How to order Orreries UK – Contact me stating which model you are interested in and I will get back to you with the options available, delivery times and prices. Orreries UK: Orrery design & manufacture Peter Grimwood – Peter Grimwood produces museum quality Orreries and other astronomical models.
Ordering one of the current models
Contact me stating which model you are interested in and I will get back to you with the options available, delivery times and prices.
If you are having a personalised dial then let me know what you want and I will send back a computer generated image of the finished dial.
When you are happy with your dial, you will need to send over a deposit which will be used to have the dial engraved.
On completion, you will receive photos of your orrery and you can come to collect it or it can be shipped to you if this is more convenient.
Ordering a new design
Visit, phone or email to discuss what you would like your model to demonstrate, how big you would like it to be, the design of the dial(s) and anything else that comes to mind.
After a period of thinking, sketching and calculating, you will be given an outline proposal of what could be done. When you are happy with the ideas presented, I will prepare a project plan with start and completion dates for the various stages, and a payment schedule.
If this meets with your approval, then a deposit payment starts the process.
You will receive regular progress reports, and when completed you can collect from the workshop of have the orrery shipped to you.
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How to order Orreries UK – Contact me stating which model you are interested in and I will get back to you with the options available, delivery times and prices. Orreries UK: Orrery design & manufacture Peter Grimwood – Peter Grimwood produces museum quality Orreries and other astronomical models.
Peter Grimwood produces museum quality Orreries and other astronomical models
These range from a Solar System hidden inside a hollow silver ball only 4 inches across, to a ceiling mounted motorised version where the longest arm sweeps out a four metre diameter circle.
There is a range of current models, some are stocked, others are made to order. Commissions for new designs are welcomed, though these will take longer as the design work will need to be done first. Learn more about orreries. WHAT IS AN ORRERY?
A model that shows the planets revolving round the Sun, normally without any planetary rotation or axial tilt, is called a Planetarium.
WHY ARE THEY CALLED ORRERIES?
In 1712 an instrument maker called John Rowley built an Earth/Moon/Sun model for Charles Boyle, who was the fourth earl of Orrery. John Rowley, most probably in an attempt to flatter his patron, named the device “an Orrery” and the name stuck!