This catalogue of the amazing collection of metronomes amassed by the eclectic Tony Bingham is book you will want to own for it's sheer beauty. Think of your own metromone or phone app and then gaze in wonder at the engraved, the exquisitely painted, the bejewelled and the sheer jaw-dropping ornateness of their predecessors. They come in all shapes and sizes too, from the pendulum swinging behind statues of 19th century gentlemen, to the keeping in time in front of over-size lyres. Even the 'old-fashioned' modern ones get a look-in (think miniature 1950 computers) and the book brings us up to the Yamaha circular quartz metronome of the 1990s. Needless-to-say it's all fully researched and referenced with copious notes. A coffee table book that will certainly get your dinner party guests talking and a bargain at £40.00 - worth the cover price alone!
Catalogue of the Tony Bingham Collection at the current exhibition Auf Takt! at the Museum for Musik, Basel.
