The componium was a mechanical musical instrument constructed in 1821 by Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel (Lippstatt, Germany, 1773 - Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1826) that composed novel music.
Winkel was born in Lippstadt,1777, settled in Amsterdam shortly after 1800, and in 1814, while experimenting with pendulums, he discovered that a pendulum weighted on both sides of the pivot could beat steady time, even for the slow tempos often used in European classical music.
Marlene Dietrich | Nikolaus Pevsner | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Nikolaus Riehl | Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin | Dietrich of Haldensleben | Josef Dietrich | Johann Nikolaus Forkel | Erwin C. Dietrich | Dietrich von Choltitz | Dietrich | Ulf-Dietrich Reips | Torsten de Winkel | Nikolaus Simrock | Nikolaus Frank | Karl Dietrich Bracher | Dorothy Dietrich | Dietrich von Altenburg | Dietrich Mateschitz | Dietrich Eckart | Dietrich Brandis | Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich | Bill Dietrich | Winkel, Haut-Rhin | William S. Dietrich II | Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein | Oestrich-Winkel |