals and fairs. To this day, they are a feast for the ears and eyes and amaze with their ingenious controls using punched cards or pin rollers. Embedded in atmospheric experience rooms and provided with the necessary portion of additional information, visitors not only learn about the music history and technical details of these sounding marvels, but can also immerse themselves in the moods and entertainment possibilities of earlier times with the help of tongue-in-cheek quotes and selected music samples. During a guided tour, the instruments are played and their inner workings demonstrated.