COVENTRYVILLE – The public is invited to visit the Coventryville Congregational Church on Tuesday at 6 p.m. for a presentation by certified master locksmiths and locksmith historians, David and Christopher Jungermann.
From the museum’s community meeting room, the Jungermanns will present “The Craft of Locksmithing from Biblical Babylonia, the early United States, the Industrial age and 21st century digital innovations,” with a focus on locksmithing in central New York.
Coventry Town Museum Association President Janine E. Hakim said, “Attention to everyone living in our part of the state of New York: come find out about, and celebrate, the long line of Master Craftsmen Locksmiths from New York. The pre-industrial wood working and metalworking locksmiths, industrial innovators and digital visionaries who have been “a key part” of the founding, securing, economic development of our communities, and our industries that have also lifted the history and economy of our nation.”
Attendees are asked to please bring older locks, keys, and small safes – or pictures of them – to get them appraised, learn their history and how to restore and maintain them.
David and Christopher Jungermann’s presentation will include: a pop-up-museum display wall exhibition of photographs, drawings, maps and documents and a timeline highlighting the world, US history and local history of Locksmithing. Included will be photographs David has taken when he was working, or on a field trip, and uncovered industrial and preindustrial locks keys, safes and vaults.
Also included will be a display table of David Jungermann’s collection of antique locks, keys, safes, and locksmithing tools; another display of some of his modern and 21st Century digital tools.
The Jungermanns will also provide a fact filled handout for all attendees, with room for your notes, to use during the presentation.
Attendees will be introduced to some of the famous individuals in world history, and the Americans – like Benjamin Franklin – and New York State historic figures who were Master Locksmiths.
The impact and contributions of Master Locksmiths include: the development of sustainable agriculture; the growth of safe and secure cities; the evolution of metal working; the major transformations of the Industrial Revolution; the 21st Century’s digital safety and security equipment––including the modern computer chip car key systems.
The Jungermann’s professional, Certified Master Locksmithing family business – David’s Key – provides emergency services, installation, maintenance, repair and restoration services for both homeowners and businesses, when and where they are needed, in Broome, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Counties.
The program will allow plenty of time for David and Christopher Jungermann to answer attendees’ questions, and talk with them one-on-one.
“All of the Coventry Town Museum’s presentations are family friendly,” said Hakim. “We eagerly welcome children and students of all ages.”
Summer refreshments will be served and there is plenty of parking space.
The Coventry Museum will be open for visitors to tour, before the program, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
The museum is located at 113 County Road 27 in Coventryville, near the four-way intersection with State Highway 206.