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The sound of wood



Send your imagination barking up the wrong tree – with giant ball runs that provide an extremely enjoyable approach to the physical relationships of space and time. Most machines have to be driven manually to get the ball into the goal. Plenty of levers, pedals and cranks are available to you for exactly this purpose. You just have to find out how the mechanism works!

These machines will fascinate young pre-school age children as well as older seniors who will rediscover – or never lost – their desire to play.

By the way, these imaginative but simple machines will surely remind you of l'art brut. Because everything is made of wood – and when wood meets wood, it's loud!

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Ball sorting machine

Playful tidying up. Yellow. Red. Blue. This machine sorts the small, medium, and large balls among Pierre Andrès' “Machines Singulières” in a playful manner.…

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Wave Machine

Waves like at the sea. Peter Markley spent many hours on the beach, watching for his father’s fishing boat. Naturally, he gazed at the sea. Time well spent:…

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Wooden machine A

Levers on all sides. It looks like a ship engine and provides plenty to do. Operate the levers with your hands, with your feet, on all four sides of this…

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Wooden machine B

The Elk. Or is it a dinosaur? Everyone can decide according to their own preference. Elk or dinosaur, the game works like this: first, use the levers, then…

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Wooden machine C

The swing rises. With each button press, the ball moves a little higher. On one side, the button lifts it, on the other, the swing drives the ball lift. At «…

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Wooden machine D

How? Where? What? Foot pedal: Drives the ball lift. Gear lever: Influences the descent path. Crank with wheel: Keeps the ball in play. by Pierre Andrès: « On…

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Wooden machine E

Marble run plus. After the zigzag with tac-and-tac-and-tac, the ball rolls down the ramp and lands on the cymbal. Bing! Machines to play with, artworks to…

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Wooden machine F

Delicate sounds. It recalls a log of wood. But the sounds of this machine are more subtle, and the joyful rhythm is different from chopping wood. Operate the…

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Wooden machine G

Tug the rope. The marble lift rises, floor by floor, with no display, no button. Here, you are the motor! Your pull on the rope sets everything in motion. At…

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Wooden machine H

What's it about? Go up as fast as possible. Go down as slowly as possible. Is that the plan? If you set your own goal: that’s exactly the inventor’s…

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Wooden machine I

The good-natured elephant. Rock the lever back and forth, and the ball climbs up, moves over the back, and rolls forward to the trunk. A strong sense of…

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Wooden machine L

Wheel, plunger, slider. Turning the wheel launches the ball into play, almost like a pinball machine. The second launch option, using the plunger, makes it…

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Wooden machine M

Left side / Right side. Which path will the ball take after starting? And where will it finally end up? Left or right, both sides offer exciting routes to…

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Wooden machine N

Pinball. Unlike a classic pinball machine, the ball starts at the top. The position of the two levers determines its path downward and how long it stays in…

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Wooden machine P

Steering the ball’s path. On this “tennis racket,” the ball stays in place even without special skill. But to navigate through the labyrinth, you need to…

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Wooden machine Q

Around the tower. Start on the seesaw, then, clack, clack, clack, floor by floor, the ball moves down the tower to the exit. Machines for playing, artworks…

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Wooden machine R

Unicum. Unique in this park of unique machines: the balls are green and black. They move without ever being touched. Pierre Andrès, creator of the “Machines…

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Wooden machine S

Understanding time and space. At the heart of Pierre Andrès' reflections was the intention to make the dimensions of space and time tangible, even for young…

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Wooden machine T

Seesaws in motion. Two seesaws influence each other. At the start, the ball sets the movement of the next ball in motion. Machines for play, artworks to…